What is the best type of cardio?

[Anonymous]

what type of cardio is best to lose 20 pounds fast for a vacation? i have 6 weeks

[ATPPC]

It's not what gets you out of breath the hardest and fastest. It's what you can manage to do for a long time. Your fat burn rate goes up the longer you do it for. E. g. 5 minutes hard sprinting maybe 5% of the energy comes from fat, rest is mostly from carbs. For a marathon at a slow jog however around 50% of energy is from fat.

Cross country skiing burns the most calories but I doubt you have access to that lol. Then comes running, then cycling, then swimming (breaststroke/freestyle). Swimming doesn't burn as much cuz you are limited by oxygen intake so it's not the hardest form of cardio.

TLDR running is your best option. Going for endurance gives optimal results.

[Bobba_Fett]

Really the only way to go. Straight burn all the way.
Be attentive to your diet as well, and drink plenty of water.

[Asker]

you mean like legs burn? and diet like less calories?

[Bobba_Fett]

Run like calorie burn, and diet like healthy.

And plenty of water like enough to make you pee a lot, but not drown.

[chintita]

i suggest swimming if you have weak joints like me, running was too jarring for me

[OpinionnotHate]

Swimming, running, jump rope

[Asker]

just at a steady pace or intervals?

[OpinionnotHate]

Interval training is the best for weight lost but you do have to mix it up to keep steady results meaning one week (just using running as a example) you would do a combination of sprints and walking 3/5 days and the other 2/5 days be stamina/endurance based then the next week do 1/5 sprints and the rest distance or vice versa it is important to change it up on frequency and as you get in better shape change up pace and overall distance

[OpinionnotHate]

Diet is important as the guy guy below said but it does depend on what areas of your body you're wanting to cut down

[blondfrog]

Eating 3 cheesburgers on the tredmill.

[Anonymous]

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