Best excerise for weight lose is HIT training (not to be confused with HIIT). And a reduction of 300 to 500 (750 if you can) calories a day below you caloric maintnance level. With little to no cardio. Cardio maintained at its highest intensity only burns 400-500 calories a hour, but the inroad it makes on the bodies recovery system is great.
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Us as PUA and aspiring PUA's need to use are heads we need to separte from the pack and be smarter. Ritualism in the face of science is by design stupidity.