cardio and weights

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I was wondaring during a workout involveing cardio and weights, when should cardio be done and for how long? My goal right now is for fat loss.

For the past month I have been concentrating on cardio. Doing a minimum of 30 minutes on the eliptical with a target heart rate of 155. Doing it 5 times a week. I've started doing weights after my cardio session. Useing lighter weights and high reps (getting my muscles used to weights and figureing out a routine). Next week i'm gonna start useing heavier weights to really give my individual muscles a work out.

My main objective will still be weight loss and cardio. I've heard cardio should be done after. if so, why?
 
ditch that cardio for HIIT,

what i do is find a really nice and decent length hill, jog down and sprint up for around 15-20mins

then do weights for definition


i believe people say cardio is better for weight loss after lifting weights because its something to do with glycogen levels after lifting weights, which leave you in a easier burning fat stage, which is why people recommend you do cardio after. i think its just similar to fasted cardio, you force your body to burn fat because you dont have much else to burn
 
doing long cardio sessions after a workout while on a low calorie diet is a sure fire way to lose muscle though. I would alternate between lifting and cardio days.
 
agree niceone. if you HAVE to do cardio on weight lifting days, do it after and try to get some energy in between, a protein+carb drink prefferably.
 
Yup, weights always come first, and ideally you do your cardio on a different day, or a.m. weights, p.m. cardio.
 
Thanks for the help!

With the advice, I'm thinking of changeing things starting this week to, monday-wednesday-friday weight training days (still full body). And makeing tuesday-thursdays cardio. Is it alright to add in saturday or/and sunday for more cardio? or is that overdoing it?

My work week is monday to friday 7am to 4pm. I'm not a morning person so i'll just be doing my workouts directly once a day directly after work. So would incorporating my weekends alright? is it possible to have a 7day workout routine without it being harmful?
 
Razorsedge said:
Thanks for the help!

With the advice, I'm thinking of changeing things starting this week to, monday-wednesday-friday weight training days (still full body). And makeing tuesday-thursdays cardio. Is it alright to add in saturday or/and sunday for more cardio? or is that overdoing it?

My work week is monday to friday 7am to 4pm. I'm not a morning person so i'll just be doing my workouts directly once a day directly after work. So would incorporating my weekends alright? is it possible to have a 7day workout routine without it being harmful?
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Yes it's possible but arguably more advanced. I think you should try out what you have planned so far, test it out for a good while, and then see what you wanna do next. See how your body feels and reacts with what you have first.
 
And don't be afraid to take a day off from 'real training' every week. maybe replace it with a nice walk in the park, or a leisurely bike ride...a game of hoops.

something active, but not necessarily 'hardcore'. gives the nervous system a chance to rest.
 
This is how my day went:

FOOD WISE

6:15AM: Cereal & skim milk
Banana

10:00AM: Apple

12:00PM: 2 homemade chicken wraps

3:30PM: Banana

5:30PM: no fat cottage cheese

6:30PM: Tuna sandwhich
(from frozen) broccoli
(from frozen) mixed beans

8:00PM: Protein shake

TOTALS: 2190cals, 39gfat(16%), 237gcarbs(39%), 238gprotein(45%)
(calculations done on fitday.com)

None of this food is forced down, I enjoy it all. I'm pretty lucky in that the last few years, fast food places disgust me (thank you SUPERSIZE ME). I don't drink pop and i'm not a potatoe chip snacker. My kryptonite is Beer and chicken wings. But i've cut those down big time, to maybe once a week as a social thing.

WORKOUT
(4pm)

-10 minute warmup on bike
-Dumbell shoulder press
-Bent over dumbell fly
-One arm dumbell row
-Flat Dumbell bench press
-Dumbell flys
-One arm dumbell curls
-Preacher curls
-Rope pull down

By than i was pretty burned out, so I didn't do legs. Tomorrow I plan on doing cardio, i'm trying to work on the motivation to go for a run outside instead doing cardio indoors (eliptical).

I've started on my fitness goals about 2 months ago, and have been staying consisted. So i'm not a 1 day motivated the next day not person. When i started i was hovering around 210, and this morning i was 196. So the water weight is gone, and now comes the hard part. I've noticed figuring out whats right and not so right in the fitness world is a long process.

So does this day look like i'm on the right track? Should i be changeing, adding or takeing away anything? Any kind of advice is good advice. Thanks again!
 
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