cardio or weights?

Not trying to sound mean, but try putting this in the search function.

We have about 7000 threads going on this topic, and it opens a can of worms you really don't want to.

Most agree it's a mix, and you can't spot reduce a certain area of your body.

Both both both. I'll say again -- both. Cardio burns straight calories. Strength training helps build muscle which burns fat most effectively -- why do you think men lose weight so much more quickly than women? Besides, when you shed the weight, you want a gorgeous body to reveal itself. You don't want to be "skinny fat".

Both.

Both, weight more towards weights. Weights 4-5x a week, cardio 3-4x a week. Use diet to create a deficit and cardio to chizzle a little more into that deficit, nothing too great. No point and very little gain for hours and hours of cardio IF body reshaping is the goal.

If you are currently exercising and you are finding that you are not losing weight anymore, you should add strength training. Increasing muscle mass will increase your resting metabolic rate, and you will burn more calories than you do currently.

If you are new to exercise, I always recommend that my weight loss clients start out with cardio just to get that large caloric defecit. You will burn more calories during a cardio bout than during a strength training bout, but you will gain the ability to burn more all of the time once you incorporate strength training.

The answer...we need to do BOTH to lose weight. :-) Try circuit training...strength training set up to include cardio.

Sorry, I didnt realize. I guess I should have said more, I have only 40 min at the gym on my lunch, am I better to focus on cardio or weights? Right now I am doing 7-10 min of cardio and the rest weights......

If you go every day in the week, I would do M/W/F weights and T/Th cardio.

To lose weight, you don't need either. You just need a caloric deficit, which you can achieve by moderating your food intake. No cardio or weight training required.

However, you clearly want to lose fat, and there is a difference between weight loss and fat loss. For optimal fat loss, you need a caloric deficit to drop pounds, along with adequate protein intake and strength training to maintain your lean body mass so that most or all of the pounds you lose are in the form of fat and not muscle.

Cardio is not a necessary part of the fat loss process. If your goal is to improve your cardiovascular fitness/health, do it. If you have performance goals that involve "cardio" activities like running or cycling, do it. If you enjoy cardio, do it. But if your only goal is fat loss, you don't need it.

To lose weight, you don't need either. You just need a caloric deficit, which you can achieve by moderating your food intake. No cardio or weight training required.

However, you clearly want to lose fat, and there is a difference between weight loss and fat loss. For optimal fat loss, you need a caloric deficit to drop pounds, along with adequate protein intake and strength training to maintain your lean body mass so that most or all of the pounds you lose are in the form of fat and not muscle.

Cardio is not a necessary part of the fat loss process. If your goal is to improve your cardiovascular fitness/health, do it. If you have performance goals that involve "cardio" activities like running or cycling, do it. If you enjoy cardio, do it. But if your only goal is fat loss, you don't need it.

Game, set and match.

both are essential elements to your weight loss + reshaping program.

i incorporate both in my training.

Cardio is great becuase you get more for the time you spend exercising, but I lost a bunch of weight just lifting heavy.