Question Diet Vs. Cardio

[flyingjer]

Here is my question, is there any benefit to doing cardio except for it being good for your heart. the reason i ask, if i don't do cardio, but cut back my calorie intake on the amount of calories that i would burn doing cardio. Is this the same, or does doing cardio target burning fat better..how does this work...

 

[velvett]

Well, how many cals are you cutting back? How many are you taking in?

To answer your question, cardio such as early morning cardio gets your metabolism going and aids in fat burning. When you just cut cals, stall, cut cals again you will eventually hit a dead end (in my experience).

I personally find that it's good to keep cardio or extra cardio in reserve for when all your really clean dieting and adjusted dieting attempts have all stalled.

 

[flyingjer]

so you suggest that diet first..then when that stalls...add cardio or extra cardio...good info...i would hit you up with karma but have no power...

its goign to be pretty easy to cut back on calories because my maintence is really high..like about 4000..so i'll just do the diet route for now..and start adding in cardio as i go...

Any other opinions??

 

[velvett]

so you suggest that diet first..then when that stalls...add cardio or extra cardio...good info...i would hit you up with karma but have no power...

its goign to be pretty easy to cut back on calories because my maintence is really high..like about 4000..so i'll just do the diet route for now..and start adding in cardio as i go...

Any other opinions??

Well, that works for me - I don't know anything about your stats or goals.

 

[pintoca]

I will have to disagree...

There are three columns to ANY balanced weight-loss program:

Diet
Weight Training (you read that right)
Cardio

In order for you to maximize your results, you need to use all 3 parts, combined, since doing them together apply the principle of sinergy.

Dieting alone will most likely drop your BMR, as the body will adjust to amount of calories you are eating. Weight Training alone is ANAEROBIC (it burns sugar, not fat) and cardio alone has a CATABOLIC effect... This is just oversimplyfing the truth.

To quote Venuto: "Burn the Fat (with cardio) , do not try to starve it with diets."

simply said, get your diet in order, don't cut too many cals, weight train, 3 to 5 days per week and do your cardio. This is a lifestyle change, not a crash course into yoyo efect.

Peace

 

[velvett]

I will have to disagree...

There are three columns to ANY balanced weight-loss program:

Diet
Weight Training (you read that right)
Cardio

In order for you to maximize your results, you need to use all 3 parts, combined, since doing them together apply the principle of sinergy.

Dieting alone will most likely drop your BMR, as the body will adjust to amount of calories you are eating. Weight Training alone is ANAEROBIC (it burns sugar, not fat) and cardio alone has a CATABOLIC effect... This is just oversimplyfing the truth.

To quote Venuto: "Burn the Fat (with cardio) , do not try to starve it with diets."

simply said, get your diet in order, don't cut too many cals, weight train, 3 to 5 days per week and do your cardio. This is a lifestyle change, not a crash course into yoyo efect.

Peace

Well, like I said it is what works for me and some other people I know and I never said don't do cardio, I just suggested that it be phased in once the training and diet were solid.

Regardless of what you do, if you do the same exact thing for a long period of time your progress is going to stall. So whether you weight train/diet only or weight train/diet/cardio - if your routine never changes you won't either and that is really what my point is and that goes for cutting or bulking.

Over the course of time, depending on how much fat you need/intend to loose your diet, weight training and cardio will have to be varied to keep your body responding.

YMMV

 

[eat big]

I find that cutting back cals and doing cardio helps the most. Cardio in the AM like Velvett said speeds up your metabolism and burns fat better because your body uses your fat stores for energy in the morning, before you eat food of course. Green tea has helped me lose some weight too. It's not an incredible amount of fat, but I can tell the tea helped me. Caffeinated of course.

 

[velvett]

Green tea has helped me lose some weight too. It's not an incredible amount of fat, but I can tell the tea helped me. Caffeinated of course.

Ever try green tea extract?