Q: I'm always telling people that aerobic exercise is useless for fat loss,
does you agree with this? And why?
Answer:
Aerobic exercise is certainly inefficient for fat loss.
By that I mean, the benefits pale in comparison to the fat loss you can achieve
in less time with interval training. Most people would be able to cut their workout
time in half simply by using intervals rather than aerobic exercise.
Now I've witnessed a few people lose fat and maintain a beautiful body with aerobic
exercise, but these have been limited to: young University-aged males that also
did 4 days of heavy strength training, who had no "life" stress and plenty
of time on their hands to train up to 10 hours per week (not counting recreational
sports).
But does that sound like your average gym-goer's lifestyle?
I doubt it. If it does, where do you live? I want to move there!
So next time you go to the gym, do this admittedly un-scientific test...Take a visual
survey of the "cardio" area and the strength training area. Where are
the best bodies?
In the strength training area, no doubt.
And in fact, we can also find a lot of beautiful bodies in the Yoga and Pilates
area. Why? There's certainly no "fat burning" cardio zone going on there.
So what gives?
Nutrition.
Nutrition is the #1 factor in fat loss. It trumps any fat loss program, no matter
how good it is. Yes, even my beloved Turbulence Training will not be 100% effective
if someone continues to eat chips and pints as their meals.
That's why I spent almost 500 quid to have Dr. Christopher Mohr put together an
easy-to-follow, healthy, fat loss nutritional guidebook to go along with the Turbulence
Training workout package. It has diet plans for both men and women.
So Paul, getting back to the original question.
There are far more efficient ways to change your body.
Eat for fat loss, and do some form of strength training to sculpt
your body. When you take care of your nutrition and eat according to Dr. Mohr's
guidelines, your body will be like modeling clay in your hands...and the exercises
you choose to do with sculpt it. If someone continues on with aerobic exercise,
the improvements will be negligible.