Strength Training vs. cardio in the beginning????? HELP!

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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    building muscle and losing weight require a different set of exercises and a different kind of diet. Build muscle = eat more. Lose weight = eat less.

    I see you are new and want to say welcome! I pretty much agree with the gist of all that you said but just wanted to clarify that losing fat instead of weight can be done whille doing the same strength routine to preserve lean muscle mass. So, in essence the type of exercise can stay the same while changing the diet to a calorie deficit. The consideration would be reducing volume/ frequency when in defict as you are providing less energy but you can still maintain adaptations and lose primarily fat. 2 great article on this are listed below.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/weight-training-for-fat-loss-part-1.html
    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/weight-training-for-fat-loss-part-2.html
  • Illusent
    Illusent Posts: 228 Member
    It's not strength training vs. cardio. it's strength training and cardio. Do both, eat at a deficit. profit.
    #cosign
  • seansquared
    seansquared Posts: 328 Member
    Thank you all for the advice and support. I think I will continue the plan I'm working on. Strength training 3-4 days a week and cardio 4-5 days a week. I will change up the order..Ill do strength then cardio on the days I do both. Ill keep on doing all of my muscle groups everyday I do strength training because I enjoy the repetition and routine of it. I dont really warm up, I kinda just jog, but I was doing cardio before strength. I will now though. Thank you again. Youre all amazingly inspirational and that is awesome. Good luck to everyone!!!

    Keep cardio brief on heavy lifting days. All of the people with A+ bodies that I follow on Bodybuilding.com, Facebook, etc., all keep cardio under 30 minutes on heavy lifting days and they keep it light as well - jogging instead of running, for example.

    Many of them do zero cardio on lifting days, or a max of 10 minutes.

    The reason for this is that cardio beforehand is sapping much-needed energy from your lifting routine, and cardio afterward is sapping much-needed energy from your muscle recovery.

    Thus the split that someone posted earlier, i.e. MWF lift, TTS cardio, and rest on Sunday is your best bet as a novice.

    As you become more advanced, you can add cardio in on lifting days.

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