I hate indoor cardio.

[Mariapaularw]

I hate cardio at the gym. I live in New York where winter time is not a good time to do outdoor activities. Since its summer I know I'll get more chances to do outdoor exercise but I don't have much time.
I have always been a slim girl, but I love to exercise m, I like lighting weights. I've been contacted for a Model agency and I would like to lose some fat, because I have some (little bit) like around my abs and Lower back. I would like to know if it is extremely necessary to do cardio to get rid of that last % of fat. I also work as a cocktail server 5 to 6 days a week for approx 8 hours a day, I'm always moving back and forth. Does that count as cardio? 😂😂😂

[juggernaut74ia]

Start by reading the "don't look past the basics" sticky.

It seems you have a lot of misconceptions about how all of this works.

[Imp81318]

The biggest key for fat loss is controlling your calorie intake (i.e. how much you eat) vs how much you burn. If you are operating in a deficit (i.e. ingesting fewer calories than you burn) your body will burn fat. The easiest and most efficient way to ensure you're in a deficit is by controlling your diet. So if you want to drop the last bit of fat on your body, you will most likely be best suited to reduce how many calories you eat. Unless, of course, you already have very little fat on your body in which case you may need to build more lean muscle mass through resistance training to get the look you are after.

[euco09]

I hate indoor cardio too so I limit mine to 10-15 minutes (4-5 times a week) mostly on the bike. I do 1 minute really hard 1 minute easy rest then repeat. It makes it less boring than just constant one speed cardio and if you go hard enough it actually feels like you've done quite a worthwhile workout!

[LeadingMan]

I hate cardio at the gym.

Stop doing it then.

My work here is done, another mystery solved gang.

But seriously if you don't enjoy the cardio, and you enjoy lifting weights. Keep your cardio to a minimum, since you said you enjoy it, only do it until you no longer enjoy it, a light run or jog or something else to keep you moving but focus mainly on the weight lifting and eating at a caloric deficit.

If you ate ate a steady caloric deficit and lifted weights, you would lose the body fat around your abs.