New Level New Devil/ goals continue to change and more detailed, is what you are doing supporting that?
Doing everything right and found workouts and it worked, you saw results, you lost the body fat and you plateaued. Your body adapts after doing cardio for so long, cardio isn’t the answer (depends on the person).
Science and the difference between strength training, HIIT, cardio
pro : easy to do and to start. Ride a bike, run, walk on the treadmill. Good for you and your cardiovascular health. Works great at first and at a point it stops (because you get good at it and your body adapts).
Cons: Your body will start to get used to it and you will spend hours and hours to even have it make a difference (so you are trading time away). Yes, you burn cals but you are not focusing on building strength and muscles (not for the long run).
Pro: Good for time efficient workouts, more bang for your buck, fast/quick, easy, community. A lot of variation, and will only take you so far based on your goals.
Cons: Working one energy system (metabolic system) because of the heart rate being so high. No variety with that. No progressive overload (can’t build strength. No individuality. Not goal specific.
Pros: don’t have to spend hours in the gym to see changes, just have to tweak one thing: reps, movement, weight, more options/different variations, don’t need to sacrifice time. Can do this your ENTIRE JOURNEY, and easily switch things in order to progress, leads to long term results,
Cons: can be daunting/dreading, doing it by yourself/alone, don’t have a spotter if you are alone,
can be confusing - not sure what you are doing-- how do i write a workout plan