The Great Cardio Myth is getting busted in just one episode of The Model Health Show. That busted myth took centuries to happen. Sort of like when people believed that the earth was flat (this was even taught in universities!), until the assumption was finally disproved. Or, we develop a condition of learned helplessness… where we believe that no matter how much dieting and cardio we do, we’ll never be able to change.īut, what if all along it was the tactics, and not the ability of the person, that was not working to begin with? Cardio being the ideal form of exercise for fat loss was something that was largely just assumed and not proven. So, we try to beat our metabolism into submission. When it comes to doing hours of cardio each week, and still not seeing the weight budge, we can justify and say… “Ah, I just need to sneak another hour in each week.” Or “I just need to cut back on the calories even more.” Or “I’m just not good at this.” Or, and this is the worst, “I’m obviously not trying hard enough.” So good at doing the wrong thing, in fact, that they create compelling arguments as to why they should continue doing it (even if it’s not working). If you take really smart, well-meaning people and teach them the wrong thing, they can become world-class at doing the wrong thing. If so many people say it, then it must be true, right? Scratch that… if so many intelligent and well-meaning people say it, then it must be true, right? If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard a professor, a trainer, a coach, a well-meaning gym buddy, a special news report, or a random passerby say that you need to do more cardio to burn more fat, I’d have Scrooge McDuck level cash in my account.
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