Learning to love Cardio, start with a personal trainer!

[kjackart]

Hello all,
I think that all of us get a little sick of cardio! lol However I found that working with your environment and everyday habits can be very beneficial. I also learned that hiring a personal trainer is huge in helping ease the bore or normal cardio. Having someone else come up with new ideas on how to work your body to the full potential takes the strain off of you and having the encouragement from an outside source will help in more ways than one. Thought I'd share a few cardio facts with you all here just to re-iterate why cardio is so important! (Oh and by the way, a great site with tips from trainer is http://www.phatfitness.ca" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)Cardiovascular training is basically lower intensity exercise sustained for a longer period of time to work the heart and lungs and burn calories. Running, biking, working out on an elliptical machine, and playing sports of all typres are great forms of cardio training.

Cardio itself is easy to do, but there are some guidelines you should follow to burn more calories faster. First of all, you should try to do some form of cardio in the morning on an empty stomach. The body's preferred source of energy is the stored carbohydrates in your muscles, also known as glycogen. Glycogen is depleted upon waking up because you haven't eaten since the night before. If you do cardio training later in the day after eating a large meal you'll need to train longer since your body will be burning glycogen before it starts burning body fat. If you can't do your cardio training in the morning, the best thing you can do is do it after a weight training workout. Weight training will burn a lot of glycogen, so you'll be burning more fat when you get to your cardio training.

You should also vary your cardio workouts. Doing the same form of cardio training for the same amount of time everyday will cause you to eventually hit a plateau in your attempt to lose weight. At first you may not be able to do cardio for very long, but as you get used to it your endurance will increase, allowing you to do various longer cardio workouts. A good way to set up your cardio workouts is to meet with a personal trainer, I used a fantastic trainer named El who owns a company called Phat Fitness! http://www.phatfitness.ca/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. He was able to set up a schedule that worked for me and I was able to concentrate on other important life events all the time having the confidence in knowing that trainer was there to help. When I began program, I had to remember that one thing you should never do at the beginning, is overdo your cardio. Doing short bursts of higher intensity cardio followed by longer periods of lower intensity cardio can also help you burn fat more efficiently! I researched a ton about different ways to do cardio and found the best are everyday tasks. Walking the dog, while carrying small weights, always taking the stairs, parking far at the grocery store; Every little bit will help, do you research, spend the money to hire a personal training, they will become your biggest help! Keep fit and stay healthy, feel free to check out http://www.phatfitness.ca/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, I highly recommend them for tips, information and help with your “getting fit” plan! Also, I always find that having up-beat, fast music plugged into ipod is essential in workouts!!
Thanks, sincerely,
Now fit and feeling good in Calgary~ Katherine

[Boss Man]

Psyche at the Phatfitness person .

No offence intended to you there, but Fasted Cardio, blech.

Incidentally, fasted Cardio is an anagram of "fart, a Cod dies". Not that I'm implying fasted Cardio may damage the fishing industry, that's just an literary observation