It’s a strange thing how cardio doesn’t work the same for all men and women. You have maybe tried with it, and, maybe, it didn’t gave you the results you were looking for. Here you will find why and what to do to achieve the best results in your cardio trianing program.
After all, some men and women do cardio 6 hours, 9 hours, or more per week, and still have belly fat to burn. On the other hand, it works just fine for others. British researchers wanted to get more insight into this paradox, and studied 35 overweight men and women, who weren’t previously exercising.
The subjects exercised for 12 weeks, 5 times per week. That’s a lot of exercise and it helped the subjects lose an average of 8.2 pounds, but it worked better in young men, who need the help the least!
Back to the study, the variance in fat loss between individuals was huge. Check this out…The best subject lost a staggering 32.3 pounds in 12 weeks, while the worst subject actually GAINED 3.74 pounds.
The scientists think they know where things went sour. They classified the subjects into 2 groups, called the “Compensators” and the “Non-compensators”. The Compensators were hungrier, and as a result consumed an extra 268 calories per day, all but wiping out their cardio efforts. Therefore, the Compensators lost the least amount of weight, and scientists believe that was due to the huge “compensatory” increase in appetite experienced by this group.
You have to check your appetite and calorie intake to see if you are “compensating” for your efforts. If you want to eat more than nothing after your cardio training, then maybe you are in the compensators group and need an special cardio program designed to your needs. It may be better for you to use it’s better for you to use a program of high-intensity resistance and interval training (i.e. Turbulence Training) for your weight loss efforts.
The Professor Steve Boucher in Australia has shown in his research that interval training increases hormones called catecholamines. As these hormones increase they can reduce appetite, among other fat-burning benefits.
I don’t know you, but i know that if you are reading this, then you are not in the small group of people who lose 33 pounds after 12 weeks of cardio. And that’s not bad at all, there’s still hope for people for you or me who wants to look and feel ok.
Well, first of all, you have to check your appetite and know a little more about your condition. There’s a lot for you to do to get the look you want (or need, for medical reasons). Beat the curse of cardio with high-intensity Turbulence Training.