Which is better weights or cardio?

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  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    coreyreichle wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    On January 4th I started walking on my lunch hours almost daily- nothing crazy just to get me off my butt.
    Id hardly call it "cardio workout" though. I get 10,000-11,000 steps on a good day.

    I started lifting Jan 17th. Stronglifts 5x5. Taking it nice and slow 3-4 times per week.

    I have been aiming for slow weight loss (small deficit) to lose this baby weight while being considerate of my skin. Essentially Ive been spending the last 2 months feeling it all out.- adjusting calories <finally found the "magic" #> walking, lifting, monitoring, etc).

    Today has been 2 months since logging and walking and 1.5 ish months since I started lifting.

    Ive lost 7.6lbs and 9 overall inches. I dont and probably wont do any cardio.

    Bro, your heart is a muscle, and requires gainz!:P

    Totes bro!
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    I dont and probably wont do any cardio.

    Are you walking at the pace of grocery store shopping, or are your lunch hour walks actually cardio?

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/308153-is-walking-cardio-exercise/

    Well I dunno, you should see me working those aisles at the store! ;)
    Perhaps the general population would call my walking cardio exercise? I dunno. I dont log it and I dont eat it. To me my level of "cardio" is laughable to the term "cardio" that gets talked about here.

    To me intentional cardio exercise would be something that breaks a sweat or walking at a pace that would tire me after an hour? I am not tired after my hour, I can talk if I wanted to, I dont sweat. I walk about 3 miles in that hour.
    I walk for that hr because I am sedentary with a desk job and 1hr commute each way- Lots of sitting.

    Anyway, sorry. I guess I should have worded it differently?? I dont do any intense cardio?
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    I guess my point, and poorly made at that, is I believe the biggest changes in my body come from the benefits of lifting (and my small calorie deficit) - far more than my minimal cardiovascular efforts.
  • RichardHill4
    RichardHill4 Posts: 1 Member
    You should stop making *kitten* excuses like 'no time'. Do both. Cardio to burn calories and build muscle to burn fat. If you cannot make time then you obviously don't really care about losing weight. So just stay fat.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    I dont and probably wont do any cardio.

    Are you walking at the pace of grocery store shopping, or are your lunch hour walks actually cardio?

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/308153-is-walking-cardio-exercise/

    Well I dunno, you should see me working those aisles at the store! ;)
    Perhaps the general population would call my walking cardio exercise? I dunno. I dont log it and I dont eat it. To me my level of "cardio" is laughable to the term "cardio" that gets talked about here.

    To me intentional cardio exercise would be something that breaks a sweat or walking at a pace that would tire me after an hour? I am not tired after my hour, I can talk if I wanted to, I dont sweat. I walk about 3 miles in that hour.
    I walk for that hr because I am sedentary with a desk job and 1hr commute each way- Lots of sitting.

    Anyway, sorry. I guess I should have worded it differently?? I dont do any intense cardio?

    3 MPH does have cardiovascular benefits :)
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    RichardHill4 wrote: »
    You should stop making *kitten* excuses like 'no time'. Do both. Cardio to burn calories and build muscle to burn fat. If you cannot make time then you obviously don't really care about losing weight. So just stay fat.

    People can lose weight perfectly fine without doing any kind of exercise. I did at first. Exercise is mostly for fitness. Yes, it does help by giving you a bigger food budget and helping preserve muscle, but it's not absolutely necessary. If a person doesn't feel allocating time to fitness is a good use of their time that's their choice and it does not mean they don't care about losing weight or prevent them from doing so.
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    MommyMeggo wrote: »
    I dont and probably wont do any cardio.

    Are you walking at the pace of grocery store shopping, or are your lunch hour walks actually cardio?

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/308153-is-walking-cardio-exercise/

    Well I dunno, you should see me working those aisles at the store! ;)
    Perhaps the general population would call my walking cardio exercise? I dunno. I dont log it and I dont eat it. To me my level of "cardio" is laughable to the term "cardio" that gets talked about here.

    To me intentional cardio exercise would be something that breaks a sweat or walking at a pace that would tire me after an hour? I am not tired after my hour, I can talk if I wanted to, I dont sweat. I walk about 3 miles in that hour.
    I walk for that hr because I am sedentary with a desk job and 1hr commute each way- Lots of sitting.

    Anyway, sorry. I guess I should have worded it differently?? I dont do any intense cardio?

    3 MPH does have cardiovascular benefits :)

    Agree 100%!
    I think going from a couch potato to a slow leisurely walker also has cardiovascular benefits too!
    No one should be sedentary.
    If asked which one do i think is better? For me, as a life long asthmatic- non-"cardio" person Id vote for lifting.
    I probably could have seen the changes on the scale with no walking and only a calorie deficit but I dont think a calorie deficit would have dropped the inches like lifting has.
    Not being argumentative. There just seems to be a real disconnect from my brain to the keyboard this morning. Ack!
  • BoaRestrictor
    BoaRestrictor Posts: 194 Member
    I dance for cardio (like I am out of breath by the end heart racing), cardio doesn't have to be painful. I also lift weights to preserve muscle during my cut. I'd say both. A little cardio, a little weights. Won't hurt.
  • fatfudgery
    fatfudgery Posts: 449 Member
    They both have their benefits, of course. Having lost 300+ lbs doing very little cardio and mostly heavy lifting, however, I'd personally pick strength training if I had to choose one or the other.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    If you are new to exercise, try a number of things in rotation. Find something you enjoy or at least can tolerate.
    Eventually you will want to do both cardio and strength training. You can alternate them. I do. One workout will be low-impact cardio or belly dance practice. The next workout will be resistance training/weight lifting. I do yoga as a cool down. I find most of my exercise on YouTube.

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