Cardio and Fat Loss in Women
I am curious if any of you have insight or experience with cardio and fat loss.
I have heard so many mixed things regarding cardio or endurance training and its effects on fat loss. Some say you can lose weight just as effectively by creating a deficit through cardio vs cutting cals and some say that cardio is great for maint. of weight lost but doesn't really assist in the weight loss, at least in women. I hope I'm making sense! I have done a lot of cardio over the years but I've been a yo yo dieter and now am on a path to strenght train and eat healthy, however, I would like to eat at my maint. and create all of my deficit through running and lifting and am wondering if anyone has experience with this, adding cardio and seeing a difference?
I just bought the NROL (new rules of liftting for women) and it is fabulous but the author only promotes internval training a few times a week and says regular endurance training is basically useless as far as fat loss is concerned.
I would love to hear any thoughts, opinions, personal experiences!
Thanks!
Eve
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