The Best Exercises for Fat Loss: Cardio vs Weight Lifting 

People who really care about their body will do both weight training and cardio in balance and set a healthy diet instead of debating 😇

For someone who's hooked into having a healthy, active and fun lifestyle for a year and lost around 95 pounds.. I've tried only cardio for 6 months lost weight and gained it back.. I've done weight training in the past and gained back weight.. i wasn't able to stick to a healthy lifestyle for more than 6 months.. but this time i made changes.. i brought together a bunch of people at my gym who wanted to just have fun and lose weight.. they're wonderful.. we do lotssa different things every week.. Mondays HIIT Tuesday and Wednesday full body weight training.. Thursday's we all meet at a park and walk around or have fun at those pull up bars in the play area 😀 Sunday usually long runs or trekking or basketball.. sometimes football.. we keep mixing it up.. sometimes it's just an hour long group dance session lol.. Yes eating healthy and intermittent fasting helps a lot !! Do it for fun.. do it with love !! You'll never quit.. Cheers !!

I’m so happy that I found you by happenstance- I WAS interested in cardio vs weights but now that I found you - I would follow you because of your nutrition knowledge. I’m 68 and I walk for 70 minutes every morning and when daylight allows, I walk an extra 30 after dinner. I do weights 3 times a week but I don’t get anything doing weight as I do walking- mostly endorphins, fantastic energy - just to name a couple. I hired a nutritional coach two weeks before the pandemic hit and started to eat clean 80/20 or I say sprinkled with sugar and I never looked back. My favorite thing that I get from proper nutrition and daily exercise is definitely my new found vitality I hope I can carry this well into my 90’s and beyond as my mother just passed away at 100 in November- it’s in our genes.Looking forward to seeing your contents . Thank you for your great explanation of the importance of weights, exercise and nutrition.❤️

I’ve seen many videos on RU-vid that don’t give a straight answer! Thank you for making this very simple. I’ll start combining the two 💪🏾

I always combine both I start by lifting weights then at the end I do a 30min fast walking cardio

this is what i need. Thank you very much. I did not understand why my weight had increased while I do weight lifting every day.

tnx for the information. Very good video!

Amazing explenation. I’m starting to working out from a full cardio routine to weight routine and never considered that with the mass gain I’d gain weight too. Now i know that I don’t have to freak out if gain weight. Thanks! 😊

This helped so much, thank you!

Personally I find cardio a supplement while weight training is king if you wanna burn fat off. I lost 42 pounds or 3 stone in 4 months and cut my calorie intake by 750. I focused on more protein so ate only meats, cheese, eggs and certain fruits. Cut out carbs to almost nil. The most carbs I got were from coffee and tea with milk. No refined sugars, starch rice potatoes junk food etc etc And I made sure to stick to a good sleep pattern, no late nights 12 o'clock being the latest So for me it's diet, 80% weights 20% cardio, sleep and the need to kick your own ass and push yourself to commit to it. It's easy to put weight on, not so easy to lose it. But once it's off it's easier to maintain

Thanks for a straight up unbiased answer without the bs. Influencers should learn from you!

Thanks for sharing 🙏

Thanks, I have been wrestling with this. Started lifting recently to get stronger and lose fat. Cardio sounds like a very, very good add based on this video! Thank you so much!

It is super individuals. While trying to work with my Dr, she wouldn't listen to my issues with asthma and impact joint pain and just kept telling me I needed to be doing cardio like jogging and running, she even said walking wasn't enough because it wouldn't make me breath hard enough and I should use my inhaler while exercising if it was that bad. Mind you, I was over 300lbs so walking did make me breath hard. I tried it her way and it was not only totally unsustainable and painful, but didn't really seem to affect my weight loss. About a year ago I decided to try out weight training and I immediately could start tomtell a difference, and I immediately left my plateau and started losing again. Plus it's not painful, I do stuff that gives me a little cardio while strength training, and no more inhaler! Ive been able to keep.up.with it way easier. I'm about 50lbs down now. Likewise you could have an obese person with no asthma but who has back issues or bone density issues or something that might mean something like swimming or walking is ideal for them. At the end of the day, whatever is sustainable, realistic, and helps more than hurts is the correct workout.

thats what i exactly needed, thank u so much

Thank you for this video

I’m currently on my own weight loss journey and I can say without a doubt in my mind that as far as exercise goes lifting weights is more important in the long run than cardio…. I’m not saying I don’t do cardio I’m just saying that my primary exercise is weight training and cardio is secondary…. I lift 4-5 days a week following a “bro split”, each lifting session consists of at least 20 sets… so each exercise that I do is 4 sets of 8-12 reps and I do 5-6 different lifts per session… I lift heavy… I don’t mean that I’m a strong man or anything, I mean that I train to failure or to the verge of failure for at least the last 2 sets of each exercise…. Each week I slightly increase the weights on my core lifts and I change up supplemental lifts regularly to shock my muscles… I also lift at a pretty fast pace… I get through 20-24 sets in 45 min to an hour… (I hate the people that sit around on their phone between sets for 5 min after doing a 40lb lat pull down lol)… The great Ronnie Coleman has said 45 min is all he needed for each lift session… No need to spend 2-3 hours in the gym…. I do cardio 2-3 times a week usually 1 of those days is a day I don’t lift… the other 1-2 cardio workouts are in the evening after a morning lift… i like to do a few rounds on my heavy bag, I have battle ropes I like to use, I do kbell swings and I do my core work/ a couple yoga stretches for my back… It gets my heart rate up, I get a good sweat, and I avoid wear and tear on my knees and feet by not running or walking for distance… Diet is the real key to success… if you eat like shit your results will be shit regardless of exercise… especially as you get older…

What about these exercises I see where people are combing light weights with cardio. Is that for faster weight loss or does it build some muscle, I am so confused. Thank you I look forward to your reply, great video ❤️

Cardio makes me feel relaxed and lifting weights makes me feel happy! Among the other many benefits. But those are the most immediate effects I feel after each.

Both - I do half an hour to an hour after weight training - they are complementary

This is a really well balanced video. Thank you.

I love and do both cardio(in this I only walk-run-sprint and burpee and playing sports like football and badminton) and weight(full body body weights and weight dumble training) daily

The problem is weight lifting increases appetite a lot for most people.

Thank you for NOT saying muscle weighs more than fat.

Team Cardio/Bodyweