Thread: How to Cut
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Old 11-10-2006, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric3237 View Post
You're making the mistake of equating a higher percentage of fat being burned in low intensity effort with MORE fat being burned. Not necessarily the case. There is ALWAYS more than one way of doing things and it is useful to keep in mind the effect on metabolism AFTER the cardio. The fact is even high intensity WEIGHT WORK has been shown to burn more fat throughout the day than low intensity work of anykind. So also with HIIT style "cardio".

Probably people should do what works for them. There is not usually a one size fits all in this, nor in diet. But I think a mix of both higher intensity and lower intensiy would be very useful. It wouldn't be possible to sum up the optimal approach to cardio for everyone in one thread. That's why we have a whole fat-loss forum .
Hey, Eric:


Sorry, i'm not sure what you mean by your first statement.

The point of my post was simply to point out that when most people talk about cutting, they talk about diet alone, and seem 2 forget about aerobic exercise (evidenced by the brief treatment it got in this thread), or just think of it as an added assurance to weight loss.

However, if you kept your diet and workouts exactly the same, and only introduced aerobic exercise into your workout regimine, u would lose fat while retaining muscle. Losing weight this way is more efficient, and involves less risk of losing muscle mass, if done correctly.

On the otherhand, drastically cutting caloric intake is much more risky and imprecise in this regard. Unfortunately, what most people consider aerobic exercise is actually anaerobic, and counterproductive to proper weight loss.

Aerobic exercise increases/intensifies the metabolic process whereby fats are broken down by the body more readily than by simply cutting caloric intake. In fact, it amps up the metabolic process, regardless of caloric intake.

Given the choice between cutting another 250 calories per day from my diet or adding another hour to my daily aerobic exercise, i'd choose the latter. And i'd have the assurance that my muscle mass was safe. In fact, i have been able to continue to add muscle mass while cutting this way.

Just my take on things, and what works 4 me, tested and proven.



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