No more boring cardio to lose weight

I no longer feel guilty about not doing my cardio. Turns out, it does little if anything for you.
When studies were done comparing two groups of people, one who changed their diet and did not exercise and a second group who changed their diet and did cardio (specific amount varied by study), there was no significant difference in weight loss after 3 or 6 months between the two groups. After a year there was a small difference, 3.6lbs over the course of a year! That was with 6 - 60 minute sessions of cardio every week for a year. Traditional Cardio does not work! Not for weight loss, not for conditioning. If you are doing no exercise, getting up and moving is still better than sitting on the couch, but if you are already exercising, getting on the treadmill or elliptical trainer for 30 minutes does not do anything for you.

The best exercises in order of effectiveness for weight loss are:
1. Strength training (high intensity types of strength training), and metabolic acceleration resistance training.
2. Intervals
3. High intensity aerobic exercise
4. Low intensity aerobic exercise (least effective- does little if anything for weight loss)

Get off the treadmill, pick up the weights and increase your intensity.

Just got back from a Strength and Conditioning conference and I'm still trying to mentally file all the new information and research. More on this later.