should i do cardio before i lift weights or after?

Question

should i do pilates at night or in the morning

Answer 1

Always after.Here's why.If you do your full cardio work out before your weight training you'll use up mostly glycogen which is the stored glucose in your muscles and liver.This will use up the primary fuel that you need to perform your weight lifting.By doing the anaerobic (weight training) portion of your work out first you'll then deplete your glycogen stores in a positive way and thus targeting more fat during your cardio because you've used all of your glycogen so your body converts the fat into glucose by gluconeogenisis.Anaerobic work also keeps you thermogenic for a much longer period of time than cardio does and by putting your effort into the weight training first you'll build a little more muscle as well.Each pound of muscle gained will metabolize an additional 100 calories a day just by having it.Be sure to eat right and get sufficient rest between work outs.Even if you're not looking to get big lifting weights the addition of a little extra muscle will still have the same positive effect.Also by depleting your glycogen stores you increase the likelihood that your body will store the carbohydrates down as glycogen rather than being converted to fat by insulin.A light cardio before the weights can help you warm up but the actual cardio work always comes afterwards.

Answer 2

Cardio Before Or After Lifting

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I would separate them...either:

Cardio in morning, lift at night (or vice versa)

or
Mon cardio
tues weights
wed cardio
thurs weights
fri cardio
sat weight
sun cardio

One cardio that is EXCELLENT after lifting is swimming. It raises the heartrate and also stretches out the muscles. However, if you want to lose weight....I always rec running or heavy bag over swimming.

Why separate them? Unless you are in really really good shape, you just aren't gonna be working your body hard enough at the end of 2 or 2 1/2 hours of working out. So, lift HARD for an hour or so in the morning....and that night run LONG or hard. Each of the workouts will be better if separated like that.

Now, if you are already in really good shape...then I would say do them back to back. I would rec cardio first...but I don't think it really matters.

Answer 5

If your going to do cardio and lifting at the same time, cardio should be first. Generally, in a perfect world with schedule permitting, cardio should be in the morning before you eat breakfast. Lifting should be done later in the day, like after work.

Answer 6

You should always do your cardio before you lift weight.

While you burn tons of calories doing cardio, once you stop, thta's it. But with weights, the effect of burning fat is prolonged even after you finish your workout. So, you'll finish your workout, relax, maybe eat something and you'll still be burning calories.

Moreover, cardio doesn't trigger individual muscle groups. It just works on large muscle groups. Weight tend to work on specific muscle groups because those are the one that you are targetting.

In conclusion, do your cardio before weights and you'll be pleased with the results that you're gonna get.

Answer 7

Well, I'd say before and after. Do a little before to get your heart rate going, lift your weights, and do the majority of cardio after lifting weights. Don't want to be dog tired and then try to lift weights afterwards.

Answer 8

I like to do it after. I find that if I do cardio before I lift weights, I am more fatigued. It's all about preference really though. Try it both ways and see how you feel.

Answer 9

okay,

1. do approx 5-10 min cardio before, just to bring the heart rate up and improve circulation. dont tire yourself out.
2. do 25-35 mins worth of resistance training, and really hammer it, I mean train harder than hard.
3. this is where you do your cardio. about 10-20 is more than enough.

if you do this in reverse, you will burn too many calories far too soon and not have nearly enough energy to conduct a decent resistance workout. whats more you will be provoking protein catabolism (the breakdown of muscle fibre into glycogen for energy), which would defeat the object of a resistance workout.

Answer 10

Do 5-10 minutes of warm temperature up at a respectable %., then 15-40 5 minutes on the right even as your muscle communities are depleted to lose fat. it will be not ordinary, yet push through it. It has something to do with all the carbs on your equipment being burned up for the duration of your weight workout habitual, so the cardio you do on the right in ordinary words has fat to burn. Love handles have extra to do with heredity than fat, so that you'll get even thinner and nevertheless have the visual charm of love handles.