Cardio vs weight training?

Oh for goodness sake.....no one can open their mouths on this site without a tout going crazy!!! Chill out will you. He has an opinion. He expressed it. You obviously do not share that opinion. Get over it!! Sheeesh, such a bunch of over sensitive moaners!!!

Haha a comment like this requires a "like" button on MFP, I totally agree.

I personally Hit the weights as hard as I can and finish with a light 100 cal cardio session, just enough to get my heart going, blood flowing but still light enough to hold a convo....if I had somebody to talk too lol.

BOTH

vs... everyone tries to find the shortcuts.

AND

A lot of people do try to find the shortcuts but this OP simply wanted to know which would be better use of his time. He titled the question VS but he asked whether to do one over the other or both and why.

I think it is sad that one person chose to be rude and insulting and totally dominated this topic in a way that was not at all beneficial to the OP. As for myself I have not been at this long enough to give a beneficial piece of advice so I came here to see what I could learn. I learned I don't care for one members posts. How sad.

If it is of any help my favorite answer was the first one given by lovelylela415.

Couple of points.

As an ex powerlifter that competed in the 120kg+ category, for a long time I held the belief that cardio/conditioning was pointless and would hamper my lifting. It was only when I started to realise that the legends of powerlifting all did some form of conditioning, be it hill sprints, sled pulls, prowler pushing etc that I started bringing it and saw massive benefits, I wasn't burning out after the Squat which helped my bench and DL hugely... and also manged to drop down a weight category. Which was a huge benefit as I was no longer competing against guys 30kg heavier than me.

Weight lifting burns as many cals as cardio? Based on what? Im doing a 5x5 program to try and hold on to some strength at least while eating a deficit and I have HRM'd a session. Im currently at 110kg on my bench and 160kg on my Squat so not tiny numbers, but it still comes in under 400 cals burnt in an hour session (5x5 Squat,Bench,Mil Press,Row then some assistance work). And its known that a HRM will over estimate weight lifting due to the heart rate spikes while lifting. Running even at my slow 6mph pace, your still looking at 6-700 cals an hour.

Weight lifting is my thing, I love it and fat or not quite so fat its something I always do and love.. but at the old age of 40 I now realise you need to take a bigger picture approach to thing and cardio definitely has its place.

...and cardio doesn't have to mean sitting on an exercise bike in a gym for 2 hours 5 days a week

For best results, personally I say do both.

Agree Doob, my quads got a lot thicker and certainly more defined when I started running. Some of that will be fat loss of course but my outer sweep definitely got out there more

..and im sure most bodybuilders would kill for the shoulders swimmers have.

circling back -

agree with everyone. it's not cardio "versus" weight training. Like all things in life, we benefit from balance. At least i'm finding that I do, because i got on the scale today to find i've lost 6 lbs, and my body fat percentage is now in "athletic" range!!

seems that myfitnesspal deleted jake's post with "ph" instead of F - Thank you to the powers that be. I appreciate you looking out for us, because that was certainly unproductive.

If you're solely exercising for aesthetics, then fine, just do weights.

But honestly, if you're at the gym anyway, wouldn't you want to reap the benefits from cardiovascular exercise? Aside from the increased calorie burn, you are strengthening your heart, lungs, brain, aside from the increase in strength in large muscle groups you apply. Let's also add the fact that your blood pumps more efficiently and reaches intrinsic muscles and capillaries that get the least nutrition during normal function.

And I'm not just a cardio bunny, either. I lift.