It definitely means that you're getting more cardiovascularly fit! One of the things that the people of TheFitCast.com have suggested on their podcast (including guests like Alwyn Cosgrove) is that an excess of cardio makes weight loss a little bit harder, because people tend to get cardiovascularly fit fairly quickly. They believe (as I do), that in order to get the most bang for your exercise buck (so to speak), you need to keep your body metabolically inefficient.
So, doing things like High Intensity Intervals and lifting weights with full-body movements (squats, deadlifts, etc.), keep your body from getting too efficient with workouts too quickly. Weights are fantastic because you can up the poundage if they are too easy, and with HIIT you can push yourself harder in the sprints, and get your heart rate down with walking fairly easily. It's much harder to get your heart rate up with steady-state cardio once you've reached a point where your body's very efficient at keeping your heart rate steady.
That's just my .02. I'm not saying that you should completely give up cardio, if that's what you're doing now. But I would suggest trying out HIIT instead of steady state and if you're not lifting heavy, maybe trying that.
Last edited by Azure; 04-08-2008 at 08:17 AM.
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