I get sick of getting these emails with the revolutionary fat loss programs that are supposed to melt flab fast, and all they are is slow cardio routines. The truth is that traditional cardio workouts suck and they waste time and they aren’t going to help you. Now I can tell you about one more study where cardio was done with alternating intensity to burn fat effectively. For example, I’ve seen research that compared biking at a constant rate, maybe 2/3 maximum) for a whole hour.
These compared with performing a half hour period followed by a 1/3 hour rest, repeating the half-hour biking. Both of these rides were at the same intensity as the first. After alll the data was in, the study revealed that the same amount of calories were burned in both workout sessions.
What was also proven, however, was that the group that split up the hour of biking burned about 50% more fat in the after math. So, what is the significance of this? Not much.
To begin with, neither one of these approaches would do as much good as a 1/3 hour of interval training.
Another thing is that I can’t see anyone wanting to work out this way. Besides, it takes more time. Finally, when you check out the calorie difference between the two, the percentages sound like a lot, but the actual difference is probably about 50 calories.
So, what do you make of it when you see people at the gym sitting there for 1/3 of an hour between their traditional aerobic routines so that they can burn those few extra calories in between?
I don’t have the time to sit around reading magazines that long, do you? I want you to know that traditional cardio is totally worthless: even the studies that are supposed to promote cardio prove what I’m saying is true.