At some point, we all treat our bodies like science experiments. You'll do something you know may have negative ramifications, yet you somehow throw caution to the wind and hope you remain unscathed. Sometimes the experiment proves that you can be the exception to the rule, while others will reveal in no uncertain terms that there is a reason for that rule.
This became very clear to me when I started doing cardio in a fasted state. My workout plan was ticking along as usual, but I didn't see a change in my measurements "fast enough." I was getting stronger, faster, and fitter, but I wanted more once I experienced that delicious taste of success. If a little was working, a lot would be much better. This greedy thinking led me to explore ways to shed a few extra pounds. And that, my friends, is I decided to add fasted cardio to my workout plan.
For those who don't know what fasted cardio is, it's self-explanatory: don't eat before your cardio session. Practically speaking, this often means "fasting" throughout the night, which most of us do anyway, and planning our cardio session first thing in the morning before we take a bite of breakfast.
A SIMPLE WAY TO SHED FAT?
Fasted cardio started to become all the rage because, in a fasted state, your body has low levels of insulin and hepatic glycogen. When exercise is performed under these conditions, the body is more likely to use fat as fuel, and you can also train your body through fasted cardio to become better at fat oxidization. There is a lot of nitty-gritty science behind wanting to utilize fat rather than carbohydrates during exercise, one of which is that it has the potential to improve athletic endurance.
There are many fans of fasted cardio, and not surprisingly, many are men, for whom much of this athletic-based research is conducted. In short, for most of us, fasted cardio could be a simple way to shed extra weight.
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