QUOTE (Ch1nkaling @ Jul 29 2008, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
needlepeople, twinklefish personally, I think you are both doing inefficient cardio training. The point of cardio is to raise your rate so you burn fat more effectively and to improve your cardiovascular system. If you can do 56 minutes on the elliptical, you're not doing anything near as intense as you need to. You can be stubborn and say it works for you, but I'm telling you, Frequency (how many times you do it a week or whatever) and Duration (time you do it for each session) are FAR less important than Intensity. Decreasing cardio by 1/3 frequency AND/OR 1/3 duration and keeping the same intensity, does not result in much change in results, you can quote me on that. Twinklefish, ONE session of normal running or jogging is better than 2. It keeps your heart rate constantly higher and will keep the heart rate up after you stop running for longer (which means passive fat burning ability is increased for a longer amount of time). But instead of jogging, you can just look into HIIT which is the most effective type of running if your body is conditioned already.
REMEMBER: You HAVE to eat well, you think not eating makes you skinnier?? HELLLLLLL NO. Haha, here is what happens: Your body perceives a starving period as a threat, our bodies through evolution have grown to adapt to these situations by STORING FAT. So guess what, if you starve, and work out or just MOVE, your body uses the protein for energy, which means you LOSE LEAN BODY MASS. Result: a LIGHTER you, not skinnier, just LIGHTER. You will have the same body fat%, only you'll be weaker, less healthy, and smaller. Don't be afraid to eat, and make sure you have SOME fat in your diet.
REMEMBER: You HAVE to eat well, you think not eating makes you skinnier?? HELLLLLLL NO. Haha, here is what happens: Your body perceives a starving period as a threat, our bodies through evolution have grown to adapt to these situations by STORING FAT. So guess what, if you starve, and work out or just MOVE, your body uses the protein for energy, which means you LOSE LEAN BODY MASS. Result: a LIGHTER you, not skinnier, just LIGHTER. You will have the same body fat%, only you'll be weaker, less healthy, and smaller. Don't be afraid to eat, and make sure you have SOME fat in your diet.
Haha my body isn't conditioned at all. I'm on the skinny side but lack muscle. I can't really jog non stop for half an hour without killing myself. How do I build my endurance so I can actually exercise for at least half an hour?
That was really helpful.
