Cardio or weightlifting?

schlaffalisha
schlaffalisha Posts: 16 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Personally I love weightlifting 😜💪

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  • laurachambers86
    laurachambers86 Posts: 152 Member
    edited August 2023
    I used to hate cardio but feel like it's got its place now for me, I really enjoy spin class and a boxercise class. I think it was just about finding cardio that I enjoyed rather than trying to run even though I hated it!

    Edit - I do also like weightlifting and strength training overall too!
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,930 Member
    Both.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,974 Member
    Both. Cardio is great for your heart and endurance while lifting is great for your muscles.


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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    If I had to pick one:

    Lifting, because if you lift with effort it is cardio, and you're almost always gonna look better doing "only" weights, especially for guys.

    Of course in the real world, both absolutely have their place.
  • Bad_Leroy
    Bad_Leroy Posts: 4 Member
    Swimming!
  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,597 Member
    Both. Both important for health.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,166 Member
    Theoretically best: Both.

    But I do mostly a thing people call cardio, but of a somewhat strength-y-er type. (It's on water rowing when possible, machine rowing in Winter.) I also bike some, but that has even more limited strength effect.

    I lift a little in my off-season, usually, but I don't enjoy it very much so I slack off at the slightest excuse. (That's 100% not a good thing.) Still, I don't have super low muscle mass, especially for my demographic. (I'm F, 67.)

    It kind of bugs me when people speak as if cardio was all one thing, with all types having the same effects. In practice, there's a wide spectrum.
  • schlaffalisha
    schlaffalisha Posts: 16 Member
    Love everyone's answers!! I do both as well .. I just prefer to spend most of my time lifting.. my husband didn't believe me when I told him I've gotten stronger. I asked him to let me deadlift him , need less to say he was shook 😂 he's 180lbs .. and I was extremely proud lol 💪 I agree both are important .
  • Atotherow2020
    Atotherow2020 Posts: 1 Member
    I’m on week two of a hybrid athlete training where it incorporates both so far it’s great
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 11,527 Member
    Both, just on different days. I've tried doing both on the same day, and invariably one side or the other suffers.
  • Opalescent_Topaz
    Opalescent_Topaz Posts: 132 Member
    I am not a huge fan of typical weight lifting. I know, I know: Boo! Hiss!

    I do body weight work via yoga, use a rowing machine, and my pull up bar should be here soon.

    I do cardio, and I enjoy it.

    I'm not going to go something I don't like though so... *Shrugs*
  • capgordon6530
    capgordon6530 Posts: 212 Member
    Prefer lifting weights but Gona get bk into HIIT cardio and bit of running

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