Before or after cardio

beach_chelle
beach_chelle Posts: 221
edited November 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I am going to start lifting and want to know is it best before or after cardio?

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  • thefuzz1290
    thefuzz1290 Posts: 777 Member
    Before.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Do about 5 minutes of movements top and bottom to warm your muscles up a bit. Maybe some dynamic stretching. If you lift right, you probably shouldn't be able to do the cardio right after.

    If you do lots of cardio before, you'll burn up the energy you need to lift adequately heavy weights.
  • rdzj
    rdzj Posts: 4 Member
    I always do it before and its working. I've lost about 15 lbs in 3 weeks.
  • beach_chelle
    beach_chelle Posts: 221
    Great thanks everyone. I want to ease into it and then start alternating lift and cardio days! Really appreciate it.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Check out 'Starting Strength' and maybe some 5x5 programs. You'll save a lot of time and frustration by learning how to properly do good lifts like, squats, deadlifts, bent over row and bench... Vs just doing 5 sets of 10 with a 2.5lb dumbbell!
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    You can do them on the same day - just do lifing first, if possible.
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