The Truth About Using Cardio For Weight Loss (New Study)

[@BammyQ]

I stopped cardio and sawed off my leg. Dropped 35lbs in the shortest amount of time

[@teruphoto]

It also saves time needed for Leg Day. Genius!

[@Difracil]

Wtf haha

[@billwang3720]

Funny

[@Zellie1994]

Nice work! Keep going! One more leg to go!

[@maxsupernova]

This checks out. You have a leg to stand on.

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

Just read the study and it's kind of obvious why the resistance group had higher VO2Max outcomes. The AE and COM groups did endurance training with very low intensities for the vast majority of the trial, finishing with what would be zone 2/Zone 3, in the last weeks. The RE group probably spent a lot more time at relatively higher heart rates, just by lifting. Also the heart rate curve in resistance training is closer to interval training, with a quick increase, spike and then a longer rest period and interval training is generally seen as being better at improving VO2Max than low intensity steady state cardio. The authors themselves suggest a further study, where the cardio starts at 60% HRR to see if that's a better starting point for the progression. But...people aren't going to read this or won't care and will end up claiming that lifting increases their endurance more than cardio and that they could run a marathon because they squat x amount of pounds. People need to accept that doing both, in whatever ratio best suits you, is the best. Edit: I just realised, they didn't track caloric intake. That alone means you can't draw any conclusions from their results regarding weight loss. That leaves us with cardio results that are usless and weight loss results that are useless. The only thing we can learn from that study, is that people self reported that they were generally more active compared to the control group and that the resistance training had more dropouts. Here's your headline: People who excercise are more active!!!

[@keepquiet]

I wonder if @picturefit acrutzlly read the study….you bought up a very good hypothesis that picture fit should have been able to deduce if he read the full paper

[@joebartles3986]

Well said.

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

People lifting weights, thinking they can run a marathon, while never having run more than 5 miles at most just sounds like a bro joke

[@siddislikesgoogle]

Agreed, I squat over 405lbs, but 30 mins playing football with my 8 year old son and I'm begging for it to end. Need to keep that cardio up, strength is not enough!

[@DMurdock]

The study also ignores one very important goal of endurance training, which is increased mitochondrial volume. Not all types of cardio correlates to VO2max.

[@Ede1vveiss]

Was a cardio junky until I realized that the more muscles you have, the more food you get to eat.

[@rundown132]

And you get to eat more doing both, doing one only will not be optimal

[@EOh-ew2qf]

as if not doing cardio will suddenly give you massive gains

[@razalasreficul6902]

Has it occurred to you that it's possible to lift weights AND do cardio? It's not like cardio reverses the effects of muscle mass.

[@legros731]

And what this have to do with anything here If you would have more than 2 brain cell you would know the only way to lose weight is to have a calorie deficit Doing cardio , weight lifting or simply walking won't change a thing if you burn 2000 cal and you eat 3000cal you will get fat end of story

[@legros731]

​@@razalasreficul6902it kind of does sadly

[@warithmuhammad8890]

I just do cardio for the obvious reason. Cardio-vascular health.

[@stuntmonkey00]

This is a totally non-obvious reason in the current meta; everything is hypertrophy focused and barely anybody is talking about your overall health.

[@studiesinflux1304]

Interestingly this study has cardio only as the worst result for cardiovascular health. Cardio+strength beat out cardio only (although by such a low margin that it's barely out of "statistically insignificant") for resting heart rate and diastolic blood pressure. (Systolic blood pressure was useless with the numbers −0.1 ± 11.6, −1.8 ± 8.6, −0.2 ± 10.1 for the exercises.) Also as the video mentioned, the best VO2 max result was resistance training only. That said the cardio used in the study was only steady-state stationary bike and elliptical machine, so if your cardio requires explosive or varied actions (examples: running, mountain-climbers/burpees, bicycling uphill), that would be a different result not covered in the study.

