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Hi my names Brendon, new here :p ummm ive been going gym for about a year now maybe more. I've improved alot i've noticed im alot stronger but my muscles aren't getting bigger but thats not whats bothering me. Earlier in the year i attained an AC Joint injury and it put me out of all physical activity for roughly 5 weeks. Within these 5 weeks i put on a few kilo's and my body fat has gone up (this is what i want to loose). I used to be about 13% but now im guessing roughly 15-16% Now my question is, is it alright to do a workout at gym with weights and then go into the cardio room and do some cardio to help loose this body fat? Or is this a bad mix and won't achieve potential results? Also what would you suggest?

Cheers Brendon
Melbourne, Australia
 
keep them seperate

Keep your cardio on seperate days from doing weights. Two short but intense workouts on seperate days will burn more calories and allow greater results than one long and exhausting combined weight/cardio routine.
Short term, focus on strength training (with modest levels of cardio), to get yourself body engine powered-up and energized after your forced inactivity.
Once you are feeling like yourself again, switch your focus to cardio to burn the fat. Your strength training would be aimed at maintainance, in order to allow for more cardio, so as to stay within your recovery ability.
More is not better once you pass the point where proper recovery is not allowed for.
Build your muscles back first, and then use them to burn the fat!
 
in addition to used2bfat,

make sure your caloric intake is 500 or so less than your daily caloric needs are
... refer to this

diet is the main influence to losing body fat and of course weight, not cardio nor weight training alone.
 
used2bfat said:
Keep your cardio on seperate days from doing weights.
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There is nothing wrong with doing cardio and weights on the same day. If one chooses to do them in the same session then I'd suggest 30 min of lifting followed by 30 min of cardio.

Or you can choose to perform cardio in the morning and weights in the early evening.
 
Yeah man, Its good to do a little CV after your weight training. Gets the blood pumping and washed out some of that lactic acid, it will also stop you fromfeeling sore the next morning. If you do do this, stick to HITT training.
It would be better to run at diffrent ends of the day, however if your lifestyle doesnt allow then do it at the end of your weight training.

If you want to loose weight, do CV everyday untill you start to get too fatigued, then take a couple of days rest, rather than running only 3days a week.
 
i see where you guys are coming from but i probably should of told use, that im an athlete and i can run for ages and not get fatigued to bad, and when i do my recovery is excellent compared to others. I don't find it tiring after a workout i actually find i have a huge burst of energy when im in the cardio room i can do a good 15-20mins of a fairly intense session. I'll walk out of the cardio room dripping, i then jump in the spa and sauna for about 10-15 mins each to help aid my recovery even better to make sure my next day wont be too much of a struggle. Also i have a recovery based protein and i've also started using L-Carnitine which supposably encourages burning of fats as energy... good product, so far so good.

Cheers Brendon
 
Even the worlds best athletes can tire themselfs in 20mins using HITT.

Its all up to you how fast you run. If after 5mins of running fast your not tired, then you didnt run fast enough.


If you'r very unfit, jog for 3mins, walk for 3mins
If you are fit then run for 5mins, jog for 2mins
If you are a good runner then sprint for 5mins and jog for 2mins.
And if you are world class, Then sprint as fast as you can for 5mins and then slow to a run for 2mins.
 
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