We Were Wrong About Fat Loss!
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First off, that study isn't scientific.
Second, I've never claimed fat loss is better if you do resistance followed by cardio. I claim that if you want to add lean mass, you should do it in that order, so that you're not in a catabolic state by the time you start lifting, in addition to having used up your energy reserves.
Second, I've never claimed fat loss is better if you do resistance followed by cardio. I claim that if you want to add lean mass, you should do it in that order, so that you're not in a catabolic state by the time you start lifting, in addition to having used up your energy reserves.
gah I can't read it, it requires me to register, and I don't wanna, but I was always told and believe, if you want to look cut, you need to do cardio THEN weight and strength train.
ah I got it backwords....I'm chalking that one up to me being tired....must ...stay ....up. Lol been up for almost 24 hrs now.
I've always prescribed resistance training before aerobic training so that energy stores (and mental desire) was at its greatest for the resistance training session which is more important than the aerobic session.
I need to read the entire study to see how significant of a difference there actually was.
I just through it out there with an attention grabbing title so that it could be viewed and discussed.
If you think about the study, the weight training session was an average circuit training session; nothing too strenuous.
My contention is still that, with a more challenging weight training session, the strength training should still be done prior to the aeroboic session in order to get the most out of the resistance session.
...but who am I?
I need to read the entire study to see how significant of a difference there actually was.
I just through it out there with an attention grabbing title so that it could be viewed and discussed.
If you think about the study, the weight training session was an average circuit training session; nothing too strenuous.
My contention is still that, with a more challenging weight training session, the strength training should still be done prior to the aeroboic session in order to get the most out of the resistance session.
...but who am I?
I'm confused I always do cardio after my weights this guy that I had worked with that was a bodybuilder told me that be cuz doing weights gets yr heart rate up so by the time you get on the treadmill you don't have to wait 15 20 min to get yr heart rate. He also said how it gets up in weights is you should take no longer than 4-5 seconds in between reps like take two breathes and continue but should I do cardio before my weights then or not?
10 test subjects. Hundreds of variables left unexplored. Not only is it hardly a strong study, but the fact that they base the entire thing upon EPOC makes it somewhat less than useful for your average fitness nut (or even, your average trainer). Also for those of you confused about it, if you read the conclusions, it is only a validation of aerobic exercise before resistance exercise in terms of increasing EPOC and keeping up aerobic performance - not necessarily for burning calories, better conditioning yourself, increasing testosterone and HGH production, and so forth. (They also mention that, given the option, you might just want to do resistance training alone since that increases EPOC more than anything else).
It is an interesting read, but surprisingly limited for a study done at Brigham Young and funded by the NSCA.
It is an interesting read, but surprisingly limited for a study done at Brigham Young and funded by the NSCA.