[@Huuuuuuuuuuuu107]

​@@studiesinflux1304😟

[@karag4487]

@@stuntmonkey00 yeah because those People are kinda dumb

[@karag4487]

@@studiesinflux1304 nice take

[@gasparsigma]

If anyone's curious, in the paper they mentioned 25 min cardio and 3 different resistance training exercises per session, 3x a week

[@raymondqiu8202]

Lol 25 mins cardio is so little. The resistance training wasn't much either. I'm surprised they got much results out of it. 3 exercises is only like 15 sets a session

[@ItsJakeTheBrake]

25 minutes at 40% HRR in the first week with a very slow progression to 80% HRR in the final week. We can basically assume they barely did any actual cardio for the first 6 weeks of the study.

[@henrikmadsen2176]

@@raymondqiu8202 I run 5 km in 25 minutes. Doing that three times a week, is enough cardio. Besides that getting 8 to 10,000 steps in.

[@axton9521]

Depending on how they measured weight all of these values are not really significant. 2-3 kilos are just natural variation. 2 kilos is easily the difference between going to the toilet, not drinking enough etc. Nevertheless it should be clear you should do both for general health.

[@chungus816]

This is why my favorite form of cardio is doing squats with 10-12 reps

[@SylphDS]

Do split squats, then you get to do 20-24 reps per 'set' :)

[@berserkenjoyer]

Nah i stick to conventional torture methods. Less risk to pass out or throw up. It raises heart rate really good too

[@budddmj8191]

I changed my diet, and did nothing but HIIT training and running. I lost 100 lbs over the course of 5 years and am now a multi marathon runner. It all comes down to finding an exercise that you enjoy and that can push you. Everyone is different and will not find the same results. But if you find an exercise that you enjoy and enjoy pushing yourself in that exercise, you will see results if you stick to it.

[@Reddles37]

What really determines whether you'll lose weight is how much you eat. Apparently it's pretty common for people to gain weight while marathon training because they get really hungry and overeat after their runs. Personally I track my calories and find that a few hundred extra calories burned from cardio makes it so much easier to hit my target, although it's a little disappointing when you realize that running a mile only burns the equivilant of like 2 oreos.

[@peacemaster8117]

People think weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise, but in truth it's 100% diet. I'm reading the book Burn by Dr Herman Pontzer and his studies found that our physical activity level has essentially zero impact on our total calorie burn. The vast majority of the energy we burn is spent on organs and functions that we don't control, and the small part that is under our control (going for a jog, taking the stairs instead of the lift, etc.) won't change your total calorie expenditure because your body will power down the other systems to compensate, resulting in a total calorie expenditure that's the same whether you run a marathon or sit on the sofa all day. Exercise is great for you and everyone should do it, it just doesn't have any impact on weight loss, which is purely calories in VS calories out.

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

Well, I guess snack runs can be literal 😂

[@AmandaIsAwesome]

I find walking really good for adding calories I can eat (or not). I can go basically forever and don't need extra recovery and it burns a surprising amount of calories.

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

@AmandaIsAwesome I believe it's about a hundred calories per mile (on a flat surface) and combined with your base expenditure, is pretty good.

[@beta_cygni1950]

While the "eat less to lose weight" is generally true, its not a linear progression. If you dont eat enough youll not only not lose weight, but gain fat. Case in point: my ex gf. She literally starved herself, barely ate anything except for salads and veggies (sometimes, if lucky, she ate some fish). She so completely wrecked her metabolism that pretty much anything she ate got stored as fat. Which led her to eat even less. Which slowed her metabolism even more. Which made her body store even more of the (few) calories she consumed as fat. Which made her freak out even more and she ate less. Etc etc etc. Towards the end of the relationship, she finally started getting excercise. Which she did as abiut 30min on an stationary bike several times per week. She got frustrated that she wasnt losing any weight, even though i pleaded with her to do some weight training too (im also sure that she starved herself after working out as well). In the end, she got frustrated and wouldnt listen to any advice at all.

[@Conan_the_Based]

I had a Little Caesars ad before watching this video. The oracle has spoken.

