Cardio again

**BigPimpin76** · 05-08-2007, 02:20 PM

Dont know if this is a good question but here goes.
I have been doing cardio for about 1 month and a half. I have been doing ok diet. All naturally for sure!!
How long does it take to get cut? My fat is on my a**omen area. I feel my shirts fit me looser but a**omen wise i dont notice much. Is it just harder to loose fat in a**omen area?
Thanks in advance!!

**BigPimpin76** · 05-08-2007, 02:58 PM

anyone

**JC2007** · 05-08-2007, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by BigPimpin76

anyone

Yeah, that part goes last usually.

**Mike Dura** · 05-08-2007, 05:16 PM

How long ***ends on many things. For example, how much fat you started with and how fast your metabolism is factors in. Typically getting ripped takes 12-15 weeks. Monitor your progress quantitatively my making sure you lose 2-3 pounds a week (no more or it will be lean body tissue). Make sure you're protein is high enough and I recommend a ketogenic diet (no or little carbs). Supplements can really help. I like to use a fiber supplement on a low carb diet - it slows down digestion and is good for health in general. Thermogenics such as ECA (ephedrine, caffeine, aspirin) are useful and easily found online. I also like flax seed oil and of course, a multivitamin split in two and taken in the morning and at night is good. I also take selenium, vit E, vit C. Train hard and eat harder (be strict with your diet). Once every 3 or 4 days, you can bring cals up which keeps your metabolism from slowing. I do this with natural peanut butter. Good luck.

Originally Posted by BigPimpin76

Dont know if this is a good question but here goes.
I have been doing cardio for about 1 month and a half. I have been doing ok diet. All naturally for sure!!
How long does it take to get cut? My fat is on my a**omen area. I feel my shirts fit me looser but a**omen wise i dont notice much. Is it just harder to loose fat in a**omen area?
Thanks in advance!!

**sonar1234** · 05-08-2007, 05:23 PM

Keto and cardio just dont mix very well, you lose a lot of weight way to much weight and for someone training natural means a lot of muscles too.

Low glycemic carbs should be the way to go here, at least TKD, replenish carbs after your workout and go low carb the rest of the time

**doolo** · 05-08-2007, 05:25 PM

Muscle not covered with fat is what looks cut. Gotta pump weights if you wanna be "cut" because if you dont your gonna be losing muscle and fat at the same time. With the weight taining and proper nutrition your body will recognize that the muscles are being used alot and will hold onto them, digging into the fat even more so then with just cardio. Not to mention with weight training your body will utilize more protein, carbs and fat leaving less overall calories to be held as fat. As for the gut, if thats your problem area it will most likely be your last to shrink up and your first area to gain it back

Good luck

**Mike Dura** · 05-08-2007, 05:26 PM

I thoroughly disagree. I did it this way when I was natural. You lose more muscle (relative to being on juice) but it did the trick for me. On the other hand, everyone is different.

Originally Posted by sonar1234

Keto and cardio just dont mix very well, you lose a lot of weight way to much weight and for someone training natural means a lot of muscles too.

Low glycemic carbs should be the way to go here, at least TKD, replenish carbs after your workout and go low carb the rest of the time

**sonar1234** · 05-08-2007, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mike Dura

I thoroughly disagree. I did it this way when I was natural. You lose more muscle (relative to being on juice) but it did the trick for me. On the other hand, everyone is different.

You are right i lost a tone of everything, ouch. I cant handle ketosis at all, they say the effect will adjust within a week or so but for me it never did, each time i trained it was harder and harder no energy no nothing.

When i switched to CKD it was a bit better but even then i had huge drops of energy.

**BigPimpin76** · 05-09-2007, 08:27 AM

I do about 20 min of cardio every morning. I started increasing it to 40 mins altough I havent been doing the 40 min session to much. Is it still ok to do 20 min? Or is it better to stick to 40 of cardio?

**BigPimpin76** · 05-09-2007, 03:58 PM

bump

**Mike Dura** · 05-09-2007, 04:41 PM

That ***ends on whether you are losing the weekly target weight (2-3pnds)

Originally Posted by BigPimpin76

I do about 20 min of cardio every morning. I started increasing it to 40 mins altough I havent been doing the 40 min session to much. Is it still ok to do 20 min? Or is it better to stick to 40 of cardio?