Cardio Doesn't Work. Here's Why...

Cardio Doesn't Work. Here's Why...
Cardio does not work for fat loss. All the researchers say
it does, but look at how many overweight people get nowhere
with their cardio programs.

Cardio exercise is such a strange thing. In theory, it
should work so perfectly well for all men and women, but as
anyone who has tried it knows, the practicality of it just
doesn't add up.

After all, some men and women do cardio 6 hours, 9 hours,
or more per week, and still have belly fat to burn. On the
other hand, it works just fine for others.

And you know who it works best for? Young, fit males. The
guys who don't need any help! The guys who have lots of
time to "waste" on long, slow cardio workouts. The guys who
have a fast metabolism, exercise a lot, and have plenty of
muscle.

It works for them, but does it work for you? Probably not.

British researchers wanted to get more insight into this
paradox, and studied 35 overweight men and women, who
weren't previously exercising.

(Reference: International Journal of Obesity 32: 177-184,
2008).

Subjects exercised 5 times per week for 12 weeks. That's a
lot of exercise, but it helped the subjects lose an average
of 8.2 pounds, which is great - I was positively surprised
by the results.

So cardio will work for some people, however, in my
experience, it works best in young men, who need the help
the least!

Back to the study, the variance in fat loss between
individuals was huge. Check this out...

The best subject lost a staggering 32.3 pounds in 12 weeks,
while the worst subject actually GAINED 3.74 pounds.

The scientists think they know where things went sour. They
classified the subjects into 2 groups, called the
"Compensators" and the "Non-compensators".

The Compensators were hungrier, and as a result consumed an
extra 268 calories per day, all but wiping out their cardio
efforts.

Therefore, the Compensators lost the least amount of
weight, and scientists believe that was due to the huge
"compensatory" increase in appetite experienced by this
group.

Does your appetite increase when you do slow cardio? If it
does, research shows it will ruin your cardio efforts.

So if your cardio program is not working for you, check
your appetite and calorie intake to see if you are
"compensating" for your efforts. If you are, you might be
better off using a program of high-intensity resistance and
interval training (i.e. Turbulence Training) for your
weight loss efforts.

As Australian Professor Steve Boucher has shown in
research, interval training increases hormones called
catecholamines. And increased catecholamines can reduce
appetite, among other fat- burning benefits.

In the real world, few people lose 33 pounds after 12 weeks
of cardio. Heck, few even achieve an average weight loss of
8 pounds with aerobic exercise.

So again, check your appetite, and consider giving
high-intensity exercise a go for your next workout program.

Beat the curse of cardio with high-intensity fat burning
workouts that don't use cardio.

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