Performance and longevity are built on a base of cardiovascular conditioning.

And a great base of cardiovascular conditioning, it just might save your life.

After all, your heart is just a muscle.

And humans, what we're dying of, we're dying from very predictable things, heart disease being the number one.

And most of these chronic diseases have a root cause, a common root cause, poor metabolic health.

Welcome to the Legendary Life Podcast, where it's all about taking control of your health, losing fat, transforming your body, and living the life you deserve, with celebrity fitness trainer and longevity enthusiast Ted Rice.

A quick announcement, I'm getting some clients together on Zoom for a body transformation workshop on April 13th called Unstoppable After 40.

We have 15 guest seats for entrepreneurs and other high performers who want to lose 15 or more pounds, transform their bodies and increase their energy.

And in this master class, I'm going to be teaching the super simple four-step process, our successful clients are using to lose fat, transform their bodies, and supercharge their energy and record time.

And the best part, you're going to be able to do this without time-consuming workouts, restrictive diets, or any quick fixes that don't work in the long term.

So would you like to join as my guest? If yes, go to legendarylifepodcast.com slash free to save your spot.

Again, legendarylifepodcast.com slash free. See you on April 13th at 12 p.m. Central time.

So if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you already know that lifting weights is the best way to work out if you're looking to lose fat.

And losing fat is important for your overall health. It's important for longevity. But what you might have also wondered is where does cardiovascular exercise fit into the big picture of health?

And we're going to be talking about that today. I'm going to do my best to break down the science for you in an understandable way.

So if you've ever wondered that question, and you've heard me talk about things in the past today, we're going to do a deep dive. So what's up, my friend? Welcome back to the legendarylifepodcast.com.

I'm your host, Ted Rice, coach to entrepreneurs, executives, and other high performers. And let's just jump right in.

You may have even heard people talk about cardio cardiovascular fitness more specifically and longevity. And you may have even heard the term zone to cardio and kind of wondered what that meant.

Or maybe you've heard people like Peter and others break that down. But today I'm going to tell you I've been into this for a long time much longer than a lot of the current people take that for what it's worth.

And I have a story about it too about how I got into it because I was a personal trainer during the time when it was all about high intensity interval training. And if you don't know me, I've been in this business for over 23 years now, just a few months over

or actually like a month in a few days over 23 years, but I've been in this business for that long. And in my 20s, and I started about 22 just to give you reference about 45 now, when I was in my 20s, I was all about the high intensity interval training.

We started having study after study after study come out showing how it was superior for everything from fat loss to sports performance.

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