Myth #1: You Have To Do Cardio First Thing In The Morning On An Empty Stomach.
There's nothing magical about this time - although it is often the only time many of day many people have to themselves.
It doesn't matter when you exercise - as long as you exercise intensely and consistently. Focus on relatively high-intensity workouts to increase your metabolism for as many hours after exercise as possible. That is best done with interval training and resistance training.
Myth #2: You Have To Do Your Cardio In Your "Fat Burning Zone."
While you might burn a larger proportion of total calories as fat when you exercise in your fat burning zone, you burn fewer calories overall by exercising at such a low intensity.
When you increase your workout intensity and get out of your so-called "fat burning zone," you burn more total calories, and as a result, more fat.
In addition, the "fat burning zone" training doesn't put "turbulence" on your muscles... so you don't burn many calories in the post-exercise time period. But with interval training, you burn a significant amount of calories for hours after training, and that leads to more fat loss.
Myth #3: You Have To Do Cardio For 20 Minutes Before You Burn Fat.
But what if I only exercise for 19 minutes and 59 seconds? Are you telling me that I won't have burned any fat? That's ridiculous.
We need to be more concerned with our 24-hour metabolism, not how much fat or even how many calories are burned during the workout.
Myth #4: Drinking Ice Cold Water Will Help You Burn Calories And Lose Fat.
This myth often comes along with some calculations showing that by drinking 8 glasses of ice-cold water you can burn 70 calories per day. I don't believe that actually holds true in real life. Regardless, drinking cold water is not going to burn any more fat off your body than drinking room temperature water.
There's nothing magical about this time - although it is often the only time many of day many people have to themselves.
It doesn't matter when you exercise - as long as you exercise intensely and consistently. Focus on relatively high-intensity workouts to increase your metabolism for as many hours after exercise as possible. That is best done with interval training and resistance training.
Myth #2: You Have To Do Your Cardio In Your "Fat Burning Zone."
While you might burn a larger proportion of total calories as fat when you exercise in your fat burning zone, you burn fewer calories overall by exercising at such a low intensity.
When you increase your workout intensity and get out of your so-called "fat burning zone," you burn more total calories, and as a result, more fat.
In addition, the "fat burning zone" training doesn't put "turbulence" on your muscles... so you don't burn many calories in the post-exercise time period. But with interval training, you burn a significant amount of calories for hours after training, and that leads to more fat loss.
Myth #3: You Have To Do Cardio For 20 Minutes Before You Burn Fat.
But what if I only exercise for 19 minutes and 59 seconds? Are you telling me that I won't have burned any fat? That's ridiculous.
We need to be more concerned with our 24-hour metabolism, not how much fat or even how many calories are burned during the workout.
Myth #4: Drinking Ice Cold Water Will Help You Burn Calories And Lose Fat.
This myth often comes along with some calculations showing that by drinking 8 glasses of ice-cold water you can burn 70 calories per day. I don't believe that actually holds true in real life. Regardless, drinking cold water is not going to burn any more fat off your body than drinking room temperature water.
By: Craig Ballantyne (bodybuilding.com)
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