Why Cardio Doesn't Work

By Craig Ballantyne

Cardio exercise is perplexing. In theory, it should work the same for everyone. But it doesn't. Some people do cardio six hours, nine hours, or more per week, and still have belly fat to burn. It works just fine for others.

To get some insight into the reason for this, British researchers studied 35 overweight men and women who weren't previously exercising. Subjects did cardio five times per week for 12 weeks. On average, they lost a respectable 8.2 pounds. However, the variance between individuals was huge. One of the 35 subjects lost a staggering 32.3 pounds, while one actually gained 3.74 pounds.

The scientists think they know why.

They classified the subjects into two groups: those who lost the least amount of weight (the "Compensators") and those who lost the most (the "Non-Compensators"). Turns out the cardio exercise made the Compensators hungry. As a result, they wound up consuming more than 250 extra calories per day... all but wiping out their weight-loss efforts. The Non-Compensators, though, did not experience an increase in their appetites.

If your cardio program is not working for you, check your post-exercise appetite level and calorie intake to see if you are a "Compensator." If you are, you might be better off with a program of high-intensity resistance and interval training.

Worth Quoting: Gary North on Career Insulation

"One of the marks of an insecure employee is that he tries to build layers of busy-work insulation around his job. He tries to make it appear as though it would be a lot of trouble to replace him.

"The problem is, this keeps him from getting promoted. He locks in his job for a while, but that means he locks himself out of a promotion.

"Then a change in technology that makes his tasks easy to reassign to a low-paid worker leads to the termination of his career. In a high-tech world, this is the wave of the future. 'I can get it done cheaper in India' is the slogan of this brave new world.

"To survive these days, a worker should make himself easily replaceable. He should go out of his way to recruit and train a potential replacement - maybe two. He should let his superiors know this. That way, if a job higher up the chain of command opens up, the company can award the job to him. It's less hassle to promote him.

"It is not possible to hide for long behind a wall of make-work insulation. Technology will not allow it. It is best to plan for the future and spend your time preparing for the promotion rather than hiding behind unnecessary make-work. You can't climb up the ladder if you're locked to the lower rung."

(Source: Gary North's "Tip of the Week")

It's Good to Know: How to Give Great Answers in Business Meetings

The next time you are in a meeting, performance review, or job interview, try this "stalling" technique if you are asked a tough question: Take a sip or two of water or coffee. Then use those few seconds to formulate your answer. You will, of course, have prepared for the meeting, but the short pause will allow you to collect your thoughts and phrase them well.

(Source: Web Worker Daily)

Word to the Wise: Coign

A "coign" (COIN or KWOIN) is, architecturally speaking, a projecting corner used for observation.

Example (as Shakespeare used it in Macbeth): "Smells wooingly here: no jutty, frieze, / Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird / Hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradle: / Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, / The air is delicate."

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