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TMHS 211: The Great Cardio Myth - With Craig Ballantyne

Published: April 3, 2017, 2:01 a.m.

If I had a dollar for every time I\u2019ve 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\u2019d have Scrooge McDuck level cash in my account.

If so many people say it, then it must be true, right? Scratch that\u2026 if so many\xa0intelligent\xa0and\xa0well-meaning\xa0people say it, then it must be true, right?

And therein lies one of the problems\u2026

If you take really smart, well-meaning people and teach them the wrong thing, they can become world-class at doing the wrong thing. 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\u2019s not working).

When it comes to doing hours of cardio each week, and still not seeing the weight budge, we can justify and say\u2026 \u201cAh, I just need to sneak another hour in each week.\u201d Or \u201cI just need to cut back on the calories even more.\u201d Or \u201cI\u2019m just not good at this.\u201d Or, and this is the worst, \u201cI\u2019m obviously not trying hard enough.\u201d

So, we try to beat our metabolism into submission. Or, we develop a condition of learned helplessness\u2026 where we believe that no matter how much dieting and cardio we do, we\u2019ll never be able to change.

But, 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\xa0assumed\xa0and not proven. Sort of like when people believed that the earth was flat (this was even taught in universities!), until the assumption was finally disproved.

That busted myth took centuries to happen. The Great Cardio Myth is getting busted in just one episode of The Model Health Show.

In this episode you'll discover:
  • Why cardio machines are lying to us.
  • The impact that conventional cardio exercise has on\xa0appetite.
  • How\xa0basic dieting\xa0compares to doing hours of cardio.
  • Where the idea of doing more aerobic exercise for better health originated.
  • How low-fat, high-carb diets got advocated along with conventional cardio.
  • Whether or not you can\xa0outrun a pizza.
  • The truth about how overuse injuries occur.
  • Why the treadmill creates\xa0abnormal walking and running movements.
  • The shocking influence that conventional cardio can have on heart health.
  • How\xa0high intensity interval training\xa0compares to strict cardio in clinical trials.
  • What to do if you\u2019ve only got 3 days a week (and less than 30 minutes) to exercise each week.
  • How to train if you want to\xa0build muscle mass\xa0and if you DON\u2019T want to build muscle mass.
  • The real reason so many people gravitate towards cardio for exercise (truth bomb!).
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