Tue, May-13-14, 09:56
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Experimenter
Posts: 25,863
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Plan: DDF
Stats: 202/185.4/179
BF:
Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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Originally Posted by elgrayso
hello,
I am new to low carving just by a few months.
one of the main shocking things I've read was that cardio isn't that helpful for weight loss.
I've read "Why We Get Fat" and "The Art and Science of Low Carb Performance" and they BOTH briefly mentioned that cardio is good for you, but not that helpful for weight loss. I don't have the books on me at the moment, but during both reads I felt like I didn't grasp the concept.
Can anyone help explain this... or direct me if there is already a thread on this matter?
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In the other Phinney/Volek book they mention how some people have as much as a 15% reduction in metabolism when they do too much cardio.
Yeah, it is always a little surprising to find out what we've been told over and over is wrong. But get used to it!
Salt is good for you, fat is good for you, cardio isn't necessarily all that great.
Go to Mark's daily apple and search on "chronic cardio". Very good reading.
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