Cardio and Strength training...same day????

I do it that way. Go ahead and do it. I'm 96.4% certain that you'll live

somewhere in the world a kitten dies when you do cardio and strength on the same day.

PS 2-3 of my workouts a week are weighted cardio complexes. it doesnt hamper any progress i make on my she-ra weight days. in fact it might even help...

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My physical therapist always makes me do both cardio and strength training in the same session.

as long as you are hitting your overall goals, whatever they may be....then do so.

and you don't die of course.

I for one do about 2 days of cardio (light cardio for ~45min)
And the other 5 days are weights......

On some of the days I lift, after work I would go down to the beach and walk for about an hour....
So I guess you could count that as cardio/exercise. Definitely a fun exercise.

I do the same, at least 3 times a week. I normally do 30 min of Cardio and 30 strength. Makes me feel good! So keep it up.

Ya it's fine but do the cardio after your lifting. Your muscles will get more of a workout.

Can you explain the why about this? I do my weight lifting after cardio and now I'm worried I'm doing it wrong.

They have actually done studies that shows that when you do weight training before cardio your cardio expenditure does not decrease, but when done opposite, your body is more fatigued and less likely to lift as heavy of weights, etc.

I did some cardio on lunch today, then took a walk this evening, then lifted weights at night. I just fit the stuff in whenever I can with my schedule. I think you'll be fine. Like the others said, just don't over train and burn yourself out.

I think the logic behind do weights first then cardio is simply that if you do cardio first, you might be a little more tired, therefore may not be able to push yourself as hard with the weights as you would beforehand. But I think unless you're a hardcore bodybuilder type, I can't see that really affecting the average person just looking to get fit.

I'd say if you're doing both in the same day that's awesome because a lot of people do neither in the same day haha!

Depends on your goals.

Cardio warm-up BEFORE strength training AND cardio cool-down AFTER strength training puts the body in a greater, longer fat-burning mode.

Ummmm no. Strength training in and of itself, will continue to burn calories after your workout is over. Cardio burns calories while doing and stops burning calories when finished. OP bottom line is like most have told you, if you are meeting your goals stick with it and you are fine. Both cardio and strength training have benefits. Some people can do both in the same day some cannot. Right now I am training for a race in October so I am more on the cardio side. After October I will focus more on lifting and less on cardio.