How to do fasting aerobic exercise?

Aerobic exercise on an empty stomach is still a relatively common exercise method, but many people still don’t know the benefits of this exercise method. Many people prefer to exercise some time after a meal, and will not choose to exercise on an empty stomach. In fact, aerobic exercise on an empty stomach is actually very effective. Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

It is better to exercise on an empty stomach

People are always worried that exercising on an empty stomach will cause a large amount of glycogen to be consumed in the body, thereby causing hypoglycemia reactions such as dizziness, fatigue, and palpitations. However, Dr. Duipa of the Dallas Bodybuilding Center in the United States believes that moderate exercise 1 to 2 hours before meals (i.e. on an empty stomach), such as walking, dancing, jogging, cycling, etc., is more helpful for weight loss.

Because the glycogen content in the body is relatively low when exercising on an empty stomach, the body's own regulatory system will make it used more to maintain normal physiology rather than exercise consumption. If you only perform low-intensity exercise at this time, the body will mobilize more fat, including fat in adipose tissue to supply energy, which will make it easier to consume excess fat (especially postpartum fat), and the weight loss effect is better than exercising after a meal.

In addition, due to the appropriate amount of exercise, the energy stored in the body is sufficient for the human body to allocate and use, and will not affect health.

Light aerobic exercise

When exercising to lose weight, the more intense it is, the better. Only long-lasting, low-intensity aerobic exercise can consume excess fat. This is because during low-intensity exercise, muscles mainly use oxidized fatty acids to obtain energy, while high-intensity exercise consumes more glycogen in the body to supply energy.

As the intensity of exercise increases, the proportion of fat consumed will become smaller and smaller, and exercise close to the limit will hardly consume any fat. Therefore, easy and slow, long-term low-intensity exercise or long-term exercise with a heart rate maintained at 100 to 126 beats per minute is most conducive to weight loss.

So everyone can make good use of this method to exercise and lose weight, but if you already have anemia or other physical diseases, you must reduce the intensity of exercise, and do not exercise for too long at one time, as this will put a lot of pressure on the body. At the same time, you should also use more dietary adjustments to help lose weight.