RRM wrote:Its never high intensity physical activity, unless speedwalking falls into that category.
Yes, speedwalking does fall into that category. For someone who is not very fit, that could set their heart beating really fast. Anyway, what is really relevant is that the movements are never at the same pace for too long. Whilst for you speedwalking might not be 'high intensity', but interspersed with stopping and/or slowing down, that incorporates the theory of interval training.
RRM wrote:Its simply not true that you need to burn a lot of calories to burn fat. When you use your muscles to burn calories, thats sugars, not fat.
Please read the articles about the type of HIIT I mentioned. Plus
this one.
PACE Expert wrote:It is true that with moderate exercise, the percentage of energy derived from fat is higher but surprisingly, the body burns even more fat (60 percent) while it is resting. Who would prescribe resting to burn fat? Yet, this table shows us that the most important changes from exercise occur after, not during, the exercise period.
It's NOT about burning calories during the HIIT workout, but about increasing metabolic rate for up to 24 hours afterwards. Think of it this way, each HIIT session CANNOT be more than 20 minutes long, at least half of which (10 mins) is in the resting stage. If it is about burning calories during the workout, what can someone expect to burn in less than 10 minutes of cardio?
I think you need to read all the HIIT links I provided so you understand what it is advocating. We are actually both agreeing that "Its simply not true that you need to burn a lot of calories to burn fat".
HIIT Expert wrote: Listen, too much aerobics burns muscle! Take a look at the vast majority of women who take aerobics classes after work: do they ever transform their physiques? Rarely.
RRM wrote:low intensity exercises (or no exercise at all) are simply more effective when it comes to burning fat, effortlessly.
Who has 3 hours to spend walking everyday just so they can lose a bit of fat? Certainly not me. And I can confirm that I am on the Wai diet almost 100% at the moment and also doing HIIT and my body fat percentage has reduced. Believe it or not, but
I only run for about 4 minutes 3 or 4 times a week during HIIT. That is how little actual cardio I am doing. The rest of the workout is in the 'rest' stage.
You seem to think that I spend 20 minutes doing full on cardio. I don't.
RRM wrote:All im saying is that its absolutely not true that you need high intensity exercises to loose fat / be slim.
Please give me scientific facts to back up this 'absolute' statement. Furthermore, I never said that anybody has a 'need' for HIIT to lose fat, but merely mentioned it as one of the many ways people all over the world get rid of fat. There are many ways to skin a cow.
Brazilnuts wrote:3. They encourage you to do a form of HIIT, in the sense that during the cardio days (they have weight-lifting days in between cardio days, so the muscles rest and grow, and the weight-lifting is split into upper and lower body per session).
RRM wrote:You dont need cardio to build muscles. You need to do weights and rest
What you quoted from me never insinuated as much. I wrote "they have weight-lifting days in between cardio days, so the muscles rest and grow". You are actually agreeing with them.
RRM wrote:Leave out the cardio; they think you need it to loose fat, but thats not true.
If Havas wants to look ripped in 4 months time and not a year, then he will certainly benefit from HIIT. And again, it is not like your run of the mill cardio.
Brazilnuts wrote:As for the jogging, I think you should scrap that and do some High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to lose the excess fat.
RRM, I am actually encouraging Havas to quit spending so much time 'jogging' for fat loss and to simply replace it with shorter cardio-boosting workouts.
RRM, seriously, what harm can running for ONLY 4 minutes three times a week do?