The premise
behind long duration cardio, is that you are trying to change your body during exercise by training in the «fat - burning zone».
Client number 2 was under eating with the typical «eat clean» low carb diet» and sticking to about 6 - 8 food choices only, going to the gym 6 days a week lifting weights and doing mind
numbing long duration cardio.
Muscle wastage occurs when performing a lot
of long duration cardio, so instead try 2 - 3 short, high intensity sessions and only add longer, more moderate sessions as a last resort.
As a matter of fact, you don't even need the typical
boring long duration cardio workouts that so called «fitness experts» try to tell you is the only way to lose body fat.
«If you're looking at shorter, higher intensity or
longer duration cardio training, I would plan ahead after your splits because the last thing you want to do is ask your muscles to work at their highest levels and to have your technique fail because you're already partially exhausted from your cardio,» says Hopkins.
Different types of training elicit different body response, and in this context, different types can increase testosterone and DHT, but they can also decrease, multiple examples being endurance training, high rep strength training or
long duration cardio.
That's right,
long duration cardio is catabolic, meaning it breaks down muscle.
The reality is that moderate intensity,
long duration cardio may have some benefits that make it worth doing (i.e. better circulatory and respiratory health), but if burning fat is your primary goal you're just wasting time by doing this.
was under eating with the typical «eat clean» low carb diet» and sticking to about 6 - 8 food choices only, going to the gym 6 days a week lifting weights and doing mind numbing
long duration cardio.