Archive for the ‘Cardio’ Category
Crank It Up: 6 HIIT Cardio Workouts To Help Shred The Fat – By Chris Martinez
These days cardio machines are everyone’s choice of conditioning. Why? Probably because you hardly break a sweat, feel no pain, and you’re able to read the latest Gossip Magazine or text message while you’re at it. Yet as much as I do advocate using cardio machines, the correct way that is, there are other effective conditioning workouts out there.
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Cardio For Fat Loss: High Intensity Interval Training Cardio Vs Low Intensity Steady State Cardio
Why is it that cardio is always the hot topic of fitness discussion and seems to be the fix all solution to burning fat?
As we have all learned and I have written about in the past that cardio is not the fix all solution when it comes to body compositional changes anymore. New times have rolled in and we have tons of research studies proving that weight lif[...]
Crank It Up: Sprinting Towards Single Digit Body Fat Percentages With High Intensity Training
The relationship between sprinting and a rock-solid physique is why strength coach Erick Minor put together the program in this article. He thinks it's such a damn shame that so few bodybuilders actually sprint anymore. It's one of the few fat burning activities that can actually build muscle tissue instead of catabolizing it, and it's easy to do; just find [...]
Sweat Equity: Burn Fat Faster & More Efficiently With These 4 Scientifically Backed Cardio Routines
Like it or hate it, we all know one thing: Unless you want to be a disgusting lardball all your life, cardio is an essential component of your training program. If there's something worse than doing a cardio routine you dread, it's doing a cardio routine you dread that doesn't give you any benefits. Wasted time, wasted sweat, all for nothing. Ugh.
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Fit with HIIT: Science Is Dropping The Hammer On Endless Bouts Of Steady-State Cardio.
Less is more ... except when it applies to things you really don't enjoy, that is.
Take cardio, for example. How much cardio does it take to burn through that stubborn layer of fat lingering around your abdomen? Copious amounts--or at least that's what it feels like at times, since the most pervasive methodology behind fat-burning involves seemingly intermi[...]
Choosing Your Cardio Methods For Fat Loss Wisely
One common issue that most dieters face at some point or another during their weight loss program is a very intense degree of hunger. When the body is on a reduced calorie intake for an extended period of time, eventually it’s going to try to fight back and it does this by dramatically upping the sensation of hunger.
When you’re struggling to make it t[...]
Beta-Alanine + HIIT – Match Made in Athletic Heaven
This isn’t your grandfather’s form of cardio. Recently, high-intensity interval training has surged in popularity, freeing fitness enthusiasts from long hours on the treadmill.
HIIT is highly efficient, boosting the metabolism into a calorie-burning frenzy and challenging the cardiovascular system. As a result, all types of athletes, from bodybuilde[...]
Brandon Curry: Unleashed, Episode #9: Cardio And Muscle Recovery
IFBB Pro Bodybuilder and Team BSN athlete Brandon Curry is back to finish up the series discussing techniques for show-ready conditioning. Troy Brewer favors circuit training for contest prep while Brandon usually sticks to the treadmill. Finally, get Alicia Marie's perspective on the subject.[...]
Get Optimal Results With Morning Cardio!
Most bodybuilders, fitness enthusiasts, and personal trainers, will tell you that the best time to do cardio is early in the morning, on an empty stomach. For some reason, which most of them don't know the answer to, they will tell you this is the perfect time to facilitate fat burning.
I'm here to say they are off base in this approach to losing body fat, [...]
