Fasted cardio?

mehreen_xo

Is it true that doing cardio first thing in the morning not having eaten anything causes faster weight loss than having eaten and then exercising? Or is it the same due to CICO? Thank you

Builtoniron

There is some truth to it. But I do it when I have time to do it

DancingMoosie

I think it's the same, cico...

TimothyFish

It does nothing to help weight loss. The advantage is that it conditions your body to get energy from fat more efficiently.

Azdak

No, it is not true.

http://www.lookgreatnaked.com/blog/my-new-study-on-fasted-cardio-and-fat-loss-take-home-points/

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

It's not true. Your body doesn't work that way.

AnvilHead

No.

sijomial

Only difference is that you are shifting the parts of the day when you are in deficit (fasting, exercising) and surplus (meal times). It all evens up over the course of the day - your deficit over the entire period is what's significant.

May have some benefits to some people from scheduling around their daily routine and exercise performance but for weight loss it's irrelevant.

AnvilHead

Excellent, evidence-based discussion of it here by James Krieger: http://weightology.net/fat-loss/fasted-cardio-an-undeserved-good-reputation.html/

zilkah

Fasted cardio is really great at making my stomach hurt lol .

Gallowmere1984

I tried fasted cardio for a week once. After looking at my performance metrics, even if there were a physiological benefit (there isn't), there's no way it would be enough to offset the fact that I was dropping 10-14% in overall performance.