How many times have you asked this question:
"Why can't all the experts just agree on the best approach for fat loss? Why does there have to be so much controversy?"
Well, way back I did an interview with fat loss expert Tom Venuto. And while he and I may not agree on everything, the great thing about Tom is that he can back-up his arguments with both science and experience.
Here's one of the controversial topics we covered...
CB: You rank "fasted cardio in the morning" as a high risk (i.e. risk loss of muscle), high benefit activity for fat loss. Is this something that you use yourself or with clients?
TV:
Because it's high risk, it's not necessarily a fat loss technique I recommend for everyone all the time. But I'm not afraid to use it and I believe it has benefits that can outweigh the risks, depending on the circumstances.
I usually do fasted cardio in the morning about 8-12 weeks before a competition. But it depends on my weekly results. If I'm losing fat quickly and easily, I don't need to use any high-risk techniques.
Sometimes I'll still do cardio in the morning, because I like doing it then, but I'll have a whey protein drink or even a whole meal shortly beforehand.
I like to have an enormous amount of flexibility in my approach. If there's a plateau in fat loss, I want to be able to dig into my bag of tricks and have a lot of stuff in there to pull out when I need it. If you only have one way and you get stuck, you have a problem. I don't like rigid formulas. I like freedom to choose my approach according to how things are going.
Click here for the rest of Tom's interview.
Burn fat, build muscle,
CB
P.S. Tom reveals more cardio secrets...
In his 2-part interview at www.TTmembers.com
Find out what Tom said when I asked him...
1) Tom, as you've done bodybuilding shows at different stages of your life, tell us, what's changed? Has it gotten more difficult - and if so, what has been harder: The training or the nutrition? The muscle building or the fat loss?
2) So what were your solutions to these new problems? Train harder? Train smarter? Tighten the nutrition?
3) Looking back over your training career, how has your diet changed in response to the research? What about your training?
4) When did slow cardio work better for you? When you were doing your first show or now doing your 29th
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