Weightlifting and Cardio?
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Weightlifting can contribute to cardiovascular health if you do high-intensity interval training (HITT). It's all about getting the heart rate up to 70% (or higher) of your maximum heart rate (220 - your age) and _sustaining it_ for an extended period of time. (The key there is sustaining it)\n\nGenerally though, weightlifting does not help your cardiovascular health because of the intervals -- you lift in bursts, then take a quick break etc... You have to maintain a high heart-rate for extended periods of time to be considered cardio.\n\nTo answer your second question, weightlifting doesn't burn as much fat simply because to burn fat, you have to exhaust all the calories in your bloodstream for your body to begin converting fat into energy. Running for about 20 mins will exhaust all the calories and anything after that will start tapping into your fat reserves. With weightlifting, you're just focusing on one muscle group at a time, and again, you're not sustaining the heart rate to exhaust all those calories. If you do exhaust those calories, then your muscles wouldn't be able to lift anything at all.\n\nThat's why it's often good to workout first, and then do cardio after. Working-out exhausts some of your calories, and cardio will start tapping into your fat reserves.\n\nHope this helps.
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do alot of cardiovascular like jogging or swimming. u want to get a strong, healthy heart. and lifting weights doesnt hurt.
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Depends on your goal and the current state of your body.\n\nIf your bodyfat percentage is less than 15% then you should concentrate on adding muscle. This means doing moderate cardio (not more than 3 times a week) and more weight training. Eat enough protein (at least 1g per lb of bodyweight). \n\nIf fat% is more towards the 20's then High Intensity Intervel Cardio for 20-25 min a a day is the answer. This should be done at least 5 days a week. Weight traininig is important too. Try not to do them in the same session as this is too taxing on the body.
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any cardio exercises. I like rowing machines.
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In my experience it would be best if you could do like 15 min of cardio before weight training and 15 min after.
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cardio to lose belly fat and weight training to strenghen the muscles
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Lift weights. Do cardio. Eat healthy food.
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lifting weights burns fat...cardio is heart exercise and won't really burn fat...i'm 32, 5'1" 140 pounds..(need to loose 20) and when i lift weights, i need to make sure my heart rate does not exceed 25 beats per 10 seconds, cuz then i'd be burning muscle...it's according to your weight, height and age...ask your doctor, if they're a good doctor, for you specifically...BEFORE STARTING ANY FITNESS PROGRAM!!!
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Out of the two, I would much rather prefer to run because it is a cardiovascular exercises that promotes a healthy heart and a well state of being. Lifting weights on the other hand does nothing to enhance your longevity and is in no way meant to be a cardio workout. Running helps you lose weight as opposed to weight lifting and running allows you to be more efficient in your oxygen output.
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You can do all the weights you want, but if you don't have cardio, your new muscles will be covered by a layer of fat! So, yes, cardio is very much important. Even if you are thin, you still need to do cardio for your heart. Its recommended to do at least 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week. Thats the bare minimum. Cardio will help you burn fat, and then lifting weights will help you tone up. And don't forget to eat healthy because if you're eating junk food all the time, exercise won't help too much.
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You should do both!  Cardio one day then weight training the next!  Make sure you change your diet too!
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increase your cardio and you need to look at your diet very carefully.\n\nIf you're not eating the right things to lose fat, even with the added cardio..you're not going to lose the fat.\n\nincorporate weightlifting into your regimen.  muscle burns fat
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Cardio workout, coordination.
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try weight training instead of just cardio  training
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The trainer at my gym said it used to be said to do cardio first but now the thinking has reversed and weights first to tire out the muscles then cardio.  \n\nYou will be stronger and will get more out of your weights when they're done first. This means you will boost your metabolism and burn more calories throughout the day.\n\n The weight training will get your body into fat-burning mode for your cardio so that when you do your cardio you will be burning more fat right away. Normally, if you start with cardio, it takes 15 - 20 minutes to get to the point where your body is burning primarily bodyfat instead of the food you've eaten during the day. This will make your cardio work much more effective than if it was done separately or first.
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weightlifting using diet and cardiovascular activities. It is what competitive body builders do
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cardio will give you endurance...you wanna work on strength and maybe size.\n\nI run but I also do leg presses, sqats, hack squats, leg extensions, hammies, lunges, etc for more leg strength for biking. All help, and they also help my run.\n\nI do military, bench, incline, decline, seated row, standing row, cables, lats, delts, etc for upper body. Running does not develop the upper body...so you gotta do weights. I swim...the weights definitely help upper body...and the weights for upper body don't HURT the run...in fact, they may even help it a bit.\n\nI love these two sites for ideas when i am getting bored with whatever routine i am in:\nhttp://www.shapefit.com/training.html\n\nhttp://bodybuilding.com/\n\nThe first lets you focus on an area, and gives ideas how to hit that area.\nThe second site give full workout plans that are tailored for what YOU want to accomplish.\n\nBoth are pretty cool...