WHY CARDIO makes you FAT!

[poantrex]

acutally, i'll tell you some'n about my experiences with and without cardio.....

i've always been a believer in bulking naturally and using steroids only for cutting.

when i cut, it was usually on 500mg sustanon or 600mg deca. maybe i'd stack some oral at a low dose but for the most part i kept it simple. my diet was super clean and i'd do a.m cardio 4-5 times a week.

so 6 weeks ago, it was time for yet another cutter. i decided to go with 400mg deca/400mg primo. i was clean for one week... ate clean, worked out like a madman, and did my a.m cardio. but at week 2 i ran outta steam. i realized that i'm not mentally ready for a cutter.

with that in mind, i continued the dosage as planned but cut out all cardio and ate 4000 cals a day which is about 500-700 more than what i should be eating per day.

it is now the end of week 6 and the results are unbelievable...

i'm up to 210 pounds from about 202. my bodyfat, despite the extra cals, is about the same.

keep in mind that during previous cutters i'd lose a lot of fat but not gain that much muscle. strenght increase was only very minor on cutters.

in all, i dont think i'll be doing any more cardio in the near future. there just isnt a point. at the end of this cycle i should be 220 if not more and if i cut back on 500 cals a day, i should be burning about 1-1.5 pounds of fat per week.

over 3 months, thats about 15 pounds of fat.

FUCK CARDIO!

Ya know, from what i've seen most of the people that hate cardio are extreme ectomorphs, and judging from your picture you seem to be another. Coming from someone that was formerly 60-70 lbs overweight, lemme tell you...NOTHING helps burning fat like cardio does. NOTHING.

Does diet alone improve glucose clearance for up to 24 hours? NO
Does diet alone release mood enhancing endorphins ? NO
Does diet alone improve insulin sensitivity? NO

Muscle wasting is only an issue if you overdo cardio, or don't do weight training simultaneously...from personal experience.

 

[BrickGirl]

I will probably get flammed and yelled at, so I won't even look at this thread again after posting and I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings or anything. Cardio is mostly used by people that don't know how to diet, it's that simple. They use cardio as a means of fixing there poor diet. The thing is, most people have no freaking clue on how to actually diet. I mean, why do you think every Olympian pays over 5 grand a year for nutrition information, marking out every little thing to eat, it's because it is really hard to make a diet that works for you. I got really lucky and found some people that did it for me that charge that amount, and I needed no cardio except at the very end to get as lean as possible. Cardio does work, but dieting then adding in cardio works so much better. If you are 10% or over, and can't go any lower, thats your diet, I don't think anyone should be doing cardio over 10% for fat loss. But in the same breathe, most people can't afford to get a diet made for them, so they have to use cardio to drop bodyfat, simple because they can't get the information they need for there dieting. So yes, cardio does work of course, but when people say they have to do cardio, well, that just means they don't have a good diet, and your not gonna find a good diet on the internet, simply because a good diet has to be taylored to the person, everyone is different, and the people that are good cost a lot of money, simply because it works so well. I mean, the difference between me consuming a 4oz potato and a 5oz potato meant wether I had an 8pack of abs or a 4pack of abs within 2 hours of eating. So yes, Cardio does work, but diet works so much better, cause if you start cardio over 10%, you will get lean, but it's gonna be really hard to get real lean, and it doesn't matter your body type, if you are obese or skinny, it's all diet. Okay, that just just my opionion, and I still have the flu, so BE NICE!

 

[Scottie2]

i think of this article to be geared more towards those people you see pounding away at the stairmaster or ellipitical 2 times a day, every day, and not supporting it with a proper diet.. they dont realize that they are just burning away muscle and in the end, leaving there body with little muscle and a low RMR.. thus they have to do cardio for the rest of their lives because there is nothing left on their body to burn off the calories

 

[Zyglamail]

Just like any type of activity, the body will adjust to the tasks set to it. Saying cardio will make you fat is like saying that when you stop lifting muscle will turn to fat. Your body will adjsut over time to the loads and types of loads it is given, if you fail to account for changes in lifestyle by changes in diet then weight gain can occure.