[@christoph4977]

The biggest limitation IMO, is the lack of calorie intake requirements. AFAIK, they did not include any calorie restrictions or measurements. How can reach any conclusions, when one of the biggest (if not _the_ biggest) contributor to weight fluctuations is omitted?

[@Krigalishnikov]

"best science is replicated science" is a great phrase.

[@georgeaswipe5031]

No, scientifically valid testing results can be replicated. If it cannot be replicated, it is not scientifically valid.

[@Krigalishnikov]

@@georgeaswipe5031 that's exactly what the quote is saying.

[@georgeaswipe5031]

@@Krigalishnikov unfortunately, no. There is no such thing as “best science”. By that rationale, results that cannot be replicated may still be considered “good science”. That is simply incorrect. Scientific test results are either scientifically valid or scientifically invalid. Preliminary testing results (such as from the first trial in a series) are neither as the results have not been themselves compared to subsequent iterations of the test.

[@Krigalishnikov]

@@georgeaswipe5031 there's some misunderstanding there, the term "unreplicated" science doesn't mean science that can't be replicated, but science that has not YET been replicated, if science can't be replicated it stops being science and is irrelevant to this discussion. Best science is science that has been replicated and proven, not best science is science that had one study and hasn't been replicated nor debunked.

[@georgeaswipe5031]

@@Krigalishnikov Then perhaps he should have used to word “unreplicated”, or “not yet replicated”, or something like “the initial study inicated… further testing is pending to attempt to replicate the results”. You know, actually saying what you think he meant to say as opposed to what he actually said. Words have meaning.

[@Cesar-ey7wu]

Given the flagrant results (especially regarding dropouts) of this study, if think we can say pretty confidently that lifting weight causes illnesses and personal reasons.

[@FelisCatus8080]

Lifting weights can be hard the day after the workout. As every gym goer knows, between january and march the new people usually abandon the exercise

[@icebox1954]

@@FelisCatus8080 January is awful if you're a regular at a gym. There are always a lot of arbitrary new year resolution people who are going to quit when they don't magically transform after a month.

[@PictureFit]

I've been struck by personal reasons way too much myself

[@x-31mej0r-5]

It can work if u put like a treadmill ij front of ur ps5 and can get 10k+ steps seamlessly

[@yigitfratl1007]

I did that, nothing changed. 30k steps a day for months and my weight didnt change

[@x-31mej0r-5]

@@yigitfratl1007 focus on ur diet 30k steps dont mean much if u then go eat a dominos on ur own, basiclly primarly focus on ur nutrution above all track ur calories

[@mascot4950]

Not a lie. I credit walking on a treadmill in front of the TV with 10 kilos out of my 30 kilo weight loss a bunch of years back. I phrase it like that because I did other things to lose the first 20, but the final 10 was pretty much only that. Even if I had lost zero weight though, the cardio improvements alone would have been worth it. I've since reverted to lazy sofa slouching, but only gained back about five of the kilos in all the years since.

[@rundown132]

@@yigitfratl1007 lmao if it didnt change all that means is you need to control your eating

[@akmal94ibrahim]

​@@yigitfratl1007 The basics of weight loss is calorie deficit. If after all that walk, you go and eat a lot of unhealthy food, then of course it isn't gonna change. Try to focus more on your diet. Eat healthy, eat less, prioritize low calorie high satiety food.

[@pnyYT]

I was surprised at how fluid the mouth animation is. Very impressive!!

[@valentin5842]

Honey wake up, the animated fitness guru dropped another video

[@NAVEENCHAURASIYAA]

Jeff is his name

[@patrykbiazik9673]

I don't see trainer winny's video here

[@pedrorezende4873]

and is not even about creatine!

[@DogMania]

Wake up!!!!

[@ziljin]

im doing cardio for boosting overall health. i sit like 10+ hours a day...

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

Get a trampoline

[@icebox1954]

@@lordlittletoeq8537 I would but that's for some reason not allowed in my apartment.

