The Optimal Times to Do Cardio Workouts
For any person who intends to lose body fat then it will be mandatory to do cardiovascular workouts.
These are the real fat burners.
What most people do not know about cardio exercises is that there are optimal times when these exercises can really maximize the loss of bodyweight.
First of all let us go back to the basics.
The body utilizes two sources of energy as fuel.
The first and most preferred source is glycogen or sugar.
Glycogen is utilized even for the most basic of workouts and effort.
It is stored in both the muscles and the liver.
Fats are the second source of fuel for the body.
However, in order for the body to use fats as energy fuel a huge load of work has to be done.
This is because the body needs oxygen in the combustion of the fats.
It is only in the presence of oxygen that fats can be broken down.
The initial stages of exercise are deficient in oxygen.
This means that what you use up initially is the glycogen from the liver and muscles.
Before fats can be converted into fuel it takes approximately 20-35 minutes of sustained exercise.
How the body burns up the fat is pegged on other factors.
The main one has to do with your current body conditioning.
Based on this argument it is evidently clear and sensible for you to perform aerobic workouts before you eat much or anything at all i.
e.
you should have very little if anything in your tummy.
If you decide to eat before the workout you will automatically increase the levels of sugar in your blood and this will mean that the body will find it more convenient to exhaust this supply first before embarking on the fats.
It is upon the total combustion of these sugars that the fats will begin to be used as fuel.
The best time therefore to do the cardio workouts has to be in the morning before you take breakfast.
At this moment the body will have little glucose and these small amounts can be rapidly used up paving the way for fat combustion.
In effect the body will have used up more fats than glucose.
This makes lots of sense.
Say for example that you are unable to perform the aerobic workouts in the morning hours; is it possible to achieve similar success at later hours? Yes, it is possible.
What you can do is simply to complete the main workout first and then take up the aerobics.
This will be approximately 25-30 minutes after the main workout was started.
The reasoning here is very basic and easily understood.
After the 25 minutes of the main workout the body will have depleted its stocks of glycogen sufficiently.
This will allow for the beginning of fat combustion.
Secondly, a 25 minute workout severely depletes the glycogen content and further heavy workouts will then be non-effectual.
It will then be more sensible to change to aerobics so as to begin exhausting the body fat.
These are the real fat burners.
What most people do not know about cardio exercises is that there are optimal times when these exercises can really maximize the loss of bodyweight.
First of all let us go back to the basics.
The body utilizes two sources of energy as fuel.
The first and most preferred source is glycogen or sugar.
Glycogen is utilized even for the most basic of workouts and effort.
It is stored in both the muscles and the liver.
Fats are the second source of fuel for the body.
However, in order for the body to use fats as energy fuel a huge load of work has to be done.
This is because the body needs oxygen in the combustion of the fats.
It is only in the presence of oxygen that fats can be broken down.
The initial stages of exercise are deficient in oxygen.
This means that what you use up initially is the glycogen from the liver and muscles.
Before fats can be converted into fuel it takes approximately 20-35 minutes of sustained exercise.
How the body burns up the fat is pegged on other factors.
The main one has to do with your current body conditioning.
Based on this argument it is evidently clear and sensible for you to perform aerobic workouts before you eat much or anything at all i.
e.
you should have very little if anything in your tummy.
If you decide to eat before the workout you will automatically increase the levels of sugar in your blood and this will mean that the body will find it more convenient to exhaust this supply first before embarking on the fats.
It is upon the total combustion of these sugars that the fats will begin to be used as fuel.
The best time therefore to do the cardio workouts has to be in the morning before you take breakfast.
At this moment the body will have little glucose and these small amounts can be rapidly used up paving the way for fat combustion.
In effect the body will have used up more fats than glucose.
This makes lots of sense.
Say for example that you are unable to perform the aerobic workouts in the morning hours; is it possible to achieve similar success at later hours? Yes, it is possible.
What you can do is simply to complete the main workout first and then take up the aerobics.
This will be approximately 25-30 minutes after the main workout was started.
The reasoning here is very basic and easily understood.
After the 25 minutes of the main workout the body will have depleted its stocks of glycogen sufficiently.
This will allow for the beginning of fat combustion.
Secondly, a 25 minute workout severely depletes the glycogen content and further heavy workouts will then be non-effectual.
It will then be more sensible to change to aerobics so as to begin exhausting the body fat.
