As I’ve written before, most people mistakenly believe that you in order to lose fat, they need to do long duration, low intensity cardio. The reality is that science does not back this up, and in fact science shows us that long duration cardio (endurance training) is actually an inefficient way to lose fat, and higher intensity work is a much more effective option.

Here is a question on the subject that I found on a message board, along with my answer and recommendations. I’m guessing this could apply to some (many?) of you reading this.

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So every once in a while I’ll hop on Yahoo’s question and answer boards, in the diet and fitness section obviously, to check out the questions and throw out some answers. It is a valuable exercise, as it always reminds me that the vast majority of people out there don’t have a clue about fitness and weight loss.

This is generally no fault of their own. We are bombarded daily with so much misinformation on fad diets, magic diet pills and supplements, and infomercial junk like the ‘Ab Lounger’ and anything by Body by Jake, it isn’t surprising that people would be confused.

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Have you heard the latest? Apparently Americans are living longer than ever, but we aren’t living as long as citizens of 41 other countries.

A baby born in the United States in 2004 will live an average of 77.9 years. That ranks 42nd in the world, according to the Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics.

20 years ago the U.S. ranked 11th. Countries now ahead of us include Japan, Maucau, most of Europe, San Marino, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, and Jordan to name a few.

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I just finished listening to a great interview with a guy named Mike Rousell. Mike is an RD, sports nutritionist, and finishing up his PhD in nutrition. While he covered a lot of topics, one of the most interesting was regarding EFA (omega-3, essential fatty acids, fish oil, krill oil, whatever you like to call it) supplementation and the latest research on how beneficial it is in regards to fat loss.

(Now, I’ve written before on the fact that you should all be taking an EFA supplement, and if you’re not, then shame on you. The health benefits for everyone are well researched and well-documented. And if you buy EFA supplements purely based on which one is cheapest, you’ll get what you pay for, including fish burps. That’s just dumb.)

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