Empty stomach cardio controversy
Posted by fitnesswriting on May 6, 2009
Joel Marion posted a “truth”-post about working out on an empty stomach vs. working out with something in your stomach.
Maybe it’s just who I am, but if you make one of these “you’ve been lied to for years – but I know the truth”-types-of-posts then you better back it up by specifically linking to the body of evidence you’ve dug up from research papers.
Without that transparency one truth is as much a myth as the other myth it’s trying to knock to the ground.
Claiming to know the truth and refer to scientific research as the proof of your own truth without actually telling which research papers you’ve been reading makes little sense.
If all we need to turn an idea or theory into fact is put “recent research has shown” or “several studies” or any statement like that then we don’t need any research at all.
Clayton said
This is an excellent article in a series by Joel on some great topics including steady state cardio vs interval cardio, fasted workouts, metabolic resistance training or cardio with weights.
As a personal trainer it’s great to see this information out there and be able to pass it onto clients as further supporting evidence of the methods that we use and these are definitely some of them.
Regards, Clayton.
Personal Trainer, Adelaide Australia