Should you do Cardio before or after work out?

Answer 1

I suggest 5-15 minutes of cardio before a workout to warm up the muscles and no more than 30-45 minutes of cardio after. After your cardio after your workout, you should stretch your major muscles because you will be a little stiff and it helps reduce soreness.

Answer 2

before.... the astronomicalian answer says that cardio will help you get a better workout if it is working hard also you can do workouts and breathing excercises at the same time!!!!!before is best cause then your heart rate is already pumping fast and u'll burn more fat

Answer 3

There is no one way to train that works for everyone. Congratulations on doing both cardio and weight training! An excellent combination. Your body has a limited ability to recover from exercise. What you do when you train (either by lifting weights or doing cardio) is catabolic, which means that it breaks your body down. This is why it is essential to give your body good nutrition as well as sufficient rest and recovery. Doing so will enable your body to rebuild itself better than it was before training; this process is anabolic. You need the balance of catabolic and anabolic.

Cardio will affect your weight training, and your weight training will affect your cardio. Experiment and see what works best for you. One way to combine them is to do your cardio after weight training. Here is a better way: do your cardio before breakfast but on days when you do weight training do cardio in the afternoon. That is the way many fitness models and bodybuilders do it, and it has many advantages.

Answer 4

Cardio should be done after weight training because if it is done before weight training the individual will become fatigued. It is better to weight train without being too fatigued in order to work harder and receive superior results. If your question refers to which way burns more calories cardio should be done after because weight training burns calories as well, and as explained before cardio done before will cause one to perform poorly when weight training.

Answer 5

I find it better to do cardio after my workout. I feel I would be too tired to lift properly if I did my cardio before.

Answer 6

Recommended cardio for cardiac fitness is atleast 2-3 times cardiac excercises (cycling, runnning, skipping, etc) for 20 mins at your maximum heart rate.

Answer 7

After, if your body can handle it. Cardio is more tiring than a workout, so play it by ear.

Answer 8

There is not a significant difference on when you do your cardio. I prefer to do my cardio at the end of my lift.