Increase cardio to lose weight

Truth or Myth?

If I want to lose weight... Should I train more? Do I have to increase cardio?

My definitive answer is no.

It's a big mistake that we don't seem to assimilate. When you plan to lose weight, there's always that tendency (I include myself) to want to exercise more, or do double or triple the cardio, leaving the most important thing for last: diet.

Moreover, my personal experience tells me that precisely, overtraining or doing too much cardio (for example, on an empty stomach, as we discussed in previous articles) will produce the opposite effect to the desired one.

It's very simple: more exercise, you burn more calories, you stress more, you get even more tired... high risk of breaking the diet.

And it's not just because doing more cardio makes us hungrier, it's that our body will most likely enter a state of "alarm" and activate its mechanisms to slow down metabolism.

Guys, I always insist on this: I am not a doctor, nor a scientist, nor an expert in the metabolic relationships of the human body. I only give my opinion as an athlete and former body fitness competitor with more than twenty years working in the fitness and sports supplementation industry. I don't know if someone who is truly an expert might consider this an erroneous fact, but it is what I have experienced, both personally and in the preparations of other clients.

My advice is to seek a coherent balance. Everything in excess is bad. And our body is the first to react to these excesses, sometimes producing the opposite effect to the desired one.

• Always prioritize nutrition: it is the ultimate key to losing weight.
• Exercise 3 to 5 days a week.
• Cardio: between 30 and 45 minutes, 3 to 5 days a week.
• If you wish, you can include a fat burner in your diet.
• Always remember that this is sometimes a slow process; rapid weight loss is not at all advisable. Remember, short steps, short goals for a great final result.