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People often ask me, “Ross why do you wear pants instead of boxers?” and “what is the best type of cardio?” Well regarding the pants, I find they are a lot more snug and comfortable than boxers But as for the best form of cardio, there is no best type, it really all depends on your current situation and your goals. As always let me draw a parallel…. I shall call this, “The Cardio/ Choice of movie parallel” allow me to explain.

Imagine if you will, a trip to the cinema…what movie are you going to watch? Evidently this is a stupid question, since it all depends on whom you have gone to the cinema with (current situation) and what you want from the date (goals.)

Cinema visit A Courting a young lady – A good Romantic Comedy is probably best in this situation since, and no offence to Arnie, choosing Terminator may see you going home alone.

Cinema visit B Out with the lads – A good Action film is probably best in this situation, since some Romantic Comedies could have you socially excluded

The exact same rule applies to your choice in cardio and as stressed before it all depends on your current situation and your goals.

Low Intensity - Loose Body fat but maintain lean muscle mass

For those of you wanting to keep your hard earned muscle low intensity cardio (30% of your Maximum Heart Rate) is most definitely best, since:

• There is greater mobilisation of triglycerides
• There is greater oxidisation of Free unbound fatty acids
• More molecules of glycerol and Free unbound fatty acids are formed
• The majority of the calories burned come from fat (no lost muscle)

High Intensity – Solely concerned with losing body fat

For those of you whose only concern is to loose body fat and you are not too concerned about muscle mass, high intensity cardio (75% of your Maximum Heart Rate) is most definitely best, since:

• Although there is less mobilisation of triglycerides
• Although there is less oxidisation of Free unbound fatty acids
• There are less molecules of glycerol and Free unbound fatty acids are formed
• It does burns more intramuscular triglycerides
• It does burn more calories overall however not all the calories come from Fat and there may be some muscle mass lost

Thus to summarise Ross’ Law of Adaptation (not its official name, haha)
Be adaptive in your cardio and use it wisely to craft the perfect body you want

And

Be versatile in your choice of movie if want a girlfriend and want to avoid social exclusion

Much love and happy training/ movie watching

Every man would have intimately attempted to woo a young maiden at some point in their lives…whether it was the conventional, ‘Table for 2 ’ at restaurant, or the more relaxed ‘DVD Night’ at home. Regardless of the setting one thing is for sure…the success of the night is highly dependant upon the preparation that is undertaken before hand. My point is gentleman, you simply can’t just make you’re way to the boudoir, there are certain things that must happen prior to this…and this is exactly what happens when your body begins to burn body fat. Allow me to draw a comparison:

The enzyme in the body responsible for breaking down fats is called lipase and the process of breaking down fats in your body is called lipolysis and this really happens in two distinct phases; mobilization, or the courting period, and oxidisation, the ‘end product’ of successful date.

Mobilisation

The enzyme lipase turns fats, or triglycerides, into three unbound fatty acids (FFA) and one glycerol molecule, this process is basically the breaking down of fat in your body for future possible use. Worth noting is that this is merely the preparation for the use of fat as an energy source, the fat hasn’t been used for energy at this point or oxidised. Like when you are on a date, the preparation may be going well….but there is still no guarantee you will be invited in for a “coffee” at the end of the walk home.

Oxidisation

Now oxidation is the point at which the fatty acids that were mobilized are actually burned. This process must take place if the triglycerides are to be burned, since un-oxidised triglycerides can be converted back meaning they will have to be mobilised again. Once again a parallel can be drawn to the wooing of a fair maiden, even if the courting (mobilisation) is executed to perfection, the invite into the young ladies apartment (oxidisation) may still not come to fruition. Thus meaning you will have to begin wooing all over again at a later date.

I hope the, ‘fat burning – Courting’ Parallel has worked and I’ve made the science of fat loss a little clearer for you, if I’ve only complicated matters I’m sorry In my next article I shall attempt to explain how your training (both cardio and weights) can maximise your oxidising and mobilising potential, making you…The Casanova of Fat Burning Once again thank you for sitting through another one of my strange articles. Much love and happy training