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A new sign in my gym reads, "Too much cardio can increase body fat... ask us why." I didn't bother to ask, but thought it might be fun to throw out there to see what inane theories we can come up with; they'll probably be at least as good as what my gym's managers came up with.
So what happens when we chose to cardio ourselves to death for 1 hour or more a day while cutting our food intake in half?
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Dave
What the hell is cardio?
Excessive cardio, like a hurricane wind, blows out the fat burning flame because it because the body's hormones to "bottom out" and metabolism goes south. This response is even more severe if you "go on a diet" and the same time. Some exercise (air) is necessary to burn fat, and weight training with accessory cardio accomplishes this. Most people fail because they focus on burning calories. Who cares about burning calories? We want to burn fat'not calories.
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
On the other hand...since being injured and now stopping running, I do find that I gain faster than I did before. Dunno if that is because of becoming more "metabolically efficient" or getting older or what. I do know I have NOT wasted my muscle away with all my cardio. I have more muscle than I did before.
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http://www.fitness-nutrition-weightloss.com/too-much-cardio-can-make-you-fat.html I think this is what they are referring to. A slowing metabolism if you don't fuel properly and then if you quit, you get fatter. Not true if you eat right and don't quit though.
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