Cardio for fat loss is, in my opinion a bad time investment.
We know that to lose fat you need to create a calorie deficit. This can be done by either controlling your diet, increasing activity expenditure, or a combination of the two.
For example: To get one pound of fat loss per week, you need to have an approximate ~3500 kCal deficit. To achieve that you can either eat a little less every day or do cardio for approximately 7 hours a week. Cardio is a really bad time investment if fat loss is the goal.
While the the health benefits from cardio are undeniable it’s pretty clear it shouldn’t be used as an excuse for a bad diet.
As the saying goes: “you can’t out-train a bad diet” (well you can but you’ll potentially be spending a lot of time on that treadmill to do it.
Belt.