The Cardio Free Diet Review

 

The Cardio Free Diet was written by Jim Karas, the author of "The Business Plan for The Body." He believes that regular cardiovascular exercise like running, cycling, stairclimbers and elliptical trainers hurt your muscle joints and your immune system, and increase your appetite, so you eat more and negatively impact your weight loss efforts. His solution is a "no cardio" diet that emphasizes strength training and calorie cutting.

The nutritional portion of the Cardio Free Diet has four phases, each lasting two weeks with three meals a day and three snacks. In first phase, women are allowed 1,200 calories a day, while men are allowed 1,500 calories a day. In the following phases, women eat 1500 calories a day and men 1800 a day.

The Cardio Free Diet claims you only need 20 minute of strength training three days a week, following a circuit workout that uses free weights and resistance bands. Apparently Karas is unaware of the fact that strength training puts significant strain on muscle joints and often leads to injury just like any other form of exercise performed, especially for those who are not fit.

The Cardio Free Diet contradicts years of research and insists that doing any type of cardio is unhealthy for you. This is pretty much nonsense according to not only all conventional experts, medical authorities, and research, but also common sense. Sure, cardio exercise makes you hungry, but it is the balance that makes weight loss last beyond the short term. Karas also seems to be unaware of the reality that diets generally don't fail during the weight loss phase, they fail in the long term because people have no way of regulating their new weight. They don't follow sustainable plans. He uses the example of running and cycling as things not to do??? These are probably the best two activities on Earth for long term weight loss success. Simply take a look at runners and cyclists. They make my point for me.