[@johnnny9]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *🏋️ Cardio alone may not be sufficient for maximizing weight loss and overall health improvements.* 01:27 *📉 Combining cardio and resistance training results in significantly greater weight loss compared to either exercise alone.* 02:54 *🏋️‍♀️ Lifting weights alone unexpectedly showed the most improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness, surpassing the cardio-only group.* Made with HARPA AI

[@echosmoon5605]

i was 175 and wanted to get to 165. I box, run and lift, I dont think ive ever lost weight so fast in my life

[@Prochaxx]

i would also add that, if you do lifting/strength training, specially as someone that is overweight/obese, you also help with injury prevention

[@bobdog90]

For about 15 years I've been saying that if you start in a small caloric surplus and lift hard/consistently for 6-12 months, you will slowly raise your BMR to the extent that you'll lose fat mass by eating that same number of calories. One thing I got wrong (and other people do too) is the EPOC, which is way lower than I thought at the time.

[@cariyaputta]

In any event, you should have at least 7k steps as the daily activity baseline.

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

Based

[@icebox1954]

I have 500 steps a day. Take it or leave it.

[@cariyaputta]

@@icebox1954 I mean, any positive number of steps is better than zero.

[@KalkuehlGym]

I am weightlifting now for three years intensely and never did cardio because I thought it has no benefit for me. Now I am at a weight where I am not able to do hack squats anymore without breathing like a bull. Can only do 3x8 reps before I collapse. (I am not using steroids at all) I wish I had included some running in my workout. Now I have to train cardio from 0. 8 minutes fast jogging is my limit atm.

[@Digo_modo]

you dive in deeper on how both love your videos king

[@andrewross6081]

Interesting. I've always found walking to be really good for my back after sitting for most of the day at work and also being a good mental decompress. Requires less investment than getting the gym clothes on, grabbing the bag and driving to the gym. It's the low bar of entry that makes it good for improving cardiovascular health.

[@redcenturion88]

Definitely a great stress reliever. I lift and do cardio but recently started doing lengthy trail walks with my spouse. Its become the thing we look forward to every day.

[@gilberttortalini]

So do cardio in addition to lifting

[@karag4487]

You can do both or either on their own to lose weight

[@jwhen911]

Thanks!

[@PictureFit]

Sorry for the late reply, thank you for your support!

[@aadarshj2559]

Woah. Thanks 🙏. It's good to know info on more latest research .

[@fabiopapalia]

"Eat less and move more" weight on the bar. One line to lose fat and gain muscle, aka body recomp, that is what you want in the first place. I have done a ten years study, you can trust me.

[@stevendoran6342]

Cardio is king, no matter what anyone says

[@DMurdock]

Cycling is my main sport these days. After I got to a certain level, I started finding it very difficult to out-eat my rides. I'd go out for a 2-5 hour ride, stuffing my face with carbs the entire way, and still get to my destination with a severe caloric deficit.

[@vaughnalexander32]

i started @ 6'0ft tall 313lbs Apr. 2023. now I'm 245lbs by jogging, calisthenics w/ a weight vest on. I literally worked out every day. sometimes my diet was shitty. I still have 30 more lbs. to lose my love handles

[@istvanpalanki5316]

that one person in the control group that gave up: "i can't do this anymore, i must start working out"

[@abel_medaris]

Started going to the gym several days or every day a week back in February. Ive been pushing carts at a really big store for two years and taking over 20,000 steps per shift which was keeping me from gaining more weight than I did, and helped me absolutely shred away my body fat once i started lifting. I went from almost 150 lbs and 30% body fat to 130 lbs and >10% body fat in like 4 months. Now I’ve just been slowly building bigger muscles and ive never felt so good in my whole life. Keeping my daily steps up if i change jobs will be an adjustment tho lol.

