CARDIO vs. STRENGTH

donohoeshaunap
donohoeshaunap Posts: 27 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I only have about 40 minutes to dedicate to the gym, 4 times a week, I usually do 15 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the treadmill then 10 minutes of weight lifting, one day arms, one day legs etc. I also do yoga a few times a week from home.

It's working but could I be doing something differently?

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  • Mayor_West
    Mayor_West Posts: 246 Member
    If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not, then change it up. No need to over-think things.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    If it ain't broke don't fix it.
  • jeremywm1977
    jeremywm1977 Posts: 657 Member
    Do what works for you, do what you can do consistently, and like Mayor_West said, don't overthink it.
  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    There is no wrong or right. If this is what you enjoy you should totally keep doing it!

    Is there a specefic fitness goal that you want reach?
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    Personally I'd do more weight lifting and less cardio, but whatever floats your boat.

    Rigger
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    How do you define "it's working"?

    What are your specific goals?
  • LolaKarwowski
    LolaKarwowski Posts: 217 Member
    navyrigger46 wrote: »
    Personally I'd do more weight lifting and less cardio, but whatever floats your boat.

    Rigger

    Same.
  • donohoeshaunap
    donohoeshaunap Posts: 27 Member
    AsISmile wrote: »
    There is no wrong or right. If this is what you enjoy you should totally keep doing it!

    Is there a specefic fitness goal that you want reach?

    I just want to get in good shape, I don't log weight loss because I fluctuate a lot because I have a thyroid disorder that makes me retain water, and I also know that inches make me feel more accomplished

    Since April I've lost 4 inches on my waist 3 on my chest and 4 1/2 on my hips. Ideally I just want to make sure I'm doing things right.

    I also use a fitbit, I guess I just wish things were going a little faster.
  • JMC3Terp
    JMC3Terp Posts: 2,803 Member
    You need both. Maybe the only thing I would do is spend 2 of your days doing only cardio and 2 doing only lifting. But I think what your doing is fine if it works.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    edited June 2015
    donohoeshaunap wrote: »
    AsISmile wrote: »
    There is no wrong or right. If this is what you enjoy you should totally keep doing it!

    Is there a specefic fitness goal that you want reach?

    I just want to get in good shape, I don't log weight loss because I fluctuate a lot because I have a thyroid disorder that makes me retain water, and I also know that inches make me feel more accomplished

    Since April I've lost 4 inches on my waist 3 on my chest and 4 1/2 on my hips. Ideally I just want to make sure I'm doing things right.

    I also use a fitbit, I guess I just wish things were going a little faster.

    You've lost 4 inches off your waist. I'd say you're doing it right.

    There's no perfect program. No perfect exercise. No perfect diet.

    Only what you'll stick with, continue to make incremental gains (or losses!) and reap the rewards over time.

    If things stop working that's the time to re-examine what you're doing in the context of your goals.
  • rmitchell239
    rmitchell239 Posts: 125 Member
    Good job on losing! The only thing I would change with your routine is the order. I think you should lift first when you go to the gym. When you first get to the gym your body has the most glucose it's going to have and the most glycogen stored in your muscles. Use this sugar energy to lift, then when you have depleted this go to cardio, having less glucose available it should burn me fat. This should give you better gains in muscle and more fat loss. Doing opposite means you use glucose for cardio and then try to lift off of fat storage which would be a poor mechanism for fueling lifting. I'm not a biochemistry major, however. Thoughts anyone or am I just totally off?
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    JMC3Terp wrote: »
    You need both. Maybe the only thing I would do is spend 2 of your days doing only cardio and 2 doing only lifting.

    THIS!!!!

    The weight loss happens in the kitchen, but you'll get 4 higher quality workouts by dividing it up 2 and 2 rather than trying to do everything at each individual session.

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