Cardio anyone??
When should you be adding cardio to help with fat loss??
Not as often as you may think. Cardio is a tool to help burn extra calories and create a bigger deficit. We want to get majority of the deficit of calories from food. The extra activity however you do it is just a bonus on top.
So endless hours running isn't really helping!! Unless you're signed up to the London Marathon and then good luck you're MAD.
Your training programme should be based around weight training and progressing with increasing weight overtime. By doing this you will,
- Get stronger
- Increase muscle mass
- Drop fat, if you are controlling calories!!
Once you have a weight programme in place then you can look to add some cardio. Find a source that you enjoy doing and will adhere to. If you hate running then chances are you will say F**K it when you don't quite fancy it. Stick to our 80/20 rule. 20% of your weekly activity should be cardio based.
HIIT can be a good choice, due to it taking less time but it does not hold any magical fat burning qualities. It does though allow you to add many different movements and equipment to always keep it varied.
Up your TDEE!! Just moving more daily is cardio of one form. Just because you're not blowing out your arse doesn't mean you're not burning calories.
Ditch the endless hours on the cardio machines as its completely unnecessary. A little more control with your calories daily will have a even better result.