[@michaelbarajas4398]

Just love your videos I learn a lot thank you

[@yurydmorales]

00:00 - 🏃‍♂ The video explores new science on maximizing weight loss beyond cardio, suggesting a combination with weight training. 00:38 - 📉 A recent study shows that combining cardio and weight lifting results in the greatest weight loss compared to cardio alone or weight lifting alone. 02:00 - 🏋‍♀ After 12 weeks, the combined cardio and weight lifting group lost an average of 3.2 kg, more than the cardio-only group (1.6 kg) and the weight lifting-only group (0.4 kg). 03:01 - 💪 The group that only lifted weights showed the greatest improvement in cardiovascular fitness, which contradicts previous research favoring cardio. 04:00 - 🔬 The study has limitations, such as measuring too many outcomes and having a non-generalizable sample, which could affect confidence in the results. 05:21 - 🏋‍♂ The main takeaway is that cardio alone is not the best option for weight loss. Incorporating weight lifting is more effective.

[@quest9133]

Do what works for you. I lost 100 lbs doing cardio, HIIT using just bodyweight exercises. Didn’t touch weights. Got to my goal weight and started doing weight lifting. My body starting gaining fat and muscle. I tried different programs but my body still gained weight slowly. My diet didn’t change. So I went back to cardio focussed exercise routine with light weights incorporated. I started losing fat and weight again while retaining decent muscle mass. Cardio works for me. I do some weight lifting but it isn’t the focus of my regime. I don’t go for PRs and overload anymore. I feel so much better. Do what works for you and what your body responds to. If it is cardio, then don’t let trends influence what you do.

[@brianjanssens8020]

I do a combination of Sprint Interval Training and long distance cardio. I'm a football player, and i'm also training to do an 8km run. Both of these excercises are precisely what i need. I am overweight though, so trying to lose weight is definitely going to help. However, the human body is very efficient and will try to find ways to compensate to make your body more efficient at the excercises. During the day it will thus save up and spend less calories so it can prepare for the workout.

[@Olav_Hansen]

Last year I started working out. Just seeing my smartwatch during my workout, my heartrate is actually in the light-moderate cardio range during most of my workout. I usually start new sets at 120bpm, and with really intense exercises like chest, back and legs I end my sets in the 150's. That sounds like a fair amount of cardio when 4*90 minutes. If in 1-2 years I am happy about my level of muscularity, I might try to fuse my 4 half body workouts into 2 full body workouts, then leave myself space to do cardio twice a week. But for now, I'm taking my strength training as if it's cardio, and use drum and bass parties to boost that cardio level some more.

[@fosyay1780]

Yes, please do a video on mixing running or other cardio with weights or calisthenics.

[@technosurfer92]

Kale never loses an opportunity to catch strays.

[@basjaaeso6045]

If they didn't track calorie intake then this study is pointless.

[@legros731]

nothing matters if the participants are not in a calorie deficit they just won't lose weight they could even gain muscle mass lifting if they eat enough This study is useless just like this video

[@jacobdaley3888]

@@legros731 Yeah. or even just eating at the perfect maintenance. not sure who created this study but it was a complete waste of time because they missed out on the biggest factor

[@jayfountainsm.d.3651]

Great breakdown. With so many outcomes 1/20 will shows significance with random chance.

[@jacobfreeman5054]

Watching the view numbers roll up like a live stream is wild.

[@ebattleon]

You forgot the small sample size which is probably the most important limitation.

[@Unmutuall]

As a male the only way I have been able to loose weight and keep it off has been cardo along with resistance and weight lifting. I have put on more muscle since starting a resistance workout, but I have to do cardio in order to keep fat at bay and to give me more stamina. I have been working out for 10 years now and at the old age of 59 I will continue this as long as I can.

[@The_Gato]

How do you mix your cardio with weight lifting and resistance? do you start with cardio or do you implement it in between your strength workouts?

[@Fitness_Lorenzo]

The first statement wildin … And I love it 😂

[@verablack3137]

Doing lifting alone, I dramatically improved my performance playing paintball, so it clearly can have a pretty big effect on cardio fitness. I went from a sprint halfway across the field nearly killing me to just being no big deal, and instead of being really sore after playing, there is no pain at all. Everyone in the science based community kept talking about specificity, but I didn't get those results years ago when I used to play more and did drills which were much closer to what I would do in an actual game.

