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Originally Posted by thingstodo
I suppose 30 minutes of cardio - leaving you perhaps 15 qctual minutes of that when you factor in the warm up and cool down time - with no fuel isn't a big deal.
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That's the entire point of HIIT in the AM. Your body DOES have fuel - fat stores. Because of the high intensity, your metabolism is kicked into high gear for the remainder of the day.
When you wake up, there's less glycogen since you haven't eaten for 8+ hours. When there's low glycogen, you burn more fat.
When you eat, insulin comes into play. Lack of insulin in the AM - more fat loss!
Next up - less glucose. Same deal here. Less glucose, more fat burning.
Just like I said above, for every study there's a study to counter it. Each thing you list out I could EASILY counter, as I've had this debate many times before. Likewise on your part - each thing I list to counter what you said could be just as easily countered, etc.
The cycle of proving points when it comes to fitness doesn't end and that's why people reading this are going to be confused when they shouldn't be. Is what I'm saying wrong? No. Is what you're saying wrong? No. They need to know and understand flat out that here is NO definitive method for anything.
They need to just try various techniques for a month or two and see how it fits them.
All it boils down to for fat loss - eat healthy, exercise.