15 Minute Slide #4 With Zuzka and An Interesting Read - How to Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle

Here is Z's latest slide workout:

Workout Breakdown

1. Side lunge slide with diagonal DB Swing 10/10

2. Mountain Climber Step Ups x 20

3. DB Side lunge slide calve raise x 20 alt.

4. Plank slide side crunch (each side) / db plank rows (each side) x 5

Doesn't look easy at all! 

I read this interesting article yesterday as well: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/how-to-lose-fat-without-losing-muscle/ Check it out. 

I found this part of it particularly intriguing overall:

Now, weight training obviously still needs to be kept around as it provides the primary signal that tells our bodies to maintain muscle and only burn body fat. But cardio? That’s completely optional.

And honestly, I feel there is no more overrated and over-given-a-shit-about aspect of fat loss or muscle growth than cardio. Obviously if your goal is endurance or performance related, my opinion would change. But strictly in terms of just improving the way your body looks? I hate cardio.

In fact, I rarely do any myself and my default recommendation for most people with body composition related goals is to do little or even NO cardio whatsoever. I’d much rather see people create their deficit via diet alone, use weight training to build/maintain muscle, and use cardio as a last resort tool for when you reach a point where lowering calories any further becomes too difficult and you’d rather burn those calories off instead.