Which type of cardio is best for you?

Is steady state cardio the best thing for your buck?

As soon as a guy or a gal decides to lose some fat or try to look good for some special event or try to fit in a new pair of jeans, the first thing that comes onto his or her mind will be cardio. But, do you know that the endless hours you spend on the treadmill or on the elliptical is just you waiting your time and money. But, to properly make our cardio regimen effective for our body, we have to train smarter and harder. In this article, we will be discussing about how we can make our cardio regimen more effective, tuning it to bring out better results.

Weight training is necessary?

Our body has two types of respiration, aerobic and anaerobic respiration. We need to first understand that how are these stimulated. Aerobic respiration works when plenty of oxygen is available to our muscles while performing the exercise such as light jogging, whereas anaerobic respiration works when little or no oxygen is available to our muscles, such as weight training or sprinting on a track. Our body uses glycogen stores for both aerobic and anaerobic activities when it is not habitual of regular weight training. So, all of us who stick just to cardio for weight loss is just our muscles using glycogen not fats. This is why we see less or no results. When we perform regular weight training our body prioritize glycogen use for weight training resulting in use of fats when we perform cardiovascular activities doubling the results of cardio. So regular weight training sessions with cardio is the key to weight loss.

Types of cardio and their functions:

There are two types of cardio we can perform one being steady state whereas the HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training).
Steady state cardio is the slow form of cardio where you perform the activity at a steady pace where your heart beat is a little up than resting performed for a session of 20-30 mins.
HIIT is performed in solutions where we go all out for a time period and rest for a time period. The rest to work ratio for beginners can be 4:1 and you can take it to 1:1. This form of cardio is becoming quite famous as you are able to burn more calories in less time than steady state cardio. This can be easily performed on track or in the gym, on the elliptical and is very convenient.
So, we must try this new form of cardio as it is more fast paced and enjoyable by people also giving us great results .

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