[@UCanCallMeX]

Imagine if you actually ran

[@alvinkan3940]

In the resistance protocol they were resting 45sec between sets meaning the time actively exercising was lower. If they used antagonistic paired supersets with no rests the time time actively exercising would be equated and the expected calorie burn better plus the cv improvements enhanced

[@Jim222001]

I have learned recently to cut out the red meat too. Mostly just eat chicken and broccoli. Lost 10 pounds. Lemon juice on fresh spinach as a meal helps too. Without not even always working-out. Since I pulled a muscle and was told it would never heal if I keep lifting.

[@stahp831]

i've tried cardio while not fixing my diet- little to no progress on fat loss then i tried no cardio but tried to fix my diet- mentally stressful now im building muscle to increase my BMR, basically trying to "cut"- going well because im motivated every time i see my post pump self

[@ryanrigby3889]

I’ll lift weights and do cardio and eat healthy and watch my calorie intake and fast till the day I die.. nothing will beat that

[@khwang89466]

From the weightlifting world: “abs are made in the kitchen.” From the endurance world: “you can’t outrun a bad diet.” This should hopefully be painfully obvious what needs to be done if you view everything in the lense of weight loss. If you wanna talk performance, then that gets more nuanced.

[@gorillaj325]

If you rotate your weight training session from upper to lower with less rest time you'll get the best of both worlds

[@RG-vs8qz]

I did cardio a few years ago. For three months straight, I did about 2 hours of cardio 6 days a week. I lost about 65 pounds and had more energy. The drawbacks, I had lost almost all my strength and everyone would ask me if I had cancer

[@jamesTWisco]

I only use cardio for the last 6 weeks of a cut. If you do cardio all the time your body adapts and you need to push it so much harder to be effective.

[@DreJr]

I'm all for science, but some of the highest VO2 max levels on record are held by world-class endurance athletes. In other words, individuals who focus (largely but not necessarily solely) on cardio. Athletes with the bext cardio focus on cardio. As someone who does both, my cardio has never improved or been maintained by resistance training. And I've never seen the phenomenon in others either so the fact this was improved seems heavily linked to the subjects in the study and or the type of cardio which was done. I would also wonder how cardio was measured/judged.

[@swegatron2859]

The study focused on obese women who’s goal is to lose fat, not become world class endurance athletes with high vo2 max

[@DreJr]

@@swegatron2859 The focus of thestudy is not the issue. 0:44 cardio may not be the best for these markers which include V02 Max and adherence (even though the lift only group had the most dropouts). The information was presented as a video and could give the wrong impression. Just look at the numerous comments now stating all you need to improve your cardio is lift weights.

[@PictureFit]

You're right but also presenting an extreme example. If people are starting with little to no physical activity, it's possible that lifting weights alone will drastically improve cardio fitness for them. Unless their goal is specifically to increase their vo2, what they get from lifting weights might be all they want or need.

[@DreJr]

@@PictureFit that is fair, though I can't remember if that was communicated in the video. I was just concerned with how it could be interpreted by someone who wouldn't take the time to find that nuance/context. Your words have a lot of weight.

[@PictureFit]

@@DreJr I think nuance will always be lost in some form, depending on the person. It's completely natural. That said, I mentioned the population of this study, which would suggest that this is not specifically catered to people pushing their VO2max to its limits.

[@martingamer5591]

I still like to use cardio as a fat loss supplemental tool. Gives me leeway to take in more nutrients whilst staying in negative net energy balance. Achieving your entire deficit from cutting food intake can be miserable.

[@Little_Croissant]

Calorie deficit is all you need for weight loss. Cardio definitely helps. I'm down 81 lbs using cardio and on a calorie deficit. I've only lifted 2 months before cardio became my #1 exercise. I've just picked up lifting again. I'm down to losing my last 6 pounds to meet my goal weight of 135 from 225.

[@DidYaServe]

I can shed kilos doing just one intense 20-min HIIT session weekly but still lift a bit, do bodyweight resistance exercises and use bands. If someone is overweight, starting with mobility and strength is a good idea before approaching cardio which a lot of people find more grueling.

