Cardio

[Jsanti]

I'm looking to burn as much fat as possible. I have read that walking for about 30min every morning on an empty stomach will burn fat faster than training late in the day. Now I am reading that everyone is doing HIIT. What exactly is that? Should I do that instead of walking for 30min in the morning?

 

[outlawtas]

HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is generally high intesnsity cardio for shorter periods of time, like 20 minutes. You would do something like run your hardest for 1 minutes, then walk slowly for one minutes, followed by another minute of all out running.

I wouldn't go buckwild with "this type of cardio and that type of cardio". I would worry much more that your in a caloric defecit (burning > consumption).

 

[AngryMuscles]

cardio can get boring in the long run, but still very effective regardless. if you get tired from running/treadmills and all that, there are always other alternatives...like old school strength training.

this are for some who can't run due to reasons. try things

 

[outlawtas]

Agreed, do whatever you feel like or enjoy. As long as your burning more than you cosume you will lose weight.

 

[jrock817]

is the thoery of early morning cardio to get your metabolism up early so your at a higher metabolic rate throughout the day? I dont knoiw the validity of that, but early morning cardio makes me more alert and in a better mood for the whole day, and its nice to "wake up" earlier and workout at night without worrying about doing cardio.