20 Reasons Not To Do Aerobics or Cardio If You Want To Lose Fat

In this time of fitness, diet and health information overload, I wanted to share with you the reasons why I have been telling clients to avoid Aerobics, Spinning Classes and Cardio Workouts for the last 4 years. The majority of these tips I learned from Charles Poliquin at a Fat Loss Seminar in 2006.

1. Correlated to Osteoporosis
2. Alzheimer’s correlated to Aerobic Volume (amount of work done)
3. Oxidative Stress in outdoor activities
4.  Lowers the Immune system (Triathletes and Marathon Runners are always ill)
5. Lowers Trace Minerals (Zinc Deficiency, which lowers fertility)
6.  Elevated Stress response (Increased Cortisol Output)
7. Ineffective long term fat loss (After 8 weeks more muscle is lost than fat)
8. Slows down metabolism after time
9. Best aerobic athletes do not have the highest V02 Max
10.  Best aerobic athletes can not work at highest intensities
11. Aerobic training is inferior to HIIT for fat loss (High Intensity Interval Training)
12. Increases incidence of Mononucleosis
13. Aerobic work negates strength gains at higher velocity
14. The more rhythmic the activity, the worse it is for power development (Spinning Classes)
15. Recovery from aerobic work draws amino acids that could be used for improvement of other systems
16. Slow Twitch fibre adaptations do not improve Fast Twitch Fibre levels of recovery
17. V02 Max scores are unrelated to ability to repeat lactate training intervals
18. Aerobic training lowers Vertical Jump Scores
19. Spinning Classes increase the intramuscular triglycerides (Increases fat cells in legs)
20. Completing cardio training on “Dirty Electricity” machines like treadmills increases Insulin Resistance