| Best regards | | | | But keep in mind that there is a big |
| | | | difference betweenbuilding endurance and |
| Jonathan Perez | | | | burning fat. |
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| Why Aerobics Are Worthless For Losing Weight | | | | Again, that's why you see these overweight |
| | | | aerobicsinstructors that can probably do well |
| Copyright (c) 2006 Jonathan Perez | | | | in a triathlon |
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| Ask just about anyone what is the best way to | | | | (because of excellent endurance), but don't |
| lose weightor burn body fat, and 99% will | | | | lose any fatweight. |
| answer "Cardio!". | | | | |
| | | | And even when it does come down to training |
| Well, I hate to bust your bubble, but I'm | | | | to buildingcardiovascular endurance cardio |
| here to tell youthat cardio is downright | | | | still isn't as good asintense weight |
| worthless for weight loss. | | | | training, which I have gone into detail |
| | | | inseveral articles I have written on this |
| That's right, all these years you've been led | | | | subject. |
| to believeone of the biggest misconceptions | | | | |
| in regards to anefficient weight loss workout | | | | Here's just one of the many reasons why |
| plan. | | | | cardio is worthlessfor burning body fat and |
| | | | losing weight: |
| Everyone seems to think that cardio / | | | | |
| aerobics is the bestway to quickly melt off | | | | Cardio uses very few muscular fibers, meaning |
| fat from the body, and as a result,some even | | | | it requires amuch lower amount of calories to |
| neglect or give cardio the preference over | | | | perform in comparison toweight training. |
| weighttraining. | | | | |
| | | | As a matter of fact, did you know that just 1 |
| All you have to do is go to the gym. | | | | pound of bodyfat can give your body enough |
| | | | energy to perform up to 12hours of |
| Guaranteed that you'll see more people | | | | cardio???!!! |
| filling up thecardio machines and stepping | | | | |
| classes than the hardcoreweight equipment. | | | | Stating it another way...you have to do 12 |
| | | | hours of cardioto burn just 1 pound of fat. |
| Take a good look at the aerobics instructors | | | | |
| themselves. | | | | So, all that time that you stepped away on |
| | | | the cardiomachine or aerobics class for an |
| Most of them are straight up overweight. No | | | | hour, working up a goodsweat, and feeling |
| definitionwhatsoever to be found. | | | | good about yourself, you didn't evenburn 1/4 |
| | | | of a pound. |
| Yet, they step and dance away for sometimes | | | | |
| hours a day,but there's not an ab in site! | | | | As I've stated over and over in my articles, |
| | | | there's 2 andonly 2 decisive factors in truly |
| Why is this? | | | | burning body fat: |
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| First, when I say that cardio is worthless, | | | | 1) intense weight training |
| I'm referringto not being efficient for | | | | |
| burning / losing body fat. | | | | 2) eating less calories than your body needs |
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| I'm not referring to strengthening the | | | | If you do these 2 things correctly, you'll |
| cardiovascularsystem or increasing endurance. | | | | blow away all ofthose poor souls stomping |
| | | | away on the treadmill. |