Swap Cardio for Weight Training...

One of the first things my clients ask me is 'Are you going to make me do lots of cardio?'
When I answer 'No' they have a mixture of emotions, they are happy because they really didnt want to do lots of cardio and they are also confused as they believe cardio is the only way they will lose fat and change their body shape...they couldnt be more wrong. Cardio gets your heart rate up and keeps it up, I explain to my clients that we will be weight training, and weight training only and if this is performed correctly you will get results quicker and you will soon see why there is no need to does endless amounts of mind numbing cardio.

10 minutes into the session when they are drippimg with sweat and gasping for air like someone who is having an ashtma attack they soon understand what I was talking about.

Here are the reasons why you should swap Cardio for Weight training

- Cardio WILL plateau after a 6-8 week period, meaning at this point you will get no more benefit from that training and continuing on from this point would even be counter productive.

- Cardio will age you. Doing aerobic training increases oxidative stress(a process called oxidisation, similar to the rusting)caused by free radical damage, the body fights or nuetralises the negative effects of free readicals using antioxidants. Aerobinc training causes a huge excess in free radical damage that the body cannot deal with, this leads to metabolic changes (and rusting) which can accelarte aging. Look at long distance runners and people who regulalry do marathons, they all look old!

- Cardio can cause Adrenal stress/Adrenal fatigue. Too much cardio can lead to stress on the gland leading to adrenal fatigue, some of the symptoms include tiredness, allergies, arthritis, anxiety, depression, reduced memory, and difficulties in concentrating, insomnia, feeling worn-out, and the inability to lose body fat. If adrenally fatigue you will tend to store fat around the abdominals and love handles.

- Continuous Cardio can make you fatter. Cortisol is the stress hormone, it promotes the breakdown of muscle tissue and fat storage. Some people have a big exposure to stress in their lifestyle so by Adding more 'stress' doing aerobic work you could increase cortisol even more having a negative affect on decreasing body fat. An increase in cortisol will also decrease your chance of building muscle another negative if you are looking to improveyour bodfy composition.