[@BadPabda]

What if you can't afford a gym membership and don't have the space to store weights in your room? Can't lift weights. What should I do then?

[@petrkalashnikov2430]

I like that in this study it was specified that cardio and strength training took 50% of the volume of the other two groups. In other studies they simply say "there was a group that did only strength exercises, and a group that did strength plus cardio," and say nothing about volume. Of course, in this case, results are obvious

[@randomandy2023]

Having lost 35 lbs over the last couple months. I hurt my shoulder lifting so the last 5 weeks no lifting. I only did cardio a total of 10 times maybe the entire 2 months. Largely just locked calories down to 1700 a day. Cardio would have helped me get there faster. Lifting would have probably let me keep more muscle in my weight loss. But when you hurt your shoulder rest is the best I can get so I'll likely have to build back some muscle in a week when I can start lifting again.

[@danielkim988]

We got drake catching strays on picture fit before gta6

[@vinterskog]

Would you call pushups a fine mix of cardio and lifting in just one exercise?

[@lordlittletoeq8537]

I would not but I appreciate the effort

[@zrtgsegrf]

Is it better to do a full cardio and weight lifting exercise at different times or do both at the same time?

[@Pjin2D]

Resting in between sets to recover cardio fatigue, less so for muscle fatigue. I only do cardio when I am lazy to lift on certain days.

[@JuanCarlosLopez-o2t8q]

Whate are the benefits of doing cardio before lift and lift before cardio

[@gb2983]

If the choice is being in a gym or being active in nature, im chosing nature every time. The benefit of it is deeper than weight loss or vo2 max, even if the study was conducted with perfectly reasonable assumptions and with a much larger study group.

[@nedrick2263]

I already have a pretty physical job and do anywhere between 15k-18k steps a day at work. I lost around 20kg with diet alone then i started to hit the gym, i dont go anywhere near the cardio equipment, i feel i will have to add more food to my diet just to compensate. weight is dropping slower now but probably because im building muscle.

[@ithereos9554]

When I first started working out I did a 30 minutes light cardio after every weight lifting session. I lost weight fast as fuck, pretty much every week I saw weight loss. Lost like 10 Kg's his way. Then the pandemic hit and I gained all that weight back of course. When gyms were open again I decided to ditch cardio after reading it was useless for weight loss. No matter how hard I lifted I just couldn't lose any fat (it was all on my cheeks and my belly). I could see muscle gains but all that fat wasn't going anywhere. I realized the only difference then and back when I was losing weight was cardio. Got back to light cardio after my sessions and yet, lost all that chubby fat fast again. Dunno, stick to what works for you.

[@Bigmiquimby]

I start my workouts with 20mins on an assault bike then when I hit the weight my heart rate is still elevated and I sweat like crazy for the entire workout.

[@mikebarnacle1469]

Learned this the hard way, wish I wasn't mislead about pointless cardio. When I seriously push myself with resistance training, I can't help but get more than enough cardio just doing warm ups.

[@FelisCatus8080]

Lifting weights usually promotes the increase of lean mass (muscles). And muscles are most dense than fat, so overall an increase in weight can happen by just doing resistance training. Looking just at the weight loss is not a good way to evaluate the results of an exercise regime.

[@stephenfritz7493]

How about weights plus rucking?

[@speakgoodorsilence2205]

I finish my hour weights with 15-20 mins cardio.might not be 50/50 but works great.

[@MrFetalposition]

Great and useful as always! Thank you!

[@phunkymind23]

Is it true that you burn the same number of calories regardless of how much activity you do during the day?

[@gur262]

No of course not. This weekend,for the third time already I cycled back after a party. About 40 miles.

[@quid435]

I was skinny af when i was lifting and running 3 miles a day, BUT, i was shredded af and had all the arm veins

[@MrBlaq]

Awesome!

[@SpicyGoldFish]

please dive deeper in Lifting and cardio. ( category of BOTH)

[@tamboleo]

I noticed that by doing Cardio i can lift for longer sets, the failure comes from strength instead of going out of breath.

