Fat loss
A reduction in stored body fat over time, not just a lower scale weight after water, glycogen, sweat, or digestion shifts.
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13 answers for “Fat loss”
Body recomposition
Improving the ratio of muscle to fat, often with slow or minimal scale-weight change.
Open answer →Calorie Deficit
Eating less energy than you expend.
Open answer →Cut
Intentional fat-loss phase, usually with a calorie deficit.
Open answer →Fartlek
Speed-play running that mixes faster surges and easier running by feel instead of locking every rep to a track interval.
Open answer →Fasted cardio
Cardio done after an overnight fast or long gap without food, often promoted as a shortcut for burning more body fat.
Open answer →Fat burner
A supplement category marketed as increasing fat loss, often with claims stronger than the evidence supports.
Open answer →Interval training
Cardio or conditioning built from repeated harder work bouts separated by easier recovery periods.
Open answer →Recomp
Short for body recomposition: trying to improve muscle-to-fat balance without relying on fast scale change.
Open answer →Spot reduction
The claim that training one body area can directly burn fat from that same area first.
Open answer →Steady-state cardio
Continuous aerobic work held at a fairly stable effort instead of repeated hard bursts and recoveries.
Open answer →Strength training
Training that uses resistance to build strength, muscle, coordination, and tolerance for harder work.
Open answer →VO2max
Maximal oxygen uptake: the highest rate your body can take in, deliver, and use oxygen during hard aerobic exercise.
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