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Cardio Mistakes You Make That Are Killing Your Fat Loss

Did you know you're probably doing your cardio exercise is wrong. It's probably tough to hear but first let me just show you what I'm talking about. In today's world, we have been recommended by many health professionals and doctors that slow and steady wins the race with cardio workouts. What I'm talking about is a light to moderate jog for 60 minutes plus. Doing this does not actually help you achieve weight loss or boost metabolism.

First let's talk a little bit about our body so you can understand. Our bodies are not made for endurance. Look at the difference between a sprinter, and a marathon runner. The sprinter will be physically fit and have a nice lean fit body, while the marathon runner on the other hand, will be extremely skinny and almost sickly looking. Scientific research has now shown that low intensity, continuous cardio workouts may not be the healthiest way to train your heart or do cardio exercises.

If we look at nature. There is not one other animal that has extended endurance exercises. But you will see in nature, is high-intensity spurts followed by low intensity spurts. Like a lion sprinting to its target, or a squirrel darting up a tree from danger. If you really want to lose weight and have a lean body high intensity interval training is what you should do. What I mean by high-intensity interval training is rotating a high intensity interval with a low intensity interval. A great cardio routine would look something like this:

Start walking or lightly jogging for three to four minutes to warm up your body and get the blood pumping.

Next sprint at 8 miles an hour for a minute.

Then slow down to a walk or slight jog for 1.5 minutes

Do this eight times, and you will have done a great 20 minute cardio workout.

The reason this works is because our bodies are designed to be used in spurts. You will also be training your heart to respond to certain stimulus better throughout your day. With slow and steady cardio. your heart does not have to keep re-regulating itself so it never gets used to changed, but if you use HIIT (High intensity interval training) you will train your heart to respond better, which will ultimately improve your metabolism and get you a lean fit body.

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