Why steady-state cardio is dead.

Summary:

• Prolonged cardio takes too much time and ultimately slows your metabolism making it harder to lose weight.

• Steady cardio is a muscle-wasting activity.

• The repetitive nature of cardio invites injuries and impaired motor control.

• You cannot out train (or out cardio for that matter) your eating habits. Change them, or else.

• To avoid a plateau, your cardio needs to be more varied.

• Continuous aerobic work plateaus after about 8 weeks.

• The calories you burn during the workout don't matter than much and calorie burning stops shortly after the exercise is done.

• There are some studies cited at the end of the article that highlight the ineffectiveness of traditional cardio. It is not just my opinion.