The Disadvantages of Cardiovascular Exercise
There is one thing which is a certainty in the area of losing fat and building muscle – this is that exercise is an essential element. Everyone knows that more calories must be burned off than taken in in order to lose weight – and of course, to gain muscle mass, the muscles must be worked out. Despite that everyone knows this; there is still much debate and many misconceptions about how best to lose weight while building muscle. There is a wrong way to go about this, however; this is to do only cardiovascular workouts.
Even though cardiovascular exercises have been known for being the best way to lose weight, this is actually completely false. It can take ten or more hours a week of cardiovascular exercise to lose weight, and it is usually only a pound or so per week. Performing the same exercises can also cause your weight loss to plateau, meaning you go through a period where you work out just as hard, but having absolutely nothing to show for it.
One of the main reasons that cardiovascular exercise is not the best option is because of the time it takes to show results. Not everyone has time to spend hours and hours in the gym working out, but it actually takes at least thirty minutes of work at a time just to start burning off calories.
It is known that cardiovascular exercise is beneficial for the heart, but it can actually be bad for the bones and joints in return. Fast running and other high paced cardiovascular exercises can put a lot of strain on the joints, which can lead to joint pain and even arthritis in the future. It can then in return make it harder to work out, since you are left sore the day after an intense cardio workout.
Cardiovascular exercises need to be done more than just several times a week for maximum results. When each of these sessions has to last for at least an hour, that’s a big time commitment that people should not be forced to make. When you skip a day or two, you can immediately regress because your body has been relying on those long workouts to burn off the energy it has.
With cardio exercises, one must get into what is known as the fat burning zone if you want to see any real results. Calories are burned to some extent with any kind of exercise, but it is next to impossible to burn fat while you are exercising at low intensity. Thus the fat burning zone is very hard fro newcomers to get into; this is a very fast pace which is required.
Cardio exercises also do not do well for those trying to gain muscle. Most cardio exercises only work out the lower half of your body – the legs and abdomen. Cardio exercises like running and bicycling simply do not work out the upper body, meaning additional exercises are needed to work out these muscle groups.
With all of these disadvantages to classic cardiovascular workout programs and exercises, it is important to realize that you can still grab up all of the benefits, without the disadvantages. You can do this through turbulence training. You’ll be able to work your heart and your lungs, without having to run or do high intensity programs. You can save your bones and joints from unnecessary stresses and you can do it all in less time, making it superior to the cardiovascular exercises of yesterday.
