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    Weights before Cardio?

    Posts: 207 Member
    edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Has anyone read the following article about doing weights before cardio? I always thought it was the other way around. Just looking on what people think, or if anyone does it this way.

    http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201104/warm-cardio-then-go-weights-right-wrong

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    • Posts: 394 Member
      Yep they all say weights before cardio.
    • Posts: 7
      Funny thing I just started reading this!
    • Posts: 964 Member
      there was a thread about this earlier today with the same article in

      makes sense to me - did exactly that today, only I still had some time left at the end so went back and did another round on the weights (not allowed to do more cardio when the gym's busy as we have to give the machines up for others)
    • Posts: 382 Member
      2 trainers told me wieghts before carido. Do a 5-10 warmup with cardio, then weights, then cardio.
    • Posts: 169
      I'm training for a figure competition right now, and yeah same thing for me. Cardio first= not as much strength to lift. Aside from what she mentions, if you're looking to put on muscle/tone up, lift first to get the most out of your workout (I definitely don't lift as heavy if I do too much cardio first), then use what energy's left for cardio. :)
    • Posts: 39
      I have always done weights before cardio....mainly because I am worthless after a good cardio session:)
    • Posts: 40
      Interesting article.
      Althought they don't explain what you should do while doing interval training (3 mins cardio-1 1/2 mins weights)...
      I'm not sure about one of the last paragraphs where she says that it's better to do weights than cardio... Hard to tell.
    • Posts: 2,783 Member
      Don't have to read any article. I wouldn't worry about what comes first if you are only doing a few minutes of each (30-Day shred does both).

      Doing cardio first will wipe you out so you don't get the benefits of weights. And doing weights first will use up your glycogen stores so when you hit the cardio your body is all ready for fat burning (It takes about 20 minutes of cardio before it starts digging into your fat stores).

      Most people will recommend weights before cardio.
    • Posts: 207 Member
      I actually have only focused on cardio for this part of my journey so far (75 lbs lost)... but wanted to get some strength training started, so I found it very interesting. Now that a lot of you have put in comments, it makes more sense for sure. Thanks for the input! :)
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