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Fasted Cardio Before Breakfast Increases 24h Fat Oxidation by Almost 50% over Doing AM+PM Workouts, But This Does Not Necessarily Mean That You Will Lose 50% More Fat

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Can fasted cardio switch on your "fat burning mode. And, more importantly, will it help you lose body fat faster? Before you get overtly excited about this being the study to finally solve the "fasted cardio" conundrum (i.e. answer the question "Will fasted cardio promote fat loss?"), I want to warn you. To answer this question, we will have to wait for Brad Schoenfeld's latest study on the chronic effects of fasted cardio to be released. The study at hand, which was conducted by researchers from the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences at the University of Tsukuba can only inform us about the acute (24h) metabolic effects of cardio at different timepoints and with different amounts of food in the tummy (Iwayama. 2014). High intensity interval training aka HIIT is more than just an alternative for steady state. Never Train To Burn Calories! Tabata = 14.2kcal /min ≠ Fat Loss 30s Intervals + 2:1 Work/Rec. Making HIIT a Hit Pa...
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Breaking the Fast, Cardio & Your Brain: Cardio on Empty is Fatiguing. Fasting Without Exercise, However, is Nootropic

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Boring: Every endurance athletes knows and fears it, so wouldn't just that happen when you do your cardio on empty in the morning? And what about the effects on your brain power? Will your gray matter bonk, as well? And if so, what can be done about it? Today's SuppVersity post is a little different from the usual "Training on empty? Yes / No / Maybe!" debate that flares up every now and then on almost every fitness related bulletin board of the World Wide Web. And in as much as I would like to say that this was all the credits belong to me, the fact that the the following dissertation may actually make a practically relevant contribution is due to the experimental design of the latest study from the Northumbria University in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, in the UK (Veasey. 2013). Why is that? Well, contrary to the majority of breakfast "yes or no" studies this one has both an exercise and and a cognitive performance aspect. Since I suppose that most o...
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Fasted Cardio & Beyond - Optimal 24h Fatty Oxidation: How It Works, Why It Works & Why It Still May Not Be Worth It

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Photo of a typical disciple of the cult of the "fat burning zone". Day 3 of the  SuppVersity Exercise Science Week and for some of you maybe about time to have breakfast... hold on, breakfast? But shouldn't you work out before breakfast? I mean this whole cardio in the morning business you have taken up lately is all about doing it before , not after breakfast isn't it? You grab your WIFI-connected iPhone tune in to the Super Human Radio morning cardio mash-up and hop onto your cycle ergometer, treadmill, rowing machine, elliptical, spinning bike, stepper, or whatever else you may be using  - no breakfast no intra-workout supplement - at least no carbs, right? Ah, and of course you are going to work out at the highest intensity possible, to burn more fat later on, after all, you are no disciple of the cult of the "fat burning zone", right? Right! And still you have your doubts, hah? Now, I can't tell you whether the above has anything to do with...
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Step By Step Guide to Your Own Workout Routine - Part V: Example Routines - Round 2: Fat Loss Support Routine

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Image 1: These abs were not sculpted in the non-existent "fat burning zone" - that's for sure. Today's fifth installment of " Step By Step Guide to Your Own Workout Routine " series is about working out for weight, or I should say fat loss. In the past installments of this series, you have learned, how to incorporate your workout sessions into your daily and weekly routines ( Part I ), you have read about the basic workout types and their goal-specificity ( Part II ), you have recapitulated the basics about workload, sets and reps ( Part III ) and you have seen two detailed example routines that would be appropriate for trainees with a health, respectively hypertrophy focus ( Part IV ). And while both of the previous workouts will unquestionable help you shed fat, as well (assuming you got your diet dialed in), a fat loss specific routine should be more intense than the health routine and distinctly more metabolically demanding than the hypertrophy ro...
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