For Weight Loss What’s The Best Type of Cardiovascular Exercise?

For Weight Loss What’s The Best Type of Cardiovascular Exercise?

This is a question I am asked on many occasions, ‘should I do long steady state runs or bike rides or short high intensity bouts’

Well the answer is pretty simple.

Take a look at a marathon runner and you’ll see very little in the way of a shapely muscular physique i.e. Paula Radcliff she’s pretty much straight up and down with little or no curves.

Why?

Well marathon runners like Paula Radcliff do not require any additional muscle bulk to carry over such long distances this would impair there performance.

Take a look at a sprinter or middle distance runner say 800m and you’ll normally see a completely different physique, well toned with varying sizes of muscle bulk.

So to answer the question ‘For Weight Loss What’s the best type of cardiovascular exercise?

They both work, a better question is what shape would you like?

If you’d like the relatively non-athletic shape of a marathon runner, do long bouts of cardiovascular training i.e. cycling at a low intensity level for 50 minutes plus and do very little in the way of weight training

If you’d prefer a more athletic shape of a sprinter or middle distance runner, do short bouts of high intensity cardiovascular training (know as interval training) and use weights for resistance training.

Now before any of you ladies reading this are thinking ‘I don’t want great big muscles’ don’t worry the type of training we recommend will not have you looking like a male body builder with a square jawed female head.

Probably the most exciting thing about training more like a sprinter or middle distance runner is that you’ll quickly increase your metabolism, which means you’ll be burning more calories at rest and during your exercise bouts BONUS! I’d say.

So to quickly summarise to achieve the body shape you want train like those that have the shape you want and match it with good nutrition.

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Weight Loss: Two Things That Kill Weight Loss Success & An Educational Video??

Weight Loss: Two Things That Kill Weight Loss Success & An Educational Video??

A Weak Mind

A Weak Physiological State

The second one I will deal with in more detail in a future blog, but here’s a simple tip start eating breakfast.

A Weak Mind

When starting out on a weight loss campaign most people start with either the gym / exercise mainly men or diet mainly women.

So what’s the problem with that? Aren’t these good starting points?

NO!

Why? Because the chances are that this will not be their first ever attempt at weight loss, for some it will be their 3rd, 5th, 8th LOST COUNT! They've being trying for so long

And here’s the common denominator for probably 90% of these people they never consider how to build upon the thing, which has got them started again. What is it that has made them take that step into what can be a very painful physical and mental experience of trying to lose weight?

If you’re serious about losing weight and even more serious about keeping it off you must build and develop your mindset because without this you are doomed to failure.

Two quick things you can do to help you on your way.

Click on this link to a You Tube video (I know it's Hollywood but see if you understand the message) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vB59PkB0eQ (6 minutes)

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