Can You Burn Fat Without Sacrificing Muscle?
Advice on cardio can feel confusing, especially when the internet gets involved. Is working at a lower intensity a waste of time? Does walking count as cardio? How much HIIT is too much? All that noise is precisely why health consultant and Nike Master Trainer Joe Holder—who has previously worked with high-profile clients including Bella Hadid—says it might be time to rethink what cardio actually means.
“The term ‘cardio’ has become very broad and almost vague, whereas ‘conditioning’ asks a more useful question: how well is your cardiovascular system prepared to meet the different energy demands of life and training?” says Holder.
“When you look at it through that lens, you start to realize there are low-, moderate- and higher-intensity demands that we experience physically. Each intensity creates different adaptations in the body, but they all serve to feed each other if balanced appropriately.”
Excerpted from Women’s Health
