Cardio for Fat Burning

Many people always advise cardio before breakfast. I actually advise and practice this method the opposite way around.

If you have slept for 6-8 hours, you body has fasted for this time. The metabolism will be at its slowest because no food has been present to give it a jolt. So, what do people do? They go hit the treadmill and extend that fast even longer so by the time they have eaten their next meal, the metabolism is running at a snail pace pace craving every calorie you are about to feed it. This is what we DONT want. We want spike the metabolism as soon as we wake up and so we can get it firing when doing cardio so we can burn more cals.

The more frequent we eat meals, the faster our metabolism. So, why would we want to extend this fast by not eating before bed and immediatly upon waking. Experts say that you should live by the 3 hour rule of eating but not much is mentioned about the extended fast of sleeping.

Although not practical for most, I wake in the night to have a shake as this shortens my fast. My metabolism fires so fast that it wakes me up to eat, not an alarm. Yes it can become a bit of a pain but I feel and look so much leaner for it, and I only have to do 20-25mins cardio max.

Give it a try for a couple of weeks and see how you go