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Originally Posted by Speedy1975
When the weather eases up I plan to add a 30-45 minute walk in the mornings on an empty stomach on non-lift days. That worked pretty good for me last year and is what the body building judge I worked with suggested. Empty stomach low intensity cardio for 30-45 mins.
I figure in another week or two the weather will be good for that. I keep my heart rate around 125 - 130 when walking so it's right in that fat burn range.
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A lot of people say low intensity cardio is good for fat burning but studies show that higher intensity is better and HIIT is the king. You can burn more cals doing 15-20 min HIIT than an hour of low intensity and HIIT does help buid muscle as well. I'd rather do the 20 min HIIT and spend the other 40 doing something I like and burn more calories to boot. If you look at programs like P90x etc they lean towards HIIT and do shred fat.