Fat burn HIIT

YorkApples
YorkApples Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, I do a regular Cardio fat burn hiit exercise by following Fitnessblender on YouTube.
My question is
Is this just a Cardio to use Calories?
Would it help to strengthen my muscle?
Would it help me to build up muscle?
Does anyone think I might be confused for certain concepts which results I have these questions?
Many thanks

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Yes, it burns calories.

    No, you will not gain muscle from it.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I use Fitness Blender. The "HIIT" (it's really more interval training but HIIT is the trendy buzzword) is cardio and being bodyweight is good for overall conditioning but no, it will not help you build muscle. Add their strength training videos into your training and you have muscle retention/gain.
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,406 Member
    The answer to most of your questions probably depends on the specifics of the workout and your body. As an example if you have a very weak upper body and the workout gets you doing sets of push ups over time you will probably gain arm strength. If you are overweight maybe even more arm strength. If you are very thin and already have upper body strength that same workout might not do much of anything other than help you burn some calories.

    If you have specific goals you can find exercises to help to towards those goals. If your goal is simply to start doing some exercise, many video workouts will help, just keep them in line with your fitness level.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Generally, doing cardio burns calories without building muscle. Doing cardio consistently and often will cause your heart to reconfigure itself to be more efficient at meeting your needs during cardio. This is how 'doing cardio' improves all your cardiovascular measures. Blood pressure goes down. Triglycerides go down. Resting heart rate goes down. These are all great and good outcomes, but they are not building up muscle. Muscle, conceptually, is protein you've eaten which your body has allocated to do the things you do. In a calorie deficit, you run the risk of neglecting to eat enough protein. Your body still has the protein you've eaten and still will allocate it to do the things you do. If it needs to take some muscle tissue and convert it to amino acids to use in some other more important metabolic activity, it will. In fact, even if you eat all the protein you should, your weight loss will still be the losing of both fat and muscle.

    What to do?

    Your body, as I said, allocates the protein you've eaten to do the things you do. If the things you do include picking up heavy things, your body will allocate protein to the muscles which pick up those heavy things. Of course, that raises your protein needs and you start to discover the well-documented physiology science of protein consumption, structured lifting programs, and all that. That's part of your journey of learning about your health.

    For now, though, be aware that cardio is good, but it isn't building muscle. There is a way to build muscle, but it isn't cardio.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,052 Member
    Also, you don't burn fat doing intervals or HIIT. You burn glycogen.


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  • YorkApples
    YorkApples Posts: 10 Member
    Many thanks for all your contributions for my question. Thank you:)
    I am 5ft 3in (1.6m), 50kg . My current goal is to cut a few pounds, get rid of some fat in my stomach, then I would maintain it or maybe move to another goal. Currently I am limited my calories intake to 1200. I just bought some protein powder as I realise that I can't reach my food protein ratio at 35%. I start to use resistance band recently. Any suggestions about what I have done or should do? Right? Wrong? Increase? Decrease?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    YorkApples wrote: »
    Many thanks for all your contributions for my question. Thank you:)
    I am 5ft 3in (1.6m), 50kg . My current goal is to cut a few pounds, get rid of some fat in my stomach, then I would maintain it or maybe move to another goal. Currently I am limited my calories intake to 1200. I just bought some protein powder as I realise that I can't reach my food protein ratio at 35%. I start to use resistance band recently. Any suggestions about what I have done or should do? Right? Wrong? Increase? Decrease?

    You're already near the bottom of a healthy weight range. Rather than lose, I would suggest switching to maintenance now and incorporating a progressive strength training program to help you recomp your body. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat
  • YorkApples
    YorkApples Posts: 10 Member
    Many thanks, Malibu927. I will have a good read of the link.

    I still have this little fat sitting on my stomach. So I thought I need to get rid of it first by Cardio.
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