India, June 25 -- For the longest time, cardio has been treated like the holy grail of weight loss. If you wanted to lose weight, run or cycle, or spend a questionable amount of time on the treadmill, hoping it would magically solve everything. Burn calories, lose weight, and repeat. But here's the thing, fitness experts are now saying more openly that cardio alone isn't the smartest way to approach weight loss. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Deepti Sharma, fitness expert and director at MultiFit, shared smarter alternatives for weight loss.

Deepti highlighted that cardio burns calories, but the body adapts quickly. Do the same 30-minute run every day, and over time, it stops being as effective. Add to that the risk of overdoing it, ...