Cardio vs weight training to lose weight

MelWick524

I have a 1,200 calorie goal. And I LOVE to eat. I work out for health and so I can EAT and stay in a deficit! LOL! I burn the most calories doing HIIT or cardio, but I feel empowered and strong after a lifting session.

urloved33

Bulls_23 wrote: »

This might be way wrong, but what I've been doing is eating healthy and 4-5 days a week, walking or jogging 3-5 miles, and then every other day I do some curls and dips for my arms.

I'm not looking to get ripped or skinny, just trying to drop a little weight and add a little muscle to my arms.

Thats very healthy. the fed govt guidelines for aging well is two full body workouts per week w resistance (weights or bands etc)

Contrary03

I was eating right and was killing myself doing a ton of cardio and was stuck in a plateau forever. Started a lift program with NO cardio the first 2 weeks and the scale finally moved! I just do cardio on my non lift days now.

cjenkins91

I wake up at 4:30 am Mon - Fri so that I can get my workout in before work. I usually make sure I'm in bed no later than 9:30/10ish and I like to do 35 min of cardio and 25 min of lifting - it's a good, happy medium between the two.

I find that when I incorporate both weight training and cardio into my routine that I lose weight but also put on muscle and just generally look better than if I stuck with one or the other.
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awnurmarc

defmut3 wrote: »

Regardless - In that case, do what you enjoy most so you don't lose motivation and make sure your diet is in check.

Yes to this! I'd alter diet or rest before trying to force myself to the gym for something that didn't motivate me.

Allgoingtomakeit

Going by scientific literature, it general states that circuit training is the best. Which makes sense...weight lifting and body weight movements combined with aerobic exercises and some intervals, in one! You have nailed it all!

Following this is pure HIIT, high intensity interval training. Such as 5 sets of 30 seconds ALL OUT (i want to be sick) sprints on the bike with generous amounts of recovery.

You dont burn that many kcals during the exercise, but the EPOC (Excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) is very high...nutshell, after your workout, your body is still doing aerobic exercise at rest/at home, where its trying to remove end products such as Pyruvate, and return the body to an equilibrium. Now that burns Kcals!

To do it properly, I would argue that you need to be well conditioned already, in order to be able to get the power outputs to applicable levels. Thus we return to circuit training.

Crossfit is 'the same' as circuit training, which (minus the roids) could highlight why so many look great.

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