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Jozie & Me
I'm no expert. So I will defer to Glenn.
But my experience is cardio ain't the answer. I have gone from 240 to 204 in six months and have done "textbook cardio" exactly once. Not on purpose but I always end up too busy that day. But I do lift 3 days per week and add one day of yoga. You will burn more fat longer post lifting than post cardio. Up to 8 hours.
EAT better. You only get out of your body what you put in it.
weight loss aside, need to get that heartrate up and keep it up for a length of time just for heart health. So cardio is a necessary evil. But not cardio in the sense that most people think of it, ie jogging.
HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training. No quicker way to lose weight. Most bodybuilders who use to just walk on treadmill to stay in fatburning zone to get ready for competitions have now switched to this. Do that on top of lifting, you get the residual calorie burn from lifting weights, and that added loss from the "cardio", plus you're heart will thank you, after it finishes cussing you.
Or you could combine the two, HIIT and stength training, and you'd have this cool workout...... called Crossfit.
But the last statement is the truth. No exercise program can compensate for a shitty diet. I am proof of that
Last edited by everlast; 07-10-2012 at 09:33 AM.
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