The Cardio Confessional
I was going to write a blog post today about post-holiday cardio and how this kind of compensatory behaviour is simply a waste of time. But rather than write out my thoughts about why you shouldn’t waste even a minute doing this as well as why it reinforces bad habits, I’m going to post a blog post from my friend Craig Ballantyne that summarizes my thoughts on this very well. It’s called the Cardio Confessional.
The Cardio Confessional
Only minutes ago I stepped off a plane from Palm Beach to Toronto, back from the best fitness seminar I’ve ever attended. And as we left the plane, the stewardess from US Airways wished me a Happy Thanksgiving.
Of course, as a Canadian, I celebrated our Thanksgiving over 6 weeks ago.
However, for our American readers, the big day for giving thanks is this Thursday. Followed of course, by Black Friday - the day many men and women spend on the Cardio Confessional.
That’s my term for people who think that an hour of cardio will make up for the previous day’s dietary indiscretions. But nothing can be further from the truth.
For the next two months, millions of bloated men and women will be stepping on stairmasters, mounting elliptical machines, and parking their butts on bikes for hours while repenting their sinful pumpkin pie indulgences and other holiday feast transgressions.
Unfortunately, they will do all this with little return for the investment of their time.
Just take a look at the two most shocking research studies in the last year.
First, from Australia, came the study showing us that cardio did nothing for female fat loss, while interval training helped burn belly fat.
And second, an American study showed that even doing 300 hours of cardio in a year led to less than 6 pounds of fat loss in men and women.
So to sum up the big findings of this year…
- The cardio confessional is a waste of time.
- A mindset that involves “exercise as punishment for overeating” is unhealthy and ineffective.
- Resistance training is the only way to build muscle and burn fat at the same time.
- Short burst Turbulence Training workouts are the best way to lose your belly fat and sculpt your body.
- The interval training workouts you’ll find on pages 36-39 of the Turbulence Training for Fat Loss manual will help you burn belly fat in only 20 minutes per session.
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Get with the program,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training
PS - Turbulence Training Beats Cardio for Fat Burning Effectiveness.
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