ARTICLE: Your Cardio Routine Is Making You Fat

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  • xaMErica
    xaMErica Posts: 284 Member
    I read this article earlier.. then I walked into my bathroom and got on my scale and tried to figure out where the 46 lbs I lost went.. because I run.. so I couldn't have possibly actually lost that weight.
  • xaMErica
    xaMErica Posts: 284 Member
    Every time I read a Yahoo article I think: "Well there's X minutes of my life I can't get back." Yet much like a bloody car wreck on the interstate, I always feel compelled to look. The author basically took something that many of us already know (excessive [higher intensity] cardio will cost you muscle) and completely twisted it around into "cardio will make you fat" in order to draw the reader in. Well it worked, but in the end, the author came off looking like an idiot.

    I feel the same -_- I hate Yahoo articles but I can't keep myself from reading!
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I appreciate the pro-strength training sentiment, but the dichotomy of strength training or cardio is false. I firmly believe that BOTH are necessary for long term health.
  • Silver_Star
    Silver_Star Posts: 1,351 Member
    i read that...actually when i first started out walking, i was super hungry and ate everything in sight after my workouts...


    i didnt lose weight for about a month. Thankfully i at least trained myself to go walking...then slowly reduced my eating and ate less processed carbs and more veggies and protein....also...i felt less hungry when i drank a protein shake after my workout...something i didnt know about before.


    so yeah...if youre not on MFP learning about how to eat...then Youre gonna get fatter after cardio..LOL ( just kidding...err partly)
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
    I read this article earlier.. then I walked into my bathroom and got on my scale and tried to figure out where the 46 lbs I lost went.. because I run.. so I couldn't have possibly actually lost that weight.

    i think you know what you have to do...

    ...put that 46lbs back on, buy his book, and take it off the right way!!! :angry:
  • graceire
    graceire Posts: 323 Member
    The line in the article that rings alarm bells is ' in my book'

    That's pretty much where I stopped reading and closed the webpage...
  • oldandhealthier
    oldandhealthier Posts: 449 Member
    Yeah I read that article this morning and asked my wife how did I manage to lose over 100 lbs doing just cardio. Good thing I did not read his book first or I would never have lost. You are wrong about cardio making your breast bigger because my man boobies are gone.:bigsmile:
  • heleine28
    heleine28 Posts: 34
    All the weight I have lost was from running. I now do both strength and cardio because I am at my target weight and I want to tone as well as not gain the weight back. I posted this article to get everyone else's feedback. No way running can be bad for you- for one its how I and thousands of others have successful lost weight plus for me its a huge stress reliever.
  • wwwdotcr
    wwwdotcr Posts: 128 Member
    DO LISS + lifting is the optimal way IMO. That way you dont exhaust yourself to the point of hurting your lifts.
  • tatasmagik
    tatasmagik Posts: 185
    I read this article earlier.. then I walked into my bathroom and got on my scale and tried to figure out where the 46 lbs I lost went.. because I run.. so I couldn't have possibly actually lost that weight.

    i think you know what you have to do...

    ...put that 46lbs back on, buy his book, and take it off the right way!!! :angry:

    Omg, I laughed so hard.
  • Scrogglez
    Scrogglez Posts: 26 Member
    I didn't bother reading it. I run 30 mins every other night, been losing weight left and right. Blah blah blah .
  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    Funny.. I lost 21 lbs doing cardio ... and I'm amazed those Olympic athletes running the marathons don't weigh a ton...


    Me too!! And exactly!! All marathon runners are skinny !!

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