Snarling Force
Active member
Hey all. I was in the gym and a trainer approached me and gave me some pointers about what I was doing. Now I'm a bit confused and wanted to ask for your help.
My ultimate goal is to lose fat and cut down. I'm 29 years old, weigh 220lbs, and I'm an endomorph. Losing fat is hard for me and always has been. For the past 3 weeks, my program has consisted of working out as usual with weights, but ending with 30 minutes of cardio at a pretty fast pace, where my heart rate hits 180+ BPM. The trainer said all I'm doing is destroying muscle since I'm doing cardio at that intense rate and for that long. He said do cardio for no more than 20 minutes max and do it slower so that my heartrate is much lower, around 130BPM and no higher. He said really, I don't even need to do the cardio, just weights to cut down. Thats easy for him to say though as he is a cut up ectomorph. He said eat something no later than 1 hour before my workout and cardio or else my muscle will be eaten rather than fat.
I'm confused as to what to do because in my mind, I feel that running for that fast and that long is really working me out and in my mind, that equals more fat burned. I tried what he said and at 130BPM, I'm just doing a brisk walk. That just doesn't seem right to me. Is that really burning my fat more than my original routine? I'm taking Thermorexin as well, one in the morning, and one mid-day. My diet is pretty clean as well.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I just want to know what I should be doing to best burn fat and from what the trainer told me, I'm wasting my time and muscle.
My ultimate goal is to lose fat and cut down. I'm 29 years old, weigh 220lbs, and I'm an endomorph. Losing fat is hard for me and always has been. For the past 3 weeks, my program has consisted of working out as usual with weights, but ending with 30 minutes of cardio at a pretty fast pace, where my heart rate hits 180+ BPM. The trainer said all I'm doing is destroying muscle since I'm doing cardio at that intense rate and for that long. He said do cardio for no more than 20 minutes max and do it slower so that my heartrate is much lower, around 130BPM and no higher. He said really, I don't even need to do the cardio, just weights to cut down. Thats easy for him to say though as he is a cut up ectomorph. He said eat something no later than 1 hour before my workout and cardio or else my muscle will be eaten rather than fat.
I'm confused as to what to do because in my mind, I feel that running for that fast and that long is really working me out and in my mind, that equals more fat burned. I tried what he said and at 130BPM, I'm just doing a brisk walk. That just doesn't seem right to me. Is that really burning my fat more than my original routine? I'm taking Thermorexin as well, one in the morning, and one mid-day. My diet is pretty clean as well.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I just want to know what I should be doing to best burn fat and from what the trainer told me, I'm wasting my time and muscle.