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By: Craig
Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
Here is the Myth:
You have to
do cardio after lifting for fat loss because your
glycogen is low from the lifting, and that way you will
burn more fat.
And now,
the Truth:
First off,
this quote, "glycogen is low right after lifting" isn't
always true. If you just did an upper body workout, your
legs are still full of glycogen.
Glycogen is
the stored form of carbohydrates in our body (found in
the muscles and liver). It is one source of energy when
you are doing strength training, interval training, and
aerobic training. Your glycogen levels go down after
exercise, but increase after you eat carbohydrates.
It's
incorrectly believed by many that strength training will
use up all of your glycogen and then you will only have
fat to burn during slow, steady, monotonous (& useless?)
cardio. Well, there are a lot of problems with that
assumption as well.
First,
you'd have to exercise for at least 90 minutes at a
slow, steady pace to fully deplete your muscle glycogen.
And even an advanced, higher-volume strength training
workout will only deplete your muscle glycogen by about
50-70% (and that is only if you perform multiple
exercises and sets for one muscle group).
Second,
muscle glycogen only goes down in the muscles that are
worked. Therefore, if you only do upper body exercises,
your leg muscles will remain nearly full of glycogen.
Third, you
require glycogen in order to perform a hard interval or
cardio training session. If you truly were glycogen
depleted, your workouts would suffer.
The bottom
line is that you are better off performing strength
training and interval training to lose fat, and not
worrying about being glycogen depleted.
Don't get
suckered into thinking that you have to worry about
scientific details. Unless you are a trainer, you have
better things to occupy your mind, I'm sure. Just stick
with an efficient, effective workout that gets you in
and out of the gym in less than an hour.
No need to
stick around longer than that. Do your weights and then
your intervals. Or feel free to do your intervals on
your off-day. It's consistency, not timing, that
matters.
Sincerely,
Craig
Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training
About
the Author
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning
Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness,
Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen
magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss
workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s
Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped
thousands of men and women around the world lose fat,
gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three
times per week. For more information on the Turbulence
Training workouts that will help you burn fat without
long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit
www.TurbulenceTraining.com