Cardiovascular Training
I want to lose fat and tone my muscles. I heard that doing your cardio…
The question
I want to lose fat and tone my muscles. I heard that doing your cardio before weight training will burn more calories. However, I also heard that doing your weight training first will burn the excess sugar in order for you to burn more fat during cardio. So which one should I do first?
Dan's answer
Dan Wirth, MA, CSCS
Hello, I prefer to do my weight training first only because doing the cardio first affects how much weight I can lift! There really isn't any sound physiological evidence that proves whether doing cardio before or after weight training will maximize fat loss. It's more of what your goal is. If you want to build muscle and strength but you also want to be as lean as possible and have a healthy cardiovascular system then do the cardio last.
Dan
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