No.1 Heart Surgeon: Cardio Is A Waste Of Time For Weight Loss! Philip Ovadia | E240

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we dont do cardio for our heart's health but for our mind's health, just came back from an 8 mile run and my brain is super happy

I'm an experienced weightlifter and I've never felt so alive and full of energy after I started training for a local 10km running race only 2 months ago. I actually wake up with energy and keep my energy levels high all day. This is something that I have HAVEN'T experienced from weightlifting. So while it might not be a huge factor for weight loss it's extremely important for overall wellbeing.

I'm 77 and I noticed my muscle mass on my arms disappearing slowly but surely. I started lifting weights after 28 years of absence and Noticed quite a difference in just 10 days. My plan is to lift Mon. Wed Fri. Arms, back and squats for my legs and knee strengthening. Wish me luck!🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍

I run only because I'm addicted to it... if I don't run my depression runs me! Side note: this man needs to be protected... we need more real doctors like him❤

The weight melts right off me when I do fasted cardio. Yes, I can lose weight through diet alone, but I lose it twice as fast if I add cardio as well. I've always been a fan of cardio for weight loss, and this guy isn't going to change my opinion. I know from personal experience that it works and works well.

Went from 176.1lb down to 153.3lb in 95 days doing cardio (walk/jog) and intermittent fasting. Worked great for me!

As an exercise and sports physiologist I would like to add some points, that Cardio exercises are not just for weight lose, or brain health or any particular systems of your body but for the wholesome development of your whole body system, because your health primarily depends (specially metabolic health) on the level of oxygen and nutrients your body cells get, and unfortunately that is hugely depends on your Cardiovascular and Cardio respiratory system, to transport the oxygen and other essential nutrients from one end to the other end. And people these days, because of certain misconceptions thinks that cardio is unnecessary if you are onto a body building I.e., strengthening your skeletal muscles, but we must understand that our heart is also made up of muscles (cardiac Mayocyt) and it too needs to get strengthen parallelly to you skeletal muscles. See, eg, you use someone so vigorously to build your house at free but you can't even provide a sufficient and good food to that person, just imagine the results.. And this is the major reason that most of the professional body builders die because of cardiac arrest, hypertension, stroke or CAD diseases. So, if you are looking for the benefits of cardio for just one factor like weight loss, than may be not very effective but for your heart health specially and overall development, Cardio is best tool.

I had a full-blown stroke in 2010 it was a wake-up call. I was in my late fifties. The doctors said I may not be able to do the physical work that I was doing anymore so I decided to walk everyday. 3 months time I was back at work. I was able to continue my physically hard job I had.

I have been a nurse in the USA for 39 years and I have to say that this doctor is exceptional! He truly does “GET IT” and I will be recommending his book to every lay person that I know.

Keep in mind he didn’t say cardio is bad! He said it isn’t as effective as muscle building for LOSING weight and keeping it off.

I tend to prefer weightlifting, but recently I started forcing myself to do 30min of cardio every other day as an experiment to see I felt different. It was hell at the beginning and the side stitches alone killed me. But now, I almost enjoy it and more importantly, I feel amazing, I feel more agile, focussed and energized all day than ever (and its not like I felt bad before, so I already came from a pretty good place). Will surely keep it up...

What a fantastic personality Phillip has! Thank you, gentlemen, for such a great conversation!

Cardio (running) saved my life: it helped me stop smoking, care about what I'm eating, become mentally stronger, more focused at work, I have more energy during the day and I lost a lot of weight. All sports are beneficial for health, some more, some less, but it's definitely not everything about losing weight, that's just one of the positive side effects.

That's brilliant - a doctor whose goal is to keep people away from doctors. I wish there were more such health specialists, those who care about people's health more than making money for pharmacies.

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Doing cardio is important in your respiratory system .. Im obese 3 years ago and walking 3 blocks away makes my breathing hard & now walking 10k steps feels like nothing .. Cardio is important when your starting your journey to lose weight

One of the main reasons that 100 years ago People didn't have as much Heart Disease and as many Heart Attacks is because they WALKED everywhere for miles and miles everyday. The Car is one of the biggest contributors to Heart Disease.

I was 215 lbs i am 76 years old pre type 2 diabetes I followed the weight watchers eating for life plan and started walking 20 k steps a day on days I couldn’t get out I did low aerobic cardio indoor exercises over the year my weigh went down to 138 lbs and by continuing my outdoor walks and indoor cardio I feel in the best physical and mentally I have ever felt in my life so one plan doesn’t suit all it’s finding what works for you ,I am no longer in danger of being diabetic I’m also asthmatic take my prevention inhaler morning and night my blue one is practically not needed ,my blood pressure is now normal as is my cholesterol so I’m afraid I won’t be giving up my cardio , wishing you all the best on whatever path you take ❤️