fed up off reading that cardio isn't beneficial

Jynus

Quite a few years back my dad started training for marathons. He ran lots and didn't change his eating habits at all. The weight dropped off him. Cardio does work.

Yes but the cardio didn't make him lose, it was the deficit created by the cardio, which he could have achieved not exercising and just changing the eating habits.

Cardio was the tool he used to create a deficit, but it was the deficit not the tool that caused weight loss.

So instead of eating rabbit food, he could continue eating what he always did. So it was cardio that helped him lose.

The point being eating less or doing more cardio in the end is the same thing. Because what matters is the deficit. if you eat more than your body uses, but do tons of cardio, then you GAIN weight. so if cardio causes you to lose weight, then why is the person gaining? because its NOT cardio that impacts weight loss, but the deficit. cardio is just a TOOL to make a deficit. thats it, not a CAUSE of weight loss.

ceajules

I could never run in my life and I can now I credit that to weight training