[@electricz3045]

Or just use a cadio debice which also train strength like for example the stairs climber one.

[@alexiofigueroa8811]

@mindpumpmedia has been preaching this for years. Lift weights only is better.

[@vickybhatt017]

Waiting for this video. 30% Cardio + 70% strength training = Weight loss. #trueinformation

[@karag4487]

Bro, you can just do cardio and lose weight, or do just weight training and lose weight

[@vickybhatt017]

@@karag4487bro, doing just cardio or weight training takes time than combining them. Better do both.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Or you can do both! ​@@karag4487

[@panosua]

Just eat less than you burn or burn more than you eat and you’ll lose weight

[@readmuvluv]

@@panosua eating less feel like shit, eating the same amount while exercising more doesn't

[@asimpson164]

I think between caloric intake, the drop outs, and the limited time frame this study doesn't stand on it's own. The data could be extracted, along with other similar experiments, to form a respectable meta analysis. I would like to see the results if each group was pared down to equal participants. I presume it would be pretty similar but dropping some of the worse results from the Cardio and Cardio/Weights group would give a clearer picture. What makes me question the whole study is the lack of stricter protocols. As in how different would the results be over a long period of time if the participants wholly changed their lifestyles to match the study. After a year or two how different would the results data be?

[@redcenturion88]

Yep. Diet is a powerful variable. Not sure why they didnt take the extra time to lock them into a uniform calorie budget. Maybe because its harder to monitor directly?

[@icebox1954]

@@redcenturion88 Because obese people often lie to themselves and others about what they actually eat. This study is somewhat invalid. If you don't control for diet when it comes to weight loss then you're not doing a serious study. For weight loss diet is almost everything.

[@here_be_dragons9184]

It's biased because the study considers there's a fixed time limit while it's easier to do long or very long cardio sessions. One of the time I lost weight the most was when I walked to work. I just walked twice 45 minutes a day, 5 days a week, every single week, and it worked pretty well... Same with biking. People who bike are thin not because biking is an intense workout. It works because it's easy (if you live in the right kind of area) to bike a lot. Because it's pretty easy everyday habit and because biking outside is quite engaging. Nobody cares what's the "best use of your time", the real -open- secret to weight loss is sustainable habits.

[@FrankieD123]

Please deep dive in the mentioned factors in the study

[@UCanCallMeX]

Common sense ain’t so common nowadays. 6 minutes of some bullshit. Do your cardio

[@DMurdock]

Judging the result of cardio exercise by VO2max is like judging the benefits of jogging by someone's max sprint speed. It paints a terribly incomplete picture.

[@dariusstarrett8837]

Cardio is great for... well, cardiovascular health, and it does burn a lot of calories when you first start out. It also helps with mental health, not sure how, but I've seen a lot of different sources say so and did a paper on in too.

[@dariusstarrett8837]

But I do prefer getting swole.

[@Thezuule1]

When you first start out? My ride today burned around 2,500 calories and I've been cycling for years. I've only gotten better at burning calories not worse.

[@chair2855]

Watching this while being on a treadmill

[@DropkickSuplex]

Nah i love cardio and i love all of you too

[@rookie4582]

How can you drop out in the doing nothing group?

[@javierquintana3652]

I usually don't mind people commenting on my salad choices, but I draw the line at dissing kale salads how dare you

[@madambovary2988]

These groups were also having a calorie deficit, right ?

[@brendonmoore3505]

10 minute warn up walk 45-60m of weights 4-5 times a week, 20min walk.. 1 hr of walking active rest days. Hitting 15-20k steps.a day. Consumiing 1700 calaroes a day 40 30 30 split. Losiing 2 pound a weeek.

[@OutInTheCountry]

I lost 70 pounds from just cardio

[@TheHealthDetectives]

You lost pounds from eating less

[@TheGoblinoid]

Do you use AI for the lip syncing? (No judgement, it's a tedious job)

[@bigphilly08]

The wild shot at Drake at the beginning threw me all the way off.

[@jfmorache]

Greg is fuming right NOW