{"id":343,"date":"2024-11-05T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/?p=343"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:56:18","slug":"the-truth-about-cardio-for-fat-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/05\/the-truth-about-cardio-for-fat-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Cardio for Fat Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1.webp 867w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nov24.1-700x700.webp 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People always ask: \u201cShould I do cardio to burn fat?\u201d My answer? It depends\u2014but cardio alone isn\u2019t the magic bullet. It helps, but nutrition and strength training still lead the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What cardio does best is improve your heart health, burn calories, and support a calorie deficit. I love using short HIIT sessions or brisk walking with clients. It\u2019s effective, and it doesn\u2019t need to be extreme to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mix steady-state cardio (like walking or cycling) with strength workouts. And most importantly\u2014do something you enjoy. That\u2019s what sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Paul Rivas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People always ask: \u201cShould I do cardio to burn fat?\u201d My answer? It depends\u2014but cardio alone isn\u2019t the magic bullet. It helps, but nutrition and strength training still lead the way. What cardio does best is improve your heart health, burn calories, and support a calorie deficit. I love using short HIIT sessions or brisk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[32],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanpaulrivas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}