The Truth About Using Cardio For Weight Loss (New Study)

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Cardio is the dominating exercise choice for weight loss. And for a very very long time, it was believed that doing long, steady-state cardio would be the best option, thus leading to half the gym floors filled with an abundance of cardio equipment. Although cardio very much can be effective for weight loss, it it becoming increasingly clear that cardio alone is not the most efficient way to lose weight. Instead, a bit of resistance training can go a long way, all the while keeping your exercise hours the same. And a new study can help us understand this a bit further.
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[BammyQ]

I stopped cardio and sawed off my leg. Dropped 35lbs in the shortest amount of time

[ItsJakeTheBrake]

Just read the study and it's kind of obvious why the resistance group had higher VO2Max outcomes. The AE and COM groups did endurance training with very low intensities for the vast majority of the trial, finishing with what would be zone 2/Zone 3, in the last weeks. The RE group probably spent a lot more time at relatively higher heart rates, just by lifting. Also the heart rate curve in resistance training is closer to interval training, with a quick increase, spike and then a longer rest period and interval training is generally seen as being better at improving VO2Max than low intensity steady state cardio. The authors themselves suggest a further study, where the cardio starts at 60% HRR to see if that's a better starting point for the progression.

But...people aren't going to read this or won't care and will end up claiming that lifting increases their endurance more than cardio and that they could run a marathon because they squat x amount of pounds.
People need to accept that doing both, in whatever ratio best suits you, is the best.

Edit: I just realised, they didn't track caloric intake. That alone means you can't draw any conclusions from their results regarding weight loss.
That leaves us with cardio results that are usless and weight loss results that are useless. The only thing we can learn from that study, is that people self reported that they were generally more active compared to the control group and that the resistance training had more dropouts. Here's your headline: People who excercise are more active!!!

[Edevveiss]

Was a cardio junky until I realized that the more muscles you have, the more food you get to eat.

[warithmuhammad]

I just do cardio for the obvious reason. Cardio-vascular health.

[chungus]

This is why my favorite form of cardio is doing squats with 10-12 reps

[gasparsigma]

If anyone's curious, in the paper they mentioned 25 min cardio and 3 different resistance training exercises per session, 3x a week

[Conan_the_Based]

I had a Little Caesars ad before watching this video. The oracle has spoken.

[Reddles]

What really determines whether you'll lose weight is how much you eat. Apparently it's pretty common for people to gain weight while marathon training because they get really hungry and overeat after their runs. Personally I track my calories and find that a few hundred extra calories burned from cardio makes it so much easier to hit my target, although it's a little disappointing when you realize that running a mile only burns the equivilant of like 2 oreos.

[christoph]

The biggest limitation IMO, is the lack of calorie intake requirements. AFAIK, they did not include any calorie restrictions or measurements. How can reach any conclusions, when one of the biggest (if not _the_ biggest) contributor to weight fluctuations is omitted?

[budddmj]

I changed my diet, and did nothing but HIIT training and running. I lost 100 lbs over the course of 5 years and am now a multi marathon runner.

It all comes down to finding an exercise that you enjoy and that can push you. Everyone is different and will not find the same results. But if you find an exercise that you enjoy and enjoy pushing yourself in that exercise, you will see results if you stick to it.

[JIMP]

The issues with the study are pretty glaring, time matching makes no sense. Nobody trains cardio like they do weight training as the fatigue levels are not comparable and the goals of the study were not time effiency but feasibility and efficacy so I would question why would they design the study like that in the first place.

Starting with so little low intensity cardio 3 times a week doesn't even make you a physically active person. Getting to barely becoming an active persona by week seven puts cardio behind for no reason. The numbers are so low that they are probably getting more cardiovascular activity for doing the weight lifting sets in the same weeks than from that little cardio.

[andrewross]

Interesting. I've always found walking to be really good for my back after sitting for most of the day at work and also being a good mental decompress. Requires less investment than getting the gym clothes on, grabbing the bag and driving to the gym. It's the low bar of entry that makes it good for improving cardiovascular health.

[cariyaputta]

In any event, you should have at least 7k steps as the daily activity baseline.

[x-mejr-]

It can work if u put like a treadmill ij front of ur ps5 and can get 10k+ steps seamlessly

[Cesar-eywu]

Given the flagrant results (especially regarding dropouts) of this study, if think we can say pretty confidently that lifting weight causes illnesses and personal reasons.

[ziljin]

im doing cardio for boosting overall health. i sit like 10+ hours a day...

[echosmoon]

i was 175 and wanted to get to 165. I box, run and lift, I dont think ive ever lost weight so fast in my life

[valentin]

Honey wake up, the animated fitness guru dropped another video

[Krigalishnikov]

"best science is replicated science" is a great phrase.

[KalkuehlGym]

I am weightlifting now for three years intensely and never did cardio because I thought it has no benefit for me.
Now I am at a weight where I am not able to do hack squats anymore without breathing like a bull. Can only do 3x8 reps before I collapse. (I am not using steroids at all)
I wish I had included some running in my workout. Now I have to train cardio from 0.
8 minutes fast jogging is my limit atm.