Observation will tell you that cardiovascular training actually works for some people who want to lose wright. For the most part, these people are young, males, and have more than average amounts of time to spend exercising. Also true is that the people who benefit from cardio in this manner are in the minority. For example, there was a study that suggests to us that cardio makes women fatter than if they did nothing.

Sitll, those who are getting some results with cardio aren’t getting the best results they can get. And again, cardio doesn’t get the results people expect. Some of that’s due to the new study that shows how it boosts your appetite.

There’s no doubt that there is a minority that has burned pounds using cardio, but there is a much larger majority that has gained weight through cardio. There’s nothing so disappointing as working out all the time and getting bigger rather than smaller.

The study I’m referencing was done over an 8 week period and showed that one of the reasons cardio fails is because it boosts appetite: those involved ate more than ever.

If you think that’s helpful, than just stick with cardio. It sounds bad to me. How will you reach your goal this way? A similar study that has been released shows that the ones who do lose weight through cardio only lose about 6 lbs over the course of a whole year.

That’s after investing an hour each day 6 days every week: not a very good return on investment.

So, again, scientific researchers contradict cardio as a valid method of weight loss. There have also been two head-on comparisons of interval training against cardiovascular training for weight loss.

Consistently, those who work with interval training will lose more fat than anyone doing cardio.