Cardio for Weight Loss and Gain
Sorry, but that isn't the answer and, in fact, there is no right answer to that question. We all need a different amount of exercise when it comes to losing weight. Some people may need to do cardio every day while others can get away with just two or three days a week...it all depends on things like your genetics, how much you weigh, how much you eat and how hard you work during your workouts.
One certainty we do have is that, if you want to lose weight, you're going to have to do some cardio. What kind and how much is up to you and, to help you out, I'm offering some tips in my latest article, Cardio for Weight Loss and Gain. In this article, I talk about why cardio is important, the difference between different types of cardio and the best way to set up a cardio program.
I do want to stress that cardio is just one part of a weight loss program - you also need strength training, flexibility training and, most important, a healthy diet that allows you to burn more than you eat. But, today, it's all about the cardio.
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It’s true that everyone needs a different amount of cardio. After some trial and error, I’m now doing about 6-7 days a cardio along with strength training and that helps me maintain a decent weight. My wife, on the other hand, only does light cardio a couple times a week and somehow manages to stay trim, even after having 2 kids. We’re all at the mercy of our genetics, even if we do control what we eat and how much we exercise.
I have been dieting and exercising since 1968,still getting into shape is 90% diet and 10% persperation, gentetics have almost nothing to do with it,it is a lame excuse for eating to much!!!!!!
No Rick, your doing what a lot of people do and your WRONG! I can’t stand people that seem to think what works for them works for everyone and you are one of the worst kind of offenders! All people have different body and brain chemistries and to say that you have found a method of weight management that works across the board is both ignorant and irresponsible. My workouts are very intense 3 days a week and cardio is 5 days a week and I can (as a 36 year old man) eat whatever I want and not gain a single pound and I am in much better shape that guys 20 years younger than me. But for me to apply this to everyone else would be stupid and it doesn’t help anybody but instead can wreck the motivation of people that have a hard time losing weight, like my girlfriend! She follows a primarily vegatarian diet but does eat lean red meat and pork and I guarantee her workouts are harder than most and while she is fit she has a very stocky build. So you should probably rethink those ignorant words of yours because you make yourself part of the problem of legitimate weight loss instead of a solution!
Maybe you should take up some yoga to work out some of that anger!!
Korey should RELAX! Both of you make valid points. However you can’t summarize a few billion people in this world and the way food is digested in their bodies. One thing that holds true (yes even for Korey) calories in greater than calories out=you gain weight…
Calories in less than calories used = you will lose weight. If an individual can figure that out they can control their weight. End of story, but I will always make money from those who think there is a short-cut or magic pill..
Ok, question. I run a fitness-like blog myself, but I can never land on a solid question.
Is walking better than running? Is running a greater cardio workout?
Is there a difference between how one works and one does not? As in: for heart health - run; for fat burning walk.
I always thought that low-intensity cardio was great for calorie burning, but for heart-strength running is great.
I am probably flawed, and all cardio works the heart to some degree, but which burns the calories the best for, say, a mid-aged woman?