Going for a run in the morning, when you wake up on an empty stomach, can help you to burn pure fat. Now, I would highly suggest you eat a piece of toast or protein bar if you’re going to be running far. The reason for this, is because when you run later in the day, when you already have food in your stomach, you will burn off that food first. So if you run on an empty stomach, your body will have to burn something else for energy. It will have to burn that extra fat lying around. It is also a really good way to help get that cut look going.

          Doing a lot of cardio can help you lose weight, if done properly! When i say “Excessive” I’m talking about 1.5 to 2.5 hours 4 to 5o times a week. Also, it doesn’t have to be the same activity, you could combine 3 different cardio exercises over that time period.

Now let me break it down is to why this works.  About 10 minutes of cardio or 1 mile of running or walking, will burn approximately  100 calories. 3,500 calories equals approximately one pound of pure fat.  So I run about 4.5 miles 4 times a week, which means I burn about 1,800 calories just from running. Combined with other workouts and proper dieting, you can loose serious weight. However, depending on when you eat, you could be burning the food you just ate. So having a proper diet and exercising at the proper time will help you loose weight with excessive cardio.