Arun Chase's Top Muscle Building Tips And Secrets Revealed

By Arun Chase

There are so many misconceptions about cardio that I want to clear up today. Far too many people are wasting their time doing cardio the wrong way based on some ridiculous myths they’ve been told or preconceptions they’ve made up.

I don’t want you making those mistakes anymore. Let me show you 7 different cardio myths that you should avoid! Oh and of course, I’ll tell you what you should actually be doing along the way!

Let’s get rocking:

1) Cardio On An Empty Stomach Is Great For Achieving The Body You Want

Simply speaking it is both good and bad!

See, on an empty stomach, where you have very little nutrients in your blood, your body will burn a lot more body fat, which is great! However unfortunately, you also end up burning a lot more muscle too. So cardio on an empty stomach is great for fat loss, but terrible for muscle gain!

What does that mean? Well, you need to be careful and actually decide what is more important to you, the muscle gain or fat loss and then choose! Don’t just start doing cardio on an empty stomach because you heard it was good for fitness in some magazine!

2) Doing Cardio At The Highest Intensity Burns The Most Fat

A common misconception is the more intense your cardio the more fat you will burn. Well this is not completely true. See the more intense the workout the more total calories you’ll burn (this includes burning muscle and burning fat).

However there is a higher PERCENTAGE of muscle and lower percentage of fat burnt at the highest intensity of exercise, whilst at a lower intensities a higher percentage of fat is burnt and lower percentage of muscle.

So for fat burning, and less muscle burning you should just walk rather than jog right?

NO!.. If you exercise at too low an intensity you will not burn that many total calories, so even though a higher percentage of fat is burnt, it won’t be that many calories of fat.

Overall you want to be doing cardio in what we call the fat burning zone, where you work out at the intensity which will burn the most fat during exercise. In my bodybuilding4idiots full dynamite system, I give you the latest and most accurate way to work this out.

3) Training At The “Fat Burning Zone” Intensity Throughout The Workout Is The ONLY Way To Go

Now I know in myth number 2, I said you want to be training in the fat burning zone, which means training at the same intensity throughout the workout. However if you were paying attention, I said this helps to burn the most fat DURING exercise.

So yes it is important to ensure you include training at the same intensity i.e. in the fat burning zone if you want to burn fat, however you should also include what we call High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) cardio workouts.

HIIT is a simply a form of cardio alternating and rotating between low to moderate intensity (the Fat burning zone or lower) and 30-60 seconds of the highest intensity. This is rather than training at the same intensity throughout the exercise.

This type of cardio helps to burn fat whilst you rest, AFTER exercise (even though it does  burn some fat during but not as much as when training in the fat burning zone the whole time). This really can have a huge impact on your fat loss results.

So it is important you mix up your cardio doing some HIIT cardio sessions mixed with “training in the fat burning zone continuously” sessions. This will help you burn the most fat!

4) Doing Your Fave Cardio Exercise Every Workout Is Great For Fat Loss

Variety is the key to exercise. It is important you vary the exercises up rather than just hitting the treadmill or same cardio exercise machine each day.

Your body simply gets used to doing the same exercise each workout and that just slows your fat loss down as time goes on. This can lead to a fat loss plateau, where you find it hard to get rid of any more fat.

So come on vary your exercises up regularly.

5) The Longer Your Cardio Workout, The More Fat You Will Burn

Yes and no! Obviously the longer you workout, the more calories you will burn, so the more fat you will burn…

BUT any longer than 50 minutes per session, will  simply leads to over training, where you risk injury, burn too much muscle and get your body used to regular exercise. This will just slow your results down!

So, it’s best to start of with a few sessions a week with each session being a maximum of 50 minutes, and when your body is getting used to it, shift gears and increase it by one session for better results.

You should also look to take one weeks break every 8-9 weeks, to allow your body some time to recover, which also gives your body a “good shock” when you head back.

Finally, it’s important that I tell you with HIIT cardio it is vital you take at least a days break between sessions, to allow your body to recover from the very high intensity parts of the workout.

Whatever you do, do not over train. Train at the level which gives you results but doesn’t risk injury or hitting a plateau!

6) Cardio Alone Will Burn All That Belly Fat Away.

Yes cardio is best used for fat loss, and NOT for muscle gain. But that doesn’t mean that it is the only thing you should be using for fat loss.

Without a good nutritional diet, you can do all the cardio you want, but you won’t get results!

Without adding a weightlifting routine in, you will look more floppy skinned rather than toned, plus weightlifting will substantially increase the amount of fat you burn AFTER exercise (WAY more than HIIT), when you are at rest. This is especially important, because around two-thirds of your calories are burnt whilst you are at rest!

So if you really want fat loss you need to be following a solid nutritional diet and completing fat burning cardio WITH A weightlifting routine.

7) Doing Cardio Everyday Will Give You Ultimate Fat Loss

Same as I described in myth number 4, if you do cardio everyday it will just lead to over training, and you’re body will get used to regular exercise. So this will just slow down you results!

In addition when you do HIIT cardio, you will need at least 48 hours to rest before doing cardio again, otherwise you risk injuring yourself and damage to your muscle fibers!

So don’t do it everyday! It will just lead to failure and potential injury.

And That’s It…

I hope this clears a lot up for you. In my bodybuilding4idiots full system. I do provide you with nutritional diets, cardio routines and weightlifting routines in an easy to follow format.

This will ensure that you do achieve results, don’t make mistakes and get the body you are looking for. So do check it out.

However, whether you choose to go with me or someone else, it is important, whatever your aim, you do all three (nutrition, weightlifting and cardio) correctly.

Good Luck And Best Wishes With Your Goals!

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