Originally posted by OsecretO:
from this link. Q) But what about jogging for cardio? Isn't that the best way of losing weight?
A) No. In fact, it can be counter productive. You see, jogging is a form of steady state cardio exercise. What this means is that you keep a rather low speed that you're able to sustain for long periods of time. The premise of this exercise for weight loss is that you are able to run longer, hence burning more calories. However, there are problems with this.
- The more you run, the more efficient you become at running. As you get more efficient, your body will burn less calories. Imagine a car driving on a highway at 60km/h. It will achieve its highest fuel efficiency, meaning it will burn less fuel. The body acts the same way. This is great if your mission is to run a marathon, but bad if your mission is to burn calories and fat!
- The more you run, the more you waste your muscles. Muscle mass cannot be built or even maintained by running. In fact, running for long durations will actually bring your body into a catabolic state, meaning your muscles will start burning away. If your goal is to reduce your body fat percentage, then it would be in your best interest to keep as much muscle mass as you can, or even increase it. Running, or any other steady state aerobic exercise doesn't achieve this.
running i not really good..im confused
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1) running is not exactly the best form of losing fats, although it will help
2) running may burn off muscles, which will in turn reduce your resting metabolic rate. This is bad for long term fat loss.
3) as you get better at running, each run will burn less calories, meaning you need to run more and more to burn the same amount of energy as before. Calories burned during jogging are usually calculated based on time spent on jogging and intensity of jogging. If you get better, the speed which is very intense for you last time may be a normal speed for you now.
yet one cannot ignore the importance of jogging. However, once or twice a week should be sufficient.
to further make sure your fat loss is faster and long lasting, it is better to have denser muscles to burn fat. When you repair your muscles during resting periods, your body has to burn energy to do it, which in turn allow you to burn more calories overall throughout the day.