if i dont eat after 7pm, and go to sleep. then get up early in the morning and go a run, should this burn fat as there is no food in my stomach.
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Burning fat is a matter of calorie balance. Taking in less than you burn will allow you to lose weight. As for fasted cardio, like what you're talking about, it's a bit of a debate. I will say I used to do it and didn't seem to pay any price for it. But please bear in mind I was just getting started and really concerned only with weight loss and conditioning, not preservation of muscle mass. Here's a pair of related links.
http://www.fitness.com/forum/nutrit...17917.html?highlight=fasted+cardio#post128415
http://www.fitness.com/forum/weight...ning-night-17834.html?highlight=fasted+cardio
http://www.fitness.com/forum/nutrit...17917.html?highlight=fasted+cardio#post128415
http://www.fitness.com/forum/weight...ning-night-17834.html?highlight=fasted+cardio
I'll chip in, because I've dropped 50lbs in a year, and the cornerstone of my cardio work was fasted swimming and running. Just to add I didn't take in any food after 6pm, all my eating was done before that.
Main reason I went fasted was, to be honest, because I couldn't be arsed to go and do HIIT once I'd worked out in the afternoon.
Depends on whether you can get up and hit the road at 5 or 6am six days a week. I'm an early bird, so you see again that played into the equation.
The watchword behing the theory as well is that because you're in a fasted state there should be very little glycogen for your body to burn thus forcing your body to burn fats and small amount of muscle tissues to fuel itself. I mainly saw benefit in that when I ate breakfast (45-60 minutes) after finishing it felt like my metabolism was running at a million miles an hour.
One of the theories bandied around about HIIT is that it "tricks" your body into skipping past its glycogen stores and burning fat.
I'll leave the science for someone else. I personally think people respond to different things with cardio similar to how people react to different weight training regimes.
Main reason I went fasted was, to be honest, because I couldn't be arsed to go and do HIIT once I'd worked out in the afternoon.
Depends on whether you can get up and hit the road at 5 or 6am six days a week. I'm an early bird, so you see again that played into the equation.
The watchword behing the theory as well is that because you're in a fasted state there should be very little glycogen for your body to burn thus forcing your body to burn fats and small amount of muscle tissues to fuel itself. I mainly saw benefit in that when I ate breakfast (45-60 minutes) after finishing it felt like my metabolism was running at a million miles an hour.
One of the theories bandied around about HIIT is that it "tricks" your body into skipping past its glycogen stores and burning fat.
I'll leave the science for someone else. I personally think people respond to different things with cardio similar to how people react to different weight training regimes.
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Yeah you will burn fat, but your also going to loose a lot of muscle and there is nothing you can do to stop it.
You will burn more fat by eatting a healthy breakfast, that way you'll have the energy to work even harder, you reduce the risk of passing out, your bowls will thank you later in life and you will stay healthy.
Whats the point of loosing weight if it makes you unhealthy?
You will burn more fat by eatting a healthy breakfast, that way you'll have the energy to work even harder, you reduce the risk of passing out, your bowls will thank you later in life and you will stay healthy.
Whats the point of loosing weight if it makes you unhealthy?
The most i'll do is eat cereal, wait for an hour - hour and a half and then go. I don't believe fasted cardio is such a great idea.
Starve-Run-Eat food
Eat a little - Run - Eat a little
2nd option always sounds more healthy to me. That way your body won't go into "starve" mode and burn muscle/store fat.
Just my 2 cents.
Starve-Run-Eat food
Eat a little - Run - Eat a little
2nd option always sounds more healthy to me. That way your body won't go into "starve" mode and burn muscle/store fat.
Just my 2 cents.