Originally Posted by
ChewToy112
Originally Posted by
Durden7
Originally Posted by
cguy610
Originally Posted by
Durden7
Originally Posted by
ChewToy112
Originally Posted by brettTHEjett
From what I understand,
All of the sugar (or the sugar in excess) is burned off during your lifing exercises. Therefore, doing cardio POST lifting will direct fat content to be burned (as opposed to sugar).
It's obviously alot more scientific than that.. but that's the idea. Post lifting cardio burns fat.
The source of fuel isn't important, it's the total calorie burn. If his goal is to lose weight rather than build muscle, cardio should be before. When you're sitting on the couch, 70% of the energy you burn comes from fat (as opposed to 50% or less when exercising), but that doesn't mean sitting on the couch is the best way to lose fat.
Why would you recommend doing aerobic exercises before weight training if his goal is to lose weight?
Aerobics might be better before weight training because when he first starts working out, he'll have more energy and that energy will be devoted to aerobics, so he'll push himself harder in aerobics. Then when he does weight training, he can still work out, but he'll probably do lower weight because he spent alot of energy on aerobics.
Just my thinking, I've tried both out before.
But with the way the body produces/uses energy, its most efficient to do strength training first followed by aerobics.
Most efficient in what way? Can you elaborate?
Here's how I see it. To get technical, I wouldn't have them do aerobic training at all; I'd have them do anaerobic cardio before weightlifting. In any case, my reasoning was what cguy was saying. If one's primary goal is weightloss and building strength is secondary, then I would suggest he/she expend more energy working specifically towards his/her ultimate goal. I think we can agree that if I do one form of exercise first, I'm not going to be able to work as hard on the second portion due to fatigue induced by the first session. So, if someone's goal is weight loss and they do cardio second, they're not able to work as hard during their cardio portion. In this way, they're not working "efficiently" towards their personal goal.