The worst cardio of fat loss?!

Cardiovascular training, or training of the heart, almost of us will do some form of cardio whether it be 30 minutes a day or 30 minutes a week. Main reason we would chose to do this is because we want a healthy heart and longevity. It is nice being able to run to the car in the rain and not be gasping for oxygen afterwards!

Another popular reason is of course is the aid in weight loss or dropping body fat. But which is the best form of cardio that will give us the best results in terms of burning the most fat? – Short answer, what ever you are not doing. The hardest thing for your body is something it is not good at or something it has not done for a while.

Harder --> More energy needed --> More calories burnt --> More confidence

Long answer, chop and change your training. If you have been running every other day for example and then decide to go for a bike ride that will be more of a challenge and in turn burn more body fat. Same can be said for when we eventually (hopefully not too much longer) get back in the gym. If you usually do 10 minutes on the rowing machine at the end of your session and you change it for the stair master you will feel that more because your body is working harder at something it has not yet adapted to.

I am not saying change your training every single time you go into the gym or go out the house, but what I will say is when you start to get good or feel like your 10 minutes on the rower is getting easy that is when it is time to change. This is usually around the 4 week mark, give or take. There is nothing saying you cannot then swap back to doing what you did beforehand then keep repeating the cycle.

Another area to look at is the intensity. Are you doing more LISS (Low Intensity Steady State) or leaning more toward HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), neither one is better than the other (please see previous post below for more detail on that). https://www.jetraining.co.uk/post/hiit-vs-liss

Here is an example of how you could change the intensity, instead of running a constant pace for 30 minutes you could try sprinting for 10 seconds and then walking for 20 seconds, or sprinting to 1 lamppost and then walking the next 2 lampposts. The same could apply vice versa.

Albert Einstein, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

The exact same principle will apply to your training. Do not get stuck doing the same training over and over again and expecting different results.