For those lifting, do you do cardio too?

I do loads of CV exercise, especially in summer when effectively I'm a cyclist who lifts.

Summer is typically 2 x 1 hour CV sessions in the gym and weekend rides up to 100+miles (more typically 60'ish). Will also do 3 x 1 hour strength/weight sessions a week - nearly exclusively upper body to save my legs.

Winter I'm more a lifter who cycles as I can't tolerate cold weather cycling very well and don't enjoy it. 3 x 1hr weights, 3 x 1hr cardio is typical but do some longer sessions for endurance base building. Tend to mostly use cycle trainers but elliptical and rowing machine also included for variety.

When not lifting heavy. Maybe 2-3 times a week.

I lift 2 days (mostly 5x5 with some accessories), then do 30-45 min. cardio or circuits in between, with a longish run on Sunday, if possible.

I do cardio daily. I walk 2 - 5 miles everyday...sometimes it's LISS, all brisk walking or brisk walking with sprinting intervals. Depends on how I feel. I also jump rope and do plyometrics for cardio.

Regarding strength training I lift heavy and/or do body weight work 4 times a week.

My active rest day is walking at a moderate pace for about 2 miles and Pilates.

I either run intervals after lifting (25 minutes-ish) or walk for (35 minutes-ish) on the treadmill. Lately, it has been mostly walking. I lift 5 days/week (usually takes 45 minutes-ish; depends on the day/lift of the day).

I do relatively short runs (no more than 5 miles) on my rest days when I'm not lifting... that is, unless I feel too beat to do it and need a full rest day for some reason.

having a higher V02 max helps me improve lifts by ensuring that I'm not running out of breath or something like that while I'm lifting. *shrug* lots of ways to go about it.

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Or do you only lift? How much time do you spend each day/week?

ABSOLUTELY! I run 3-4 x a week and lifting/iso two-3 x a week, alternating days and totally depending upon how I feel on any given day. After having been grossly overweight, up and down the scales, for far too long, now finally losing the "mini-me" there is a lot of lost elasticity in the skin that needs to be restored as much as possible. That means tightening and toning underlying muscles. You can't do that by just running. And, you surely cannot erase the flab just by losing more weight. That just gives you more flab to deal with. So, for full fitness and health, you need to use a combination approach. Dieting, obviously, is at the forefront. Close second is exercise - as aggressive as you can tolerate without pushing yourself away from the workouts.

My sister used to argue that, if you need to lose twenty-five pounds, you don't need to exercise - just diet. My argument has always been - Yes. You can do it that way if you want. But, if you want to lose the weight AND be healthy?... That's a combination goal, so go for a combination approach.

She is also the one that used to argue that sugar is not bad. (A fact with which I do not disagree). Her mantra was always, "It's not the sugar, it's the company it keeps." In other words, Sugar is usually found in items full of fats and other, less than wholesome in large quantity, foods. So, keeping all of those to a minimum, sugar, in and of itself, is not really bad for you. Just be aware of how you are getting that sugar.

Tea? Coffee? Over a bowl of cereal? Probably not really so bad. In a cookie? Ehhh. Probably not the best.

My goals are to do a minimum of 30 minutes of very brisk walking every day and a 30 to 60 minute session of lifting/stretching three times per week.

I don't understand why cardio/no cardio is even a thing. The most important muscle in the body is the heart. I also want to reap the other benefits of cardiovascular exercise. One example of that is protecting vision--my eye doctor swears the very best thing we can do to protect our vision as we age is to engage in regular cardiovascular exercise.

Yes. 30-45 minutes of moderate cardio.

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I love to eat, so I do a fair amount of cardio. I do 4 days of lifting, 4 days of steady state cardio, and I do some simple walking most days as well. I end up trying to average about 20,000 steps a day (although that includes my elliptical time).

my gym sessions are very random, sometimes I can go 5x's a week, other times it's just once a week. So in my situation I do 30 min of cardio and then head to the weights for 30 min and then occasionally I'll hit the treadmill and walk it off for 15 minutes after that. I know from where my body is right now that I can/should drop some cardio esp if I'm going 5 x's a week, but damn it's been hard.....I think I'm addicted.

One day a week I run outside for about 30-40 minutes. I lift 4 days a week for about an hour each workout.

I lift twice a week and do cardio every day. I don't lift as much anymore, I'm more partial to body weight exercises. Pushups are a favorite. Used to hate the dickens out of them but now I like them .

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