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Here's my biggest issues with that reply I quoted earlier...
1) Counting calories. No, it's not required. But just because you don't count them does not mean that they do not exist.
Unless you have a really good background of being able to look at a plate and give a fairly good estimate of its Cals and macros, I'd highly recommend looking up the Cals/macros in the common meals you eat. You can even save them in an app like My Fitness Pal to help track.
You can have 2 plates that are the same size or look very similar, yet have drastic differences in Cals.
2) The BCAAs only cardio. While I don't have any issue with this, it's not required. As long as your daily Cals/macros are the exact same, fasted cardio vs fed cardio results in no difference for regular people. It's the TOTAL DAY'S Cals in vs out and fat burned vs stored that matters, not a snapshot in time.
Fasted cardio will burn more fat DURING, but then you have your breakfast afterwards, then the next couple of hours you're burning the food as full.
If you eat breakfast then do cardio, you'll be using the food as fuel, but after that is gone, you'll be burning fat until your next meal.
There's no net difference. It's 6 of 1, half dozen of the other. Think of fat being stored and burned as people entering and leaving an office building. The traffic flows both ways throughout the day, but at the end of the day, you want more people leaving(fat being burned) than people entering(fat being stored). Ultimately, that comes down to Cals in vs Cals out.
3) Your body will use oxygen as a fuel for 30 minutes then burn fat for the following 30 minutes.... Really????? Your body does NOT use oxygen as a fuel source. Ever. Period. This may be one of the silliest things I have ever read.
4) The 20 minute post workout anabolic window doesn't exist. Your muscles will continue to absorb the necessary nutrients for far longer than 20 mins. And if you still believe it's true, then it's the PRE workout meal and intra workout carbohydrate drink(if taken) that would actually be used in the 20 minute post workout window.
It takes several hours for whole food meals to digest, so your post workout chicken and rice would be used well after the 20 mins expired. But the whole food meal you ate about 2 hours PRIOR to your workout, now that will be utilized in that window.
And if you train first thing in the morning, and can't eat before your workout, eat a solid meal before bed. And yes, it can contain carbohydrates.
1) Counting calories. No, it's not required. But just because you don't count them does not mean that they do not exist.
Unless you have a really good background of being able to look at a plate and give a fairly good estimate of its Cals and macros, I'd highly recommend looking up the Cals/macros in the common meals you eat. You can even save them in an app like My Fitness Pal to help track.
You can have 2 plates that are the same size or look very similar, yet have drastic differences in Cals.
2) The BCAAs only cardio. While I don't have any issue with this, it's not required. As long as your daily Cals/macros are the exact same, fasted cardio vs fed cardio results in no difference for regular people. It's the TOTAL DAY'S Cals in vs out and fat burned vs stored that matters, not a snapshot in time.
Fasted cardio will burn more fat DURING, but then you have your breakfast afterwards, then the next couple of hours you're burning the food as full.
If you eat breakfast then do cardio, you'll be using the food as fuel, but after that is gone, you'll be burning fat until your next meal.
There's no net difference. It's 6 of 1, half dozen of the other. Think of fat being stored and burned as people entering and leaving an office building. The traffic flows both ways throughout the day, but at the end of the day, you want more people leaving(fat being burned) than people entering(fat being stored). Ultimately, that comes down to Cals in vs Cals out.
3) Your body will use oxygen as a fuel for 30 minutes then burn fat for the following 30 minutes.... Really????? Your body does NOT use oxygen as a fuel source. Ever. Period. This may be one of the silliest things I have ever read.
4) The 20 minute post workout anabolic window doesn't exist. Your muscles will continue to absorb the necessary nutrients for far longer than 20 mins. And if you still believe it's true, then it's the PRE workout meal and intra workout carbohydrate drink(if taken) that would actually be used in the 20 minute post workout window.
It takes several hours for whole food meals to digest, so your post workout chicken and rice would be used well after the 20 mins expired. But the whole food meal you ate about 2 hours PRIOR to your workout, now that will be utilized in that window.
And if you train first thing in the morning, and can't eat before your workout, eat a solid meal before bed. And yes, it can contain carbohydrates.
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