Originally posted by livnnfit
Is it better to lower calories or increase cardio and when weight loss slows down and why? (calories are pretty low right now)
Always increase cardio. The key to busting plateu's is variety and change. Look at your cardio is it repetetive in the sense that you are always doing the same thing. The body has a great way of adapting so the key is to fool it. I would HIGHLY recommend purchasing a heart rate monitor from POLAR their like 40 bucks nothing fancy. Target is 65-75 maximum heart rate 220-age x .65 is max. Also cardio should be done on empty stomach for 30-60 min it increases the percentage body fat two fold. Precor machine can be used for sprints towards the end of the work out definately aftyer 20 min cause that when you begin to bnurn fat that's theory so it might be less or more.
On the flip side if you decrease calories you will slow you matabolism so that will definetyaley create a pleatu. I like to manipulate carbs start high in low glycemic index carbs in the beginning of the week and work my way down towrds saturday but always keep protein at 1-1.5 of protein to each lb of weight. Always start the day with complex carbs and decrease to fibrous carbs(vegetables, lettuce ) later in your day.
WWW.glycemicindex.com
Here is a thread that will also help
http://www.anabolicreview.com/vbulle...threadid=22744
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