It depends If your current goal is fat loss it will be wise to first focus your efforts on activities that burn calories. Strength training ( weights ) burns far less calories than cardio and doing it before may hinder your ability have a successful cardio session. Imagine grinding through squats and lunges for an hour then trying to run on the treadmill. There's a large chance you will feel sluggish and drained. It's like purposefully doing sprints right before you start a marathon. Makes no sense right ? On the other hand the reverse is more optimal for your muscle building dreams. Different Training DaysSplitting your cardio and strength workouts to two different days may be more beneficial moving forwards.
This will allow you to give 100% to each of them. Understandably, work and life commitments may make this un realistic. In this case structure your training program to focus on your goals. Fat Loss Goal : cardio first Strength Goal : weights first
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You're in luck... yes you can. If you stick with me I'll explain how. 1. Decrease Your Eating Time SlotStart eating later on during the day and you would consume a noticeably less amount of food. This method is known as intermittent fasting and works like a charm. The only way you can go wrong here is if you eat too much. Sometimes people get so hungry that when they do eat, they overconsume. An 8 hour eating window from 10 am - 6 pm is a great starting point. However, you can modify this to your lifestyle. 2. Plate RatioAnother option is to change the percentages of the food ratio on your plate. If your plate consists of 25% chicken, 15% veg & 60% pasta. You can alter the percentages by decreasing the pasta and increasing the other two. New food ratio : 30 % chicken, 30% veg & 40% pasta. Now your body will be consuming less calories. How ? Vegetables are low calorie dense foods. Meaning we can eat more of them while keeping our calorie intake low. You'll still be eating your delicious pasta but your body will be pushed into a calorie deficit. 3. ModerationInstead of going cold turkey with snacks, chocolates or whatever gets you buzzing Take on a different approach of strategically moderating your consumption. Example : John eats 7 snickers bars and 7 packets of crisps a week. If he reduced himself to having 4 snickers and 3 crisps per week He would eat a massive 1120 kcal less. Notice we haven't even mentioned the 20-30 mins exercise you can do 3 x per week to boost results. Now you can see how small changes can have a massive impact ! SummaryEveryone knows in order to lose weight you must eat less but these methods give you a system you can follow to track your progress. These are all great tools but if you would prefer a more hands on approach then Online Personal Training may be what pushes you in the right direction. Check out how it works here Hi, I'm Emmanuel
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