- Green Bay Packers star Davante Adams uses “fasted cardio” to keep his weight down.
- “Fasted cardio” is a technique that involves increasing your heart rate on an empty stomach.
- Research suggests that it burns fat because the body is forced to use fat for energy before eating.
Green Bay Packers star Davante Adams has made it to the NFL Pro Bowl every year since 2017, and he says a big reason has been because of his focus on keeping your weight down.
The 29-year-old wide receiver told GQ that he was a bulkier player when he entered the league in 2014, but that extra weight didn’t work in his favor at the professional level. He said he started having more success when he slimmed down to be faster and lighter.
One method that Adams says he uses to stay slim and light these days is fasted cardio, which consists of doing cardiovascular exercises in a empty stomach.
“If it’s a really early workout, I might decide I want to do some fasted cardio. So I’ll just go in there and do a little run before I eat breakfast,” Adams. told GQ. “Usually I start my day with that training.”
The technique has helped Adams drop his weight from 215 pounds in his rookie year in 2014 to 202 pounds now, and keep it that way as he looks to help lead the Packers back to the Super Bowl.
Fasted cardio is supposed to force the body to burn fat for energy, but it hasn’t been shown to be effective
Doing fasted cardio requires your body to be fasted, which means it’s not digesting food. The idea behind this is that you are doing cardio while your body is low on glucose, which is the body’s main source of energy, so it is forced to burn body fat for energy.
Fasted cardio is often done in the morning before eating any food, but you can also do it later in the day if you practice intermittent fasting.
But while Adams could use it as a regular part of his training routine, that doesn’t mean he won’t. work for everyone.
According to a study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition who evaluated
weightloss
between the fasting and non-fasting groups of participants, both groups lost a significant amount of weight, but they found no significant difference between the two groups.
But another study of journal of medicine and science in Sports found that fasted exercise led to higher metabolic performance after training was completed. That same study found that fasting subjects also didn’t gain as much muscle because the body can also convert protein to energy while fasting in addition to body fat.
Fasted cardio could also be dangerous and cause fainting in people with low blood sugar, low blood pressure, or pregnant women, according to health line.
