I think it's great when someone has chosen a new healthier eating lifestyle, tracking macronutrients, resistance training, plyometrics, a small amount of HIIT and
some short duration cardio.
Not exact matches
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.
By lowering the amount of traditional steady state
cardio, and replacing it with higher intensity and
shorter duration exercise, you will actually improve your hormonal state and your body's ability to burn fat and build lean muscle.
High intensity interval training is
shorter in
duration, yields a greater post exercise caloric burn, and will help you shed fat at faster rate than steady - state
cardio.
Many people are now ditching the steady state
cardio in favor of
shorter, more challenging workouts that focus on intensity rather than
duration.
We know that
short bursts of high intensity training reprograms your genes to burn fat and grow muscle, while long
duration steady state
cardio has no such reprogramming effect.
Focus your «
cardio» efforts on
shorter duration variable intensity interval training, wind sprints, hill sprints, stair sprints, jump rope, and other higher intensity (and variable intensity) forms of training instead of relying on long
duration, steady - pace boring traditional
cardio.
It has become the most popular fitness advice: ditch the hour - long, low intensity
cardio for a 20 minute high intensity interval training (HIIT) workout in which you alternate
short periods — from 30 to 60 seconds at maximum intensity follow by the same
duration or longer the recovery period.
«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.