Cardio and/or weights?

75poundgoal
75poundgoal Posts: 28 Member
edited November 30 in Fitness and Exercise
I find myself struggling at the gym to get in a good cardio workout if I do weight training also, and vice-versa. I tend to do about 40 minutes of each when I go and that seems to be to much for me to stick to. I have started alternating days but then I dont feel like I get "enough" of each in the week. I have also split it up a few times over the last weeks and gone at lunch to do weights and then after work for cardio a few times per week. I like this routine the best be it isn't sustainable do to time constraints. Any ideas?

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  • drachfit
    drachfit Posts: 217 Member
    I do cardio in the mornings (a run or a session on my rowing machine at home). 6 days a week more or less. It takes 20-60m out of my morning, not a big hit. no driving to the gym so i save that time.

    In the evenings I lift at the gym but that is only 4 days a week or so.

    trying to get a decent cardio session in right after lifting would take forever, and i'd be hungry even before starting the cardio. plus, i'd be fatigued and wouldn't have an optimal cardio session. poor form, painful, etc. much better to lift, go eat, get a night's sleep and hit it in the morning.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    75poundgoal wrote: »
    I have started alternating days but then I dont feel like I get "enough" of each in the week.

    Can you explain what you mean? Also, what is your overall goal?
  • 75poundgoal
    75poundgoal Posts: 28 Member
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    75poundgoal wrote: »
    I have started alternating days but then I dont feel like I get "enough" of each in the week.

    Can you explain what you mean? Also, what is your overall goal?

    I have tried alternating workouts (cardio one day and then weights the next). I am only making it to the gym 5 days per week which would only allow 2 days per week of cardio or weights. This doesn't really feel like enough. My goal is two part, build muscle for health benefits and drop 35 lbs to reach my goal weight.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Ya, both suffer if I try to do them both in the same session and so I get cardio at lunchtime and do strength training at night.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    75poundgoal wrote: »
    My goal is two part, build muscle for health benefits and drop 35 lbs to reach my goal weight.

    Your first goal can be reached by following a typical full-body strength program done 3 days per week, like Stronglifts or NROL, for example.

    Your second goal can be reached by eating the correct number of calories for your activity level. Zero cardio is required for fat loss. :+1:
  • 75poundgoal
    75poundgoal Posts: 28 Member
    edited February 2016
    Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I think I might try the Stronglifts idea but probably wont cutout cardio. Ive found that I shed weight more consistently when doing cardio. Yes, I know, it's because of calories in vs calories out but I am not at a point where cutting more calories is something I am willing to do. :)
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    What's your lifting program like? I seem to have more time for cardio depending on what I'm lifting that day. I try not to be at the gym for more than like an hour and 10 minutes. Legs take the longest, so I do little cardio that day, but chest/tri I get through pretty quickly and have more time for cardio. Does that make sense?
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