Yahoo article about "cardio making you fat"

KatiaClouse

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/yahoo-spotlight/why-your-cardio-routine-making-you-fat

IMHO, I take this with a grain of salt. My weight-loss didn't start getting serious until I started running, even though I've been weight training for years. Do you all have any thoughts?

WendyTerry420

It brings up a few valid points, but overall, it's best to do some of both cardio *and* strength training. My BF% has dropped by 17% and I do both.

explosivedonut

I did Insanity. I lost 15 pounds, and was stronger at the end than at the beginning. This article is total crap. Cardio doesn't make you fat. Cardio doesn't destroy muscle. He sites 0 scientific sources, or even remotely scientific sources, to back up his claims. Ignore this article. Strength training AND cardio are best for overall fitness.

KANGOOJUMPS

what bull****,

AJ_G

This article has a few points that I'd consider true, but a lot of crap too. It is true that strength training leads to muscle growth, which leads to more calories burned at rest, and if someone had to choose between only strength training or only cardio, they should choose strength training, but many people don't. Another important point is that steady state cardio causes metabolic adaptation to the point that you metabolism will slow to compensate for regular steady state cardio which is not what you want. High Intensity Interval Training is the only form of cardio that the metabolism cannot adapt to, and therefore is the main form of cardio that I use.

x311Tifa

Definitely bump to read later! I read the article, but I want to see MFP reactions.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

Doing cardio while eating at a deficit is not going to make anyone fat. Doing cardio while eating at a surplus will.

A person isn't going to build muscle doing cardio. A person will burn fat and some muscle doing cardio while eating at a deficit. I don't know the ratios because it is different for everyone depending on fitness level, diet, etc., and exercising is going to help someone burn more fat than eating at a deficit and sitting on his or her butt.

Just because strength training is good doesn't mean cardio is bad. A person can't recomp doing cardio, so if the goal is recomp, then that person has to add in strength training.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

double post. Jeez, MFP.

belgerian

IF cardio makes you fat then I should be HUGE i Like to run alot not as much as some but more than most.

meredith1123

This is BULL.

Not to mention cardio is good for the heart. That's one BIG reason we are supposed to incorporate it into our lifestyles.

bcattoes

If cardio made me fat, I'd be fat. I do some form of cardio almost every day.

But then I rarely do "classic cardio" which I can only assume means walking/running on a treadmill.

Whoever wrote that article needs to develop some imagination and knowledge. Circuit training is cardio. HIIT is cardio. Plyometrics are cadio. Mountain climbing is cardio. Sports are cardio. Many calisthenics, such as burpees, jumping jacks, skater squats, jumping squats, etc. are cardio. Cardio can build and maintain muscle.

BrianSharpe

Doing cardio while eating at a deficit is not going to make anyone fat, eating at a surplus will.

There, I corrected it for you......

Eating at a surplus makes you fat, period. If you're lifting heavy you will increase lean muscle mass but you will also increase adipose tissue, hence bulk & cut.

tiffanylacourse

If by 'Cardio' they mean 'Prancercise'.... Ahh, I don't know where I was going with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew LOL :laugh:

cluffjay

I used to run a lot...until my knees started giving me problems. I now do body weight training (push ups, squats, pull ups, sit ups, etc.) and some High Intensity Interval Training. My knee problems went away and I've never looked or felt better. I believe this article has a lot of truth to it. Consistent strength training coupled with HIIT (done correctly) can provide better results in less time than a long, slow jog would. That being said, if weight loss is the main goal then what you eat will always have a larger impact on your weight than your exercise routine. But why not look good, feel good, and lose weight?

Seefylol

Cardio makes you fat, and over-eating makes you skinny.

jbartelme

Duh. That's why you see so many fat people running marathons.

jjelizalde

Yahoo has half a dozen Kim Kardashian "articles" on its site everyday as news. Consider the source before you give up cardio.

srslybritt

If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck...

PrettyPearl88

It brings up a few valid points, but overall, it's best to do some of both cardio *and* strength training.

Agreed. A few good points are brought up, namely more muscle loss if you're losing weight by only doing cardio. But I've heard over and over that cardio plus strength training is the best. If you lose a bunch of weight only eating at a deficit and doing cardio, you'll only end up looking like a smaller version of what you used to look like. (This happened to me by the way, but then I started strength training and now my body is slowly transforming!)

It also made me quite angry when the author said this when talking about how cardio doesn't change your shape: "If you are shaped like a pear and do manage to lose a few pounds with cardio, what do you end up looking like? A smaller pear." Seriously?! What's wrong with looking like a pear? A pear is a beautiful, feminine shape in my opinion. And even strength training (unless done to the extreme, like a bodybuilder or something) won't eliminate a woman's natural shape, it'll only tone it and make it look better and more fit. So if you're a pear, you'll still be a pear after strength training, but just a smaller, fitter, tighter, and hotter looking pear! :laugh:

cupcakes_and_cardio

Bunch of crap - I've lost 10lbs in approx. 2 months doing cardio as well as eating at a deficit. exercise is good for you! yahoo! is ridiculous!

TheBitSlinger

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/yahoo-spotlight/why-your-cardio-routine-making-you-fat

IMHO, I take this with a grain of salt. My weight-loss didn't start getting serious until I started running, even though I've been weight training for years. Do you all have any thoughts?