First cardio, lose weight and then weights?

yeisiemateo606
yeisiemateo606 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 28 in Fitness and Exercise
Me are a group of five exercising with the goal of losing weight. Two of the girls want to lift weights already. What is the ideal workout plan for weightloss

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Exercise is for fitness and health. Calorie deficit is for weight loss. One could do all the exercising in the world, but if they eat as much as they totally burn, weight loss won't happen.
    Ideally you should do both resistance training to keep what muscle you have already, and cardio to work on your lungs and heart and to help with calorie expenditure.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Eat at a deficit, do some cardio for heart health, lift weights/resistance train NOW to save muscle mass and look great.
  • yeisiemateo606
    yeisiemateo606 Posts: 8 Member
    Awesome! Thank you so much
  • Grosen17
    Grosen17 Posts: 56 Member
    ^ couldn't have said it better myself :smile:
    Good luck!
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Start with the weights now
  • Sumiblue
    Sumiblue Posts: 1,597 Member
    Yup. Can't start lifting too early.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Pumping iron should always come first and be the priority. Once you've burned up your glycogen with your muscles, you can do a short HIIT cardio session to burn fat.
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