Do you do cardio fitness to lose weight? Then read here

Do you do cardio fitness or are you learning about cardio fitness as a method to lose weight? First of all, let’s reveal the mystery, or what exactly is meant by cardio fitness, cardio or cardiofitness. Under the name of cardio fitness we find all those aerobic and low-medium intensity workouts useful for the cardiorespiratory system : jogging, walking, cycling, training with elliptical trainers or with the treadmill. Generally this type of training must be frequent (at least three times a week), and long enough: no less than 15 minutes, up to an hour or three quarters of an hour. A lot of people bet everything on cardio training, despite some instructors screaming in vain on his blog to reiterate that fat mass does not burn by killing yourself with cardio fitness, and that it would be more useful to include cardio workouts within a more varied circuit for weight loss. In fact, I know many people who are fanatics of cardio fitness, but they suffer from localized heaps of fat that with all the good will they have not been able to lose. So where is the truth?
Now, an article that appeared on this American news site reveals the four myths about cardio fitness to dispel:

– that it is a way to lose weight faster:cardio fitness alone allows you to burn energy without building muscles; in practice, both the muscles and the fat are already thrown away, unless you integrate cardio fitness with some anaerobic exercise, such as weights;
– which must last over forty minutes to take effect: assuming that even doing little is better than doing nothing, if in our training we include not only cardio fitness but also some exercise, we can avoid killing ourselves for an hour with the treadmill ;
– which must be done on an empty stomach:no cardio workout should be done fasting, not even running, although I know a lot of people who run fast because they say they can burn fat so directly; in reality you get tired earlier and risk a longer catabolic period for the muscles.
– you get muscle in your legs (and a great butt): well , no, if you want to use cardio fitness to sculpt your leg muscles, tone them up or have a great butt, you’ve got it right. For that, exercises such as squats and others that use the resistance and weight of the body to train the muscle are fine.
In short, cardio fitness can also give results, but those who want a healthy and fit body must include cardio in a more complex training plan!