 

[poantrex]

I will probably get flammed and yelled at, so I won't even look at this thread again after posting and I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings or anything. Cardio is mostly used by people that don't know how to diet, it's that simple. They use cardio as a means of fixing there poor diet. The thing is, most people have no freaking clue on how to actually diet. I mean, why do you think every Olympian pays over 5 grand a year for nutrition information, marking out every little thing to eat, it's because it is really hard to make a diet that works for you. I got really lucky and found some people that did it for me that charge that amount, and I needed no cardio except at the very end to get as lean as possible. Cardio does work, but dieting then adding in cardio works so much better. If you are 10% or over, and can't go any lower, thats your diet, I don't think anyone should be doing cardio over 10% for fat loss. But in the same breathe, most people can't afford to get a diet made for them, so they have to use cardio to drop bodyfat, simple because they can't get the information they need for there dieting. So yes, cardio does work of course, but when people say they have to do cardio, well, that just means they don't have a good diet, and your not gonna find a good diet on the internet, simply because a good diet has to be taylored to the person, everyone is different, and the people that are good cost a lot of money, simply because it works so well. I mean, the difference between me consuming a 4oz potato and a 5oz potato meant wether I had an 8pack of abs or a 4pack of abs within 2 hours of eating. So yes, Cardio does work, but diet works so much better, cause if you start cardio over 10%, you will get lean, but it's gonna be really hard to get real lean, and it doesn't matter your body type, if you are obese or skinny, it's all diet. Okay, that just just my opionion, and I still have the flu, so BE NICE!

>Does diet alone improve glucose clearance for up to 24 hours? NO
>Does diet alone release mood enhancing endorphins ? NO
>Does diet alone improve insulin sensitivity? NO

 

[abc 1]

cardio improves bp and helps lipid profiles. if you use aas, this alone is a good reason to walk vigorously 4 or 5 times a week for 30 minutes.

wasn't chris aceto the one nutrionist who said cardio at 30 minutes or lower in fat burning mode is not enough to chew up aminos necessary for muscle growth/maintenance? coming from him, i'll keep my cardio.

 

[liftsiron]

Originally posted by BrickGirl
I will probably get flammed and yelled at, so I won't even look at this thread again after posting and I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings or anything. Cardio is mostly used by people that don't know how to diet, it's that simple. They use cardio as a means of fixing there poor diet. The thing is, most people have no freaking clue on how to actually diet. I mean, why do you think every Olympian pays over 5 grand a year for nutrition information, marking out every little thing to eat, it's because it is really hard to make a diet that works for you. I got really lucky and found some people that did it for me that charge that amount, and I needed no cardio except at the very end to get as lean as possible. Cardio does work, but dieting then adding in cardio works so much better. If you are 10% or over, and can't go any lower, thats your diet, I don't think anyone should be doing cardio over 10% for fat loss. But in the same breathe, most people can't afford to get a diet made for them, so they have to use cardio to drop bodyfat, simple because they can't get the information they need for there dieting. So yes, cardio does work of course, but when people say they have to do cardio, well, that just means they don't have a good diet, and your not gonna find a good diet on the internet, simply because a good diet has to be taylored to the person, everyone is different, and the people that are good cost a lot of money, simply because it works so well. I mean, the difference between me consuming a 4oz potato and a 5oz potato meant wether I had an 8pack of abs or a 4pack of abs within 2 hours of eating. So yes, Cardio does work, but diet works so much better, cause if you start cardio over 10%, you will get lean, but it's gonna be really hard to get real lean, and it doesn't matter your body type, if you are obese or skinny, it's all diet. Okay, that just just my opionion, and I still have the flu, so BE NICE!


Everything that your saying is true The original post is also true majority of content although I think the title is misleading.

 

[Ulter]

I agree the guy needs to stick to being a Chiropractor and leave Medical opinions about the cardiovascular system to someone with a real medical degree.

 

[Machiavellian Muscle]

Cardio is great for your heart and overall wellness. Go on a nice bike ride in the morning and you feel great. Diet is key in the game, but cardio has its place.

 

[Ulter]

It's calories in, calories burned, period.

Cardio burns.