You’re probably bombarded with the wonders of aerobics in the newspaper, magazines, and TV. I just want to give you a friendly reminder that traditional cardio movements aren’t going to get you anywhere when it comes to weight loss. You can talk about your experiences in the weight loss forum.
The style of exercising called interval training is what you need to do to get the fat off of your body. It’s going to do more for you and in less time than cardio ever will give you. There was a report put out by a science group studying obese people that put a group of overweight people between the ages of forty and seventy five. This group performed cardio exercises every day for an hour, six times in a seven day period.
What’s really surprising is that these people were able to continue on this kind of routine for a one-year period. That’s something that would be hard for me. With all that time and all that exercise, I bet you think these people finished up lean and mean, fit and trim, right?
Here’s why you shouldn’t do cardio: the women participants showed an average of a four pound weight loss over the year’s course. Huh? All that time and all that effort for a lousy four pounds?
OK, so the males lost a 6,5 ppound average weight. That amount is still unacceptable for the time they spent exercising. You’d think that these people would have lost way more than twenty or thirty pounds with all the time they’ve invested in exercise. Cardio won’t provide rapid weight loss.
I mean, we’re talking about three hundred hrs. working out and all you get for it is a lousy four lbs lighter?Exercising using traditional cardiovascular workouts will waste your time perfectly if that’s what catches your fancy.
You’re going to avoid hundreds of hours of wasted time if you will stick with interval training and resistance workouts as your method of reaching your weight loss goals. You will look much better after you lose 20 pounds.