Is your cardio training getting you little or no weight loss?

I can’t tell you how many potential clients come and tell me they “I don’t know where I’m going wrong, but I can’t seem to lose weight.”  They say they are barely losing any weight and that they are doing cardio 4-6 times per week, some even 7 days per week!  And they don’t understand why they can’t hit their fat loss goals.  Does this sound just like you?

You probably see this type of training on TV shows, and that’s what the mass media keeps telling you people do this to lose weight.  Well unfortunately long and slow cardio workouts are not ideal for fat loss, and often times in my experience have even caused clients to lose ZERO weight!  If you’re not getting results and you’re working outing out often this could be happening to you.
One of the main reasons longer-slower cardio in the fat burning zone doesn’t help you lose weight is that it actually make your body more efficient at burning and storing fat.  Believe it or not, it’s true.  The main energy source you use during long cardio sessions in the “fat burning zone” is not surprisingly fat......which is why most people think it’s good for burning fat.  However, after the first few weeks your body adapts to this and actually becomes very efficient at storing and burning fat. 

In a 2007 study it was shown that a group who performed on average 6 hours of long slow cardio per week for an entire year lost an average of only 3.5 pounds for the entire year! That’s less than 1/3 of a pound per month.  For a total of 312 hours of cardio training through the entire year they only lost 3.5 pounds on average.  That’s a whole lot of work for almost no fat loss if you ask me.

At this point you’re probably wondering what type of cardio you should be doing to lose fat ideally.  I have a great article on this on my website to learn how to burn the most fat possible from your cardio workouts check it out at http://www.peak-personaltraining.com/articlecardio2.html.