Quote (zpy15 @ Apr 20 2011 12:20am)
After reading that I find a whole lot of quackery.
First of all, the writer cites sources, but doesn't footnote, so I have no idea what source he got which part from.
Secondly, a lot of what he said was part-true - but in the way he said it, makes the entire article bogus.
First of all, morning fasting cardio, much like ANY fasting cardio is preferred to cardio on a full stomach. There are many reasons for this, but one of the most important ones is that the body is already in the process of depleting (or already depleted) glycogen. As a result, all a person needs for morning cardio or any fasting cardio for that matter is BCAA's for which to promote muscle sparing and enhance fat loss through increased metabolism.
The fasting cardio should ALWAYS be HIIT which is the preferred fat burning method - no arguments there.
Lastly, the idea that fat triglycerides that just float around in your bloodstream and eventually re-attach to adipose tissue during high intensity cardio on an empty stomach is absurd! To assume this would also assume that the exact same thing happens when you do intense cardio even on a full stomach. There is absolutely no scientific reasoning to base such a wild allegation on. If this was the case, you'd burn more body fat doing low instensity exercise vs high intensity exercise. Move over jay cutler, you aren't shredded enough from all the HIIT...let grandma who walks 30 minutes a day at a moderate pace take away the sandow from you with her epic ripped-ness.
Sorry I got off on a tangent there.
Bottom line is....
HIIT + Fasting Sugar + BCAA's = extreme fat loss and very effective. This has been proven time and time again from professionals in all categories (bodybuilders, trainers, doctors, scientists, etc).
I believe that article is worth about as much as the guy who wrote it (note his LEGENDARY physique! that guy must spend a lot of time eating soy and doing Pilates lol).
edit: p.s.
my sarcasm isn't intended towards you, but rather the writer of the article =)
This post was edited by SKCRaynor on Apr 20 2011 12:27am