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Confusion about cardio

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  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    adriat wrote: »
    My experience with exercise is limited - so I just want to make sure I am doing the max to help me burn more and keep losing! For whatever reason I was under the impression that cardio did that - but I can see from the general response that's not really the case. Word!

    I'm confused - I don't see how that's not really the case. More cardio will indeed help you burn more calories. It's just, if you're eating less than your body burns already without the extra cardio, or maybe you don't have time because you're using what precious little you have to lift heavy stuff, then you don't need to do cardio. If you're looking for a way to burn extra calories on top of everything you're doing, cardio can definitely help with that. A lot of people just tend to be very successful with meal planning, gaining satiety through hitting appropriate macro targets that they do not have to count on this extra maybe 500 calorie burn from cardio every other day of the week
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