The vast majority of people that do cardio have no idea what they are doing. Sad, but true. I’m not trying to make anyone feel bad about themselves, but very rarely do I come across someone doing what I consider to be ‘smart cardio.’ Find out what that is below…

Firstly let’s just clairfy what ‘bad cardio’ is. This is when you go jogging, swimming, cycling or whatever else, and plod along at a comfortable pace for 20/30/60 minutes.

But i’m still burning fat by doing that right? Well, barely. Doing this ‘bad cardio’ is a monumental waste of your time and the sooner you get out of the habit of it, the better.

Tweaking your ‘bad cardio’ into ‘smart cardio’ can generate some amazing fat loss results. I am going to give some examples of what you should be doing;

1/ Jogging. This can be done whatever you fitness level. Jog slowly/power walk for 2 minutes followed by a 30 seconds jog/quick run.

2/ Swimming. Do 8 lengths breaststroke followed by 2 lengths fast front crawl. Don’t worry if your front crawl isn’t very good, it doesn’t matter. I splash around all over the place doing front crawl but I get the desired result – i.e. being out of breath at the end of it.

3/ Cycling – Put bike on a comfortable level for 2 minutes, then put the resistance right up for 30 seconds and try to maintain the same speed you were doing before.

I’m sure you begin to get the idea. The key, whatever you are doing work as hard as you can during the interval periods. It is here where you are generating the fantastic fat loss results.

Today’s Takeaway – Bin the bad cardio and take up ‘smart cardio.’ The results will speak for themselves.