Interesting article on weight loss myths

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TimothyFish wrote: »

I don't really agree with #1 and #9, especially when you consider them together. First, some people grain a significant amount of muscle while doing cardio. And while #9 may be true for some exercise, it isn't very true of cardio, when you consider that you can burn off a pound of fat in about 4 hours rather than the 35 hours the article suggests. For that matter, what kind of exercise only burns 100 calories in an hour?

I'd love to meet these people and know under what circumstances these things occur

He won't know. He frequently makes generalized statements like that that are false which he can't back up.

I've noticed this pattern. When asked to back up bold statements that are said as fact, magically he disappears with no reply. It's odd. I was looking forward to my potential massive muscle gains from running.

It only happens if you are running to the freezer for gelato.

Check your group invite.

Sweet!! Pun intended (*'▽'*)♪

SciranBG

I agree with most of these except #1. The article makes it sound like cardio does more harm than good.

retropactum

I can't get over "...gawking at their swamp *kitten*." from #2. I'm laughing harder than I should right now.

jpaulie

great article, thanks for posting

meganjcallaghan

so what is "too much cardio"? I run to and from work every day (8k each way) and run on my lunch break (another 5k). on my days off I'll do anywhere from 22 to 38k...not only are my muscles not atrophying, my thighs seem to get more gigantic every time i look at them and unless fat comes in a version that's rock hard, it's muscle.... lol

HeySwoleSister

Too much cardo=more than gives you pleasure. If you love running, etc. DO IT. It's the people who feel awful every step of the way that this is for. You don't HAVE to do it. You should if it makes you happy. Moving is great. Do the kind of moving you like. The end.

Jruzer

EWJLang wrote: »

Too much cardo=more than gives you pleasure. If you love running, etc. DO IT. It's the people who feel awful every step of the way that this is for. You don't HAVE to do it. You should if it makes you happy. Moving is great. Do the kind of moving you like. The end.

I agree with this.

But the author of the article warns of dire consequences - metabolism of a 70-year-old woman! skinny fat! muscle atrophy! - by doing "too much" cardio. Shouldn't the author tell us how much is "too much" to avoid these bad results?

Or is this, as I think it is, just the pendulum swinging too far the other way?

MomOfRose

meganjcallaghan wrote: »

so what is "too much cardio"? I run to and from work every day (8k each way) and run on my lunch break (another 5k). on my days off I'll do anywhere from 22 to 38k...not only are my muscles not atrophying, my thighs seem to get more gigantic every time i look at them and unless fat comes in a version that's rock hard, it's muscle.... lol

Yup. When I rode my bike to school for 4 years, I went from "skinny girl whose pants don't stay up" to "skinny girl with HUUUUUGE THIGHS keeping her pants up."

eric_sg61

Well, I guess bodybuilders should stop putting their backs and joints at risk by lifting weights and just do cardio to build huge muscles. Abandon squats, aquire elliptical.

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eric_sg61 wrote: »

Well, I guess bodybuilders should stop putting their backs and joints at risk by lifting weights and just do cardio to build huge muscles. Abandon squats, aquire elliptical.

Over my huge dead body!!