Cardio during weight-training?

[Celena]

Ok, in the gym I go to, people regularly do some form of cardio (jogging/running/X-trainer/row-machine/windjammer, etc) before, after and in between weight-training sets. I myself do 15 mins on X-trainer before and after weight-training, at pretty intense level (works a good sweat, anyway, and boy can it burn sometimes, particularly after real good weights workout.) What I want to know is - is it true cardio shouldn't be done on the same day as weights? Are we all being silly buggers? The fitness moderators don't discourage anyone, in fact they promote it. But I'm looking to gain 1 Stone (currently 90.2lb, 5"5, been ill for a while, lost lot of weight) so am working out with weights to put on muscle mass (hopefully.) But I do love my cardio (particularly X-trainer) and would hate to lose the stamina/fitness levels I've built up from some pretty intense workouts for the past 2 years. What the heck do I do? OK, deviated from original question - can cardio be done on the same day as weights, or is it stopping me lifting potentially heavier ones? Cheers for any advice.

 

[mike456]

cardio

do 5 min before lifting as a warmup, and 15 min after if you really like cardio, i thought everyone hated it like me

 

[P-funk]

it sounds like you are doing intervals inbetwee your weight training, correct?

There is nothing wrong with this (despite what some people will tell you here). it can really eleveate your heart rate. But, it is totally goal dependant. If you are trying to put on size I wouldn't do it because it takes away from the potential energy you need to lift heavier weights. If your goal is to run a marathon it might not be a bad idea to throw intervals in between exercises during your workout. If your goal is to increase your Anerobic threshold some interval work may be a good idea. But again, this is totally goal dependant.