Can you lose fat without cardio?

[Anonymous]

I hate cardio but I'm trying to tone my body. I have a little extra fat...

I tried to start running and it just completely demotivated me. Then I tried elliptical which was a little bit better but it still made me dread going to the gym.

Now I'm trying swimming which is okay but I was wondering if cardio is mandatory to lose fat?

[Izzy_21]

If you build up muscle you will also lose fat in the long term. Cardio is not mandatory but it helps a lot.

Swimming is good, also try team sports like water polo, badminton, soccer, field hockey ... If that's not for you either you can try programms like Insanity, Chalean extreme ... they also contain cardio parts but it's a bit different that just running or swimming. Or try out Zumba

There are also a couple of good dance workouts on YouTube

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=507P9YJWeTghttps://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=obF2dZjVlzk&feature=relatedhttps://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=r_J8btnIEKQ&feature=relatedhttps://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=5Hi7w_OYQiw

Billy Blanks is still good too

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=xQGrrLpHy78&feature=related

[lolli]

Idk. There used to be these bow flex infomercials and they did a mix of strength training and diet and lost weight. They said all you needed was 20 minutes 3x a week.

[WeaponZero]

It is possible to lose fat through diet alone and consuming less calories than your resting calorie burn. If you're inactive that means being on an ultra-low calorie diet.

However, without both cardio and resistance training, you will never achieve that magic word that you mentioned you want: "tone."

What you refer to as "tone" is a combination of having a good amount of lean muscle and low bodyfat. Diet alone will not build the muscle needed to achieve tone, and unless you take your caloric intake down to an unhealthily low level (at that lack of activity, anyway), your fat loss will only go so far before it hits a brick wall.

[WeaponZero]

There are plenty of fun ways to get in cardio. Purchase a 4 lb medicine ball from amazon.com. I recommend the Valeo or Cap Barbell one. Start doing a variety of exercises revolving around bouncing it off a wall and catching it. Great workout, very fun. Combine it with jumping rope, great cardio.

[glamphotog]

You lose fat by watching your caloric intake.

You lose fat faster by watching your caloric intake and exercising.

If you want to tone your body, you should exercise with light weights.

[Xx_DRE_xX]

you could do muscle training or you could simply just stick to a diet.

[lananoel]

You really do need cardio to slim down. Like he said though. Muscle training works, but you will get bulging muscles instead of toning down. Most ladies don't want that.

[Caustic_Fox]

No its not. Just eat right and lift heavy weights