Is it better to do strenght or cardio training first?

lionkingbg

What is the right order if my primary goal is to lose weight? I suppose strenght should be first, because, in that way, carbs will be spent and body will start using fat "stocks".

robs_ready

Why not both?

rick_po

For weight loss, it doesn't matter.

In general, do the exercise that's most important to you first. You want to do your most important workout when you're freshest.

lionkingbg

Tnx a lot rick.

@roblloyd89 I want to do both on the same training! But i am not quite sure which should be the first.

singingflutelady

It takes running for a very long time (like at least a half marathon length) to boink (when your body runs out of glycogen stores). And boinking is not fun at all (picture people falling and crawling to the end of a marathon). You are veru, very unlikely to boink during normal cardio or weight training. I always do strength first but it doesn't make you start burning your fat (and muscle) if you do cardio afterwards.

robs_ready

lionkingbg wrote: »

Tnx a lot rick.

@roblloyd89 I want to do both on the same training! But i am not quite sure which should be the first.

Ah great question.

Cardio first, gets the blood pumping.

sijomial

lionkingbg wrote: »

What is the right order if my primary goal is to lose weight? I suppose strenght should be first, because, in that way, carbs will be spent and body will start using fat "stocks".

No that's not how your body works.
Your calorie deficit over time causes fat loss. Don't complicate something very simple.

Exercise for fitness and health, calorie deficit for weight/fat loss.

cafeaulait7

Strength first so that you can give the lifts your all, imho.

ThatFatAsianNerd

I can't stand doing cardio at the gym so I do cardio outdoors -- hiking, running, or even just walking the dogs in the evenings.

gdyment

Ideally split them by 5-6 hours (run lunch, weights before dinner/evening) but if that's not practical I'd do weights first then do the cardio/run.

cnbbnc

I lift first because that's where I want the most energy to go. Whatever is left goes to cardio.

Hornsby

Depends on your goals...

GemimaFitzTed

I've tried both. The winner for me is cardio first. I suspect it's the endorphin's after my cardio, but I have so much more energy to do strength training. In addition, I lift *more* weight in my strength training after cardio too.

I may just be weird...

rankinsect

I always do strength first, then HIIT for cardio. After the HIIT I am in no condition to do anything else

rybo

To some extent it doesn't matter unless strength training I'd your primary focus. Then strength should be first. I have a hard time grasping any reason to do cardio, then strength, but others seem to like it that way so.

EvgeniZyntx

Hornsby wrote: »

Depends on your goals...

voila...

Sued0nim

I do cardio first because I don't like it as much and it helps warm me up - also if I'm with PT I can get it out the way before he tortures me with lifts and stuff

vinster345

My PT gives me some cardio to warm up before my strength training, and then some cardio to finish.

galinkzoo

I tend to do strength training first, and then cardio. I do this just because cardio is so long (relative to each set i do for the strength training) that I am so tired after wards. I also do this so that my muscles are all warmed up after strength training for my cardio.

FredKing1

This is shaping up as a personal preference. An additional factor is how much I put into it. I used to work harder in cardio - leaving too little umph left for a good effort on the weights, and I tended not to work to exhaustion during weights. Thus for me, weights first. If cardio is a less intense warm-up then it makes sense to do that first. Lately, I've gone for more intensity in both and typically do each on alternate days except for a brief cardio warm-up before weights.

ovidnine

I do strength first because I want to be freshest for that.

I only do cardio at the gym in the winter when its crappy outside anyway.

Like now.

I hate it.