Morning long walk or HIIT?

[Duracell_Bunny]

With fat loss in mind is there any recommendation between the two?

I'd like to go on another cut, it would take just under an hour for me to walk to work each morning, but would mean having a decent breakfast first (no facilities at work) and get a lift home.

Or, like I did previously about twice a week 10-15mins HIIT before breakfast.

My personal preference would be the walk, much less strain after a leg day and I won't be arriving to work feeling exhausted.

Weight sessions would be in the evening.

 

[Bible_Belt]

High intensity is better to cut fat. But like anything else, if you get frustrated and quit, then it doesn't matter how good the exercise is. If you make walking to work just part of a typical day, it will make it easier to keep at it.

 

[DanZy]

Rather ensure your diet is good before adding cardio. I don't believe in using cardio for fat loss, diet is far more effective

 

[Duracell_Bunny]

Yeah, Absolutely right. I am totally agree with you Espi. Both activities are help to burn fat. But with that you must take a lot of care about your diet. Make sure that you take low fat and carbs in your diet. You can also use green tea for this purpose. Try both walk and HIIT. Its really work.

Yeah doing both sounds great. Although would walking directly after lifting be an issue? - In that I wouldn't be getting a proper meal until 1.5 hours after.

I prefer to lift at work as the gym gets way too busy. If I was also walking back in the evening I'd be raking in 30 or more miles a week on foot and save £££ on fuel :woo:

The HIIT I'm going to do a couple of times a week at the gym, something low impact like rowing or swimming (the pool is shallow). The treadmill just takes too long to speed up or even worse slow down!

I'll stick to carbs with one meal per day/post WO. An increased carb day every 7-10 days.

Oh I love green tea. I drink it every morning with breakfast, just need to cut out the coffee at work

 

[twentee]

u burn a lousy 300 calories an hour, walking. it's REALLY easy to eat 2000 calories too much per day. Do the math. unless you REALLY push hard walking, it's not an aerobic exercise, either. Aeorbics help "reset" your bodys' metabolism, so that you burn more calories, even as you sleep. so, while walking keeps your legs from stiffening up( a little) unless you do it for many hours per day, it means VERY little. Diet is where the problem is, and that's what it takes to fix it, too. cut back on the calories,, especially sweets, get more fiber and water.

 

[switch]

Rather ensure your diet is good before adding cardio. I don't believe in using cardio for fat loss, diet is far more effective

SPOT ON...... i stopped doing cardio around 6 weeks ago and i'm still losing weight.... diet is the key

 

[Duracell_Bunny]

SPOT ON...... i stopped doing cardio around 6 weeks ago and i'm still losing weight.... diet is the key

It's been going great! Regardless of whether the walks burns a decent amount of weekly fat or not it helps loosen up the morning after a good session and I feel much more alert after. I'm still getting 1-2 sessions of HIIT per week.

I'm going for fat loss, not overall weight. As I haven't lifted properly for a while I'm expecting an initial weight gain. I'm only using the scales to make sure I'm not changing weight too quickly. Other than that I just measure my chest and waist as I havn't found anywhere locally to measure my bodyfat.

 

[speed dawg]

I do both, usually coupled with an ab/core workout session. I usually keep the cardio free of the weights to keep it fresh and not take up too much time.

I do not waste time jogging anymore though. Also, when walking, I do try to add some life function in. For example, I walk from my office to lunch (half mile one way) on most days. Also walk a lot of golf courses. I run 10 40 yard dashes on the other days, typically in the sand. Good calf workout that way.