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Originally Posted by OrangeSS
Yea, that sucks! Keeping with it and keeping with a schedule is the hardest part. Get back at it!
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I've been hitting the gym for the past almost 2 months and it gets easier to get there the longer you go. When you start seeing results you feel lazy on the days you're recovering.
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Originally Posted by OrangeSS
Then cardio is the way to go! You have to do at least 45 minutes of cardio for you to actually start burning fat. So anything more than that is what you want. Just take an MP3 player and zone out, works for me.
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I was doing 2 visits to the gym a day every day. At that time I was doing up to 2 hours in a day on non lift days and on lift days I would do 20 mins on the bike to get warmed up and then lift for about an hour. Started seeing results and have definitely grown some muscle.
I recently started doing burst cardio though. I won't get too into it but basically you do your cardio in less then 20 minutes every other day. You do 3 or 4 intense "sprints" (could be running, bike, elliptical, whatever) for no longer then a minute but you go 100% for that minute so that by the time a minute has passed you couldn't possible take on more step,pedal,etc. You will be fighting for air and that's exactly what you want. You create an oxygen deficit and your body fighting to get air preserves muscle while burning fat.
When you do long cardio sessions you're burning fat WHILE working out but when you're not then your body stores again. By using energy in the workout your body learns to burn fat for fuel the next 48 hours while you're NOT working out. They actually say not to do it every day because the effects are still there that long after. 20 mins every other day. The biggest reason I switched to this was because long cardio burns muscle for energy whereas burst training preserves it.
Do some research cause it's supposed to be THE way to workout. Too early for me to tell so far but I'm going to stick with it and see. Also if you're lifting also then do it before you do the burst and do NOTHING the next day.