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