Cardio to assist in fat loss...

[Caligirl74]

I'm wondering how much cardio people do for optimized fat loss. I do and hour of mixed cardio 3 times a week and weights 5 days a week. I'm reading mixed things about cardio raising cortisol levels ect. I am 5ft 8 and 170 lbs with a high bf (25%) I am trying to obviously get my bf down and build muscle. Just wondering what all you experienced ladies do

 

[musclemom]

I'm wondering how much cardio people do for optimized fat loss. I do and hour of mixed cardio 3 times a week and weights 5 days a week. I'm reading mixed things about cardio raising cortisol levels ect. I am 5ft 8 and 170 lbs with a high bf (25%) I am trying to obviously get my bf down and build muscle. Just wondering what all you experienced ladies do

Honestly? I've come to the personal conclusion that cardio is great for endurance and even can have some appetite suppressant action, but in the end you cannot outrun your fork; I think the real trick to losing fat for many people is figuring out what kind of diet works best for your particular metabolism.

Case in point, my (60 y/o) husband dropped over 30 pounds just by cutting his carbs drastically. Nothing else, no exercise what so ever (seriously, the man hates exercise). A strict keto diet doesn't always work for extremely athletic people, but a lot of competitors have had very good results with cycled keto diets (CKD).

Unless you're in the "honeymoon" phase of weight training (the first six months to a year or so of serious training) you can't build muscle while cutting fat, sooner or later you have to tweak your dietary macros to keep seeing results.

 

[Illa Pastziek]

Hi, I don´t think, that with carbs is it the best way. I´m mma figter and was year, where I had so much bf, than I want to have. Also with sport and with trainings. I did CKD and after 3 months I go down with bf, but with absolute and drastic hysteric hours. Was like one minute I was completely happy and "bong" - sad and down and no, no, everything is bad... And after after? ++ size in one month. Best is (for me, don´t have to be for everyone) maximum of cardio and strenght training.

Just hold on and you will see results as soon as possible. For sure!