3495: [Part 1] What's The Best Exercise To Lose Weight? By JC Deen of JCD Fitness on Fitness Myths

Sunday, August 9, 2026
Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3495: JC Deen explains why there is no single best exercise for weight loss, and why the answer most people reach for first, lots and lots of cardio, works against them. In Part 1 he lays out the real difference between cardiovascular and resistance training, and shows what excessive cardio does to the muscle you are trying to hold onto. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://jcdfitness.com/2016/01/best-exercise-to-lose-weight/ Quotes to ponder: "The best exercise to lose weight is, unfortunately, non-existent because there is no single exercise that contributes to weight loss on its own." "Excessive cardio training does very little for your skeletal muscle." "To answer your question simply, resistance training is the best way to exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off." Optimal Health Daily is a daily health and wellness podcast where we narrate the best articles on nutrition, fitness, weight loss, and healthy habits, read to you by a professional narrator so you can improve your health a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices