Thread: Aerobic before Anaerobic?

Well, consider that the hour of cardio only burns off a couple hundred calories. Big deal. I don't do that much, ever.

The lifting, on the other hand, will preserve lean mass, make you hard and change the shape of your body. FAR more important than a few-hundred-calorie deficit that you could just as easily create by eating one less bagel that day.

Lifting requires glycogen and glucose. Anaerobic. The whole point of cardio is to burn fat, right? Well guess what - if you lift first, and intensely, you'll release free fatty acids into your blood stream! Do your lifting, then say 20 minutes of any type of cardio you like afterward, and you'll get the best of both worlds. Do your cardio first, particularly if you do an hour of it, you'll burn less fat, have a shitty lifting workout, and be more likely to injure yourself and overtrain.

Ick.

You really can't cardio off your weight. It takes too much. You want to do a half hour walk in the morning, that's fine. But you're doing way too much cardio, where the lion's share of your deficit really ought to come from your diet.

PS and no, you don't NEED it. Honest.

thanks, brother..... I need to hear the "Truth"....

much appreciated.

i do enjoy about 45 min of cardio a week

usually 3 miles sunday and 3 miles wednesday

not for fat loss
its enjoyable to me
and it seems to speed the recovery from my leg work

ive believe it helps circulate toxins out of the muscles (like lactic acid and ammonia from hard weight lifting)

aside from that and the general cardiovascular benefits, the fat loss side of it is almost non existent

Originally Posted by Ragin Caucasian

thanks, brother..... I need to hear the "Truth"....

much appreciated.

Brother Built knows his stuff

Originally Posted by Ragin Caucasian

thanks, brother..... I need to hear the "Truth"....

much appreciated.

Originally Posted by rahaas

Brother Built knows his stuff

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In addition to what Built has said I wouldn't do cardio before resistance training because it can actually decrease your strength. I'm aware you said that you weren't concerned with the weight you move, but the more you are moving the more effective your growth stimulus will be, which is more important for achieving desired body composition than endless aerobic exercise.