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Fat Facts 4 of 5: Burning Fat vs Burning Sugar and Carbohydrates

26 March 2009 1:26 am

This video blog gives you four main tips to ensure you are burning as much fat as possible during your workout. Here I explain some of the common mistakes people make that turn an effective fat burning session into a sugar burning one. The four tips are simple to adopt and very effective.

Tip#1: Exercise on an empty stomach, before breakfast is the most effective time

Tip#2: Never drink sugar drinks before or during your workout

Tip#3: Aerobic activity over a longer term burns more fat than a short Anaerobic session

Tip#4: If you do partake in short anaerobic sprint style sessions, finish with 30mins long steady aerobic activity to make sure you still burn fat in that workout

I hope you enjoyed Fat Facts #4: Burning Fat Vs Burning Sugar and Carbohydrates, here are some other Video Blogs in this series:

Fat Facts Part 1: What is Body Fat?

Fat Facts Part 2: How Many Calories in Fat Protein and Carbohydrates?

Fat Facts Part3: Calorie Dense Foods

Fat Facts Part 5: The Difference Between Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated, Saturated and Trans Fats

Tagged As: exercise, fat burning, Training, Weight loss

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13 Comments On “Fat Facts 4 of 5: Burning Fat vs Burning Sugar and Carbohydrates”

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On 20th August 2009 2:20 pm, Ryan said:

Amelia, I’m a bit puzzled from tips 3 and 4. I keep hearing about the benefits of HIIT (high intensity interval training), that combines aerobic and anaerobic exercise for periods of no longer than 20 minutes. Do you agree with HIIT? I’ve always heard that raising your heart rate to the 75%-85% range produces better results if it is complemented with jogging in between. Please elaborate.

On 21st August 2009 8:29 pm, Ryan said:

Hello again. After doing much more research on the subject of eating before cardio, I’ve found an article that really seems to break down the science of the whole topic and suggests it is NOT good to do any kind of cardio/exercise on an empty stomach. Check it out and let me know what you think Amelia,

Thanks
http://www.musclebomb.com/cardio_empty_stomach.html

On 25th August 2009 5:17 am, Amelia Burton said:

Hi Ryan,

The article you refer to is clearly directed towards weight trainers over fat loss clients. The main focus is maintaining muscle mass.
My article focuses on tips to ensure you are burning as much fat as possible during a workout, and is directed to people trying to lose weight. For fat loss clients, losing a little muscle mass whilst burning the most amount of fat is a risk they are willing to take.
The article also states that the body will metabolize muscle for energy over fat. I would like to see research papers to support this as it is widely confirmed that excess fat will be metabolized well before muscle. Otherwise how would the biggest loser contestants keep training, if they were losing more muscle than fat!?! Besides, this trainer also says he is referring to people who are carrying excess muscle for their size, indicating weight trainers.
If your focus is all about maintaining muscle mass and growth then yes, I would agree to eat a little something before you train in the morning.
However if fat loss is your main goal then train on an empty stomach for the greatest fat loss benefits.
Amelia

On 7th April 2010 2:59 pm, Prevacid-Side-Effect said: