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A good way to go about loosing unwanted lbs
When it comes to loosing weight there are many rumours, myths and truthful pieces of information floating about on the net. Lets let get straight to the point, what works when it comes to loosing the unwanted inches around the waist?
Firstly it needs to be stressed that spot reducing does not work, period. The body will shed fat from all over the body not from a specific place. So claims of loosing the fat from the belly area alone are false, this just can not happen. The body will respond to any fat loss technique by removing fat from the entire body as a whole. The fact is, the fat stored around the belly, the rear and the thighs are usually the last to be removed.
The second thing you need to understand is that the idea of morning unfuelled cardio is only part of the puzzle! There are other factors that are just important such as your general health and commitment to the cause. Two big parts of the picture that normally get over looked is a balanced diet with enough calories and a weight lifting regime. These two are important but are different reads! So check out the following once you have the idea of unfuelled morning cardio sussed.
Balanced Diet for weight loss
Weightlifting to promote fat loss
So the scenario is that we have gone to bed at 10pm, and woke up at 6am. That is 8 hours of good sleep and no food in out bodies. We awake and our bodies are completely empty, borerline in a catabolic state which is bad if we do too much, however if the right amount of exercise is applied perfect to burn more kcals from pure fat!
You see when you work out the body will have to burn fuel to be able to work, and it has a number of places it can get its fuel. The body will always use any carbohydrates found in your body for primary energy if working at an intensive level (ie working hard, sweating, out of breath – challenging cardio). This type of cardio works your cardio vascular system and is adopted by athletes to improve body conditioning for a sport. The heart rate is high and the work out is hard. Now if carbs are not present then muscle mass will be used broken down to supply the fuel for the bodies needs.
We know the body has two forms of mass, fat and muscle. We want to keep the muscle so that is why we adopted weight training to help keep hold of it. So now back to the cardio aspect, unless we are trying to improve our CV system then we do not need to work that intensively. You see, the trick is that if we are just after fat loss then as soon as we wake up we can work out and tap into our fat store with a very low challenging form of cardio.
The key is top keep the heart rate low that the body can use pure fat (most of the kcals anyway) over trying to break down muscle for energy. The energy expenditure is too low for catabolization to be accelerated. This is not to say that intensive cardio does not burn fat, the difference is how much of the calories burnt are from fat. Unfuelled AM cardio at a low heart rate will burn less overall calories then than a shorter more intensive form of cardio, but more of the calories burned will be direct from pure fat, where as the intensive cardio will burn the majority of the calories from the carbohydrates source (plus boosting the metabolism to continue burning calories throughout the rest of the day).
Both form of cardio, fuelled intensive and unfuelled low intensity cardio have their benefits and down to a matter of opinion. However if you are after loosing some fat and are not an athlete then low intensity training in the morning on an empty stomach teamed with a weight lifting regime and balanced diet can help you shift the pounds!
If you choose to try this method make sure you do not eat anything before hand, and do not let your heart rate 65% of your maximum heart rate and stay hydrated! Always have a good well balanced meal after full of good quality protein and carbohydrates to set you up for the day. As a guide line by the end of a 40 min cardio period you do not want to be too out of breath, and have only a slight sweat on.
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