Gear You Cardio Toward Your Diet To Get The Best Fat Loss Results - Here's How

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What type of cardio do you do? Are you a low-intensity, long-duration type like jogging for example, or do you prefer sprinting or different types of interval training? Well, it seems that depending on what you put in your body will make a huge impact on what type of cardio is best for you to get lean.

The Low Intensity Approach

Whether you go for long distances (10k's or half marathons) or for certain times like 45 minutes you will want to eat a higher carbohydrate diet. Reason being is that when you run at a lower intensity for longer periods you are going to burn through your body's glycogen (carb) stores very quickly. So replenishing these stores with additional carbs in your diet will be beneficial, especially for your recovery process. If you do low intensity exercise for long periods like this and do not replenish your stores properly this can lead to losing precious muscle tissue that one, we work extremely hard for, and two the more muscle tissue you carry will yield you a faster metabolism so take heed of this for sure.

The Sprinter

This type of individual would rather sprint than go for a long jog, which is fine, especially if you are on a lower carbohydrate diet. When you train in intervals, in other words variations of short bursts followed by longer periods of rest your body is able to recover slightly between sets, which will limit your glycogen stores from breaking down. But, the benefit to this style of training is that these bursts of energy pull a lot of oxygen from your muscles. The more oxygen that gets pulled (in other words the more intense your intervals) the higher and longer your metabolism stays raised without completely depleting your glycogen stores. So it is kind of a win-win situation here if your main goal is fat loss. Reason being is because you reap the benefits of raising your metabolism for longer periods, and you are not depleting your glycogen at the same time, which means you do not have to worry about accidentally using muscle tissue because you did not consume enough carbohydrates.

It seems after comparing the two approaches the interval training low carb diet would be superior to the low intensity approach for fat loss. Either way you decide to approach your cardio, make sure your diet falls in line with it to not only get you the best end result in fat loss, but to promote proper muscle recovery. Stay healthy.

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