Here is the thing. You have completely "trolled" the other thread about weighing yourself daily, and buried any legit. talking points, and you are doing the same here.
Are you the model of physical fitness? (I am actually asking).
I have lost 41 pounds now, dieting right, and working out, most of that weight was lost by walking. I also am advanced in the knowledge and capability of working out, but walking is a motivational way to keep going.
Now, physiologically speaking, fat-loss occurs at a greater pace when you work out at a lower intensity, for a longer period of time, as in WALKING. So, I will continue to discuss this with you if you can be mature, but if you want to act like you are on the other thread, then I am all done playing...
This is a very common myth. It's due to both the misconception of the bodies energy systems and that study you referenced later from pub med. It's common knowledge that you burn the highest _RATIO_ of fat while doing walking and other common types of exercise. Thats because the primary energy source of the fatty oxidative system and cardio systems are fat stores by and large. (shocking considering the name) However, RATIO means jack. Consider this, the fatty oxidative system, the system your body uses to move around with walking, moving our arms with no resistance, etc etc, uses basically _100%_ fat to give the body energy. Yet you don't see any diets talking about the benefits of sitting on your ass all day to burn nothing but fat. It's again, because the RATIO means nothing. its the TOTAL amount of fat burned over TIME that matters...
Yes I know pubmed well, I've spent countless hours reading on there. Sadly I lost all my standard book marks to studies to debunk this type of stuff posted about cardio, sigh. But I'll do some quite looks to see what I can find. First of all, San, another common myth. Most people confuse weight training with taking 5lbs dumbells and actually think they are doing resistance training. When in fact they are just doing mildly useful _cardio_. Resistance training is anything that uses a resistive force that makes use of the bodies Lactic Acid and/or ATP-CP energy systems. Intense type stuff that most people just don't seem to want to do.
*edited to reflect mod thingy by me*
As for the cardio burning highest levels of fat, here's a link that references a ton of studies.
(link the studies and not a site selling a book)
etc etc, I can go on, but the point should be clear. The best use of your time is things that make use of the bodies higher energy systems.
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Congrats on your weight loss. But I think you might be placing too much benifit into walking. I truely wish I could find the study, it was gold. But the study was they monitored like a hundred people over like 4 months. One group on diet only, the other group diet + cardio (no resistance training). The end result, both grounds lost the same weight.. no difference. Compare that to the multitudes of other studies that compare resistance training to cardio and resistance training always blows it out of the water for fat loss.. Sadly I can't back any of this up right now, losing all my links is kickin my ass.
my 15min of google isn't doing me any favors. But I would be wiling to bet that the stickys at the top of the exercise and such forums on here will back the resistance vs cardio point up too.
*******I found it, it's a forum post that also links the study I talked about(please dont delete, its great and references the studies in full). In addition someone also plays devils advocate a bit, great for discussion.
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(Crosslinking to another site's forum isn't solid information. Please try for something solid.)
double edit: as for model of physical fitness, I used to be. I'm on a bullking cycle right now and have gained 40lbs. Hope to gain another 15-20 by early next year. So I'm a little too big in non flattering areas if you catch my drift. Had to widen my pants by like 5", lol. Oh well, I'll lose it easy enough by spring. And without doing a single step of cardio too.
