If you have never heard of 🔥Fasted Cardio🔥, you may not know just how beneficial it can be for your overall health and wellness. It truly is the perfect way to enhance your metabolic functions and level up all your workouts!!!
Fasted Cardio is an incredible way to retool your body to burn fat for fuel. It happens when your body enters a period of fasting and instead of burning quick energy from glycogen, it burns oxidized fats instead! Read that again … IT BURNS FAT FOR FUEL!!! 🔥🔥🔥
So how and why does this happen? When your body metabolizes food, it breaks down everything it can use into a form of energy called glucose. This is what fuels all your body’s activities. Some foods like carbohydrates and sugars are easier to convert into glucose, which is why you feel quick bursts of energy whenever you eat certain things likes sugary desserts or breads. But other foods like healthy fats and lean proteins take longer for your body to convert into fuel. That’s why low-carb diets are so great at powering your body with sustained energy for long periods of time.
Think about when you do anaerobic activities like running, biking or swimming. Your body requires a lot of fuel to maintain your movements and keep you going for long distances. Once you remove carbs and sugars from your power supply, your body has to burn fats to keep you going. It just makes sense!!!
One thing to remember is that Fasted Cardio isn’t quite as simple as running on an empty stomach. This can cause you to get lightheaded or dizzy. In fact, it takes your body nearly 10-14 hours to truly enter a state of fasting. But once your body does enter this state, it continues to burn FAT FOR FUEL in a sustainable way!
This type of exercise is such an amazing lifestyle hack and something you can easily incorporate into your weekly workouts. Just think of Fasted Cardio as a way to level up how much fat your body burns. I can’t wait for you to try it!!!
Let me know how it works for you in the comments of this post.
xo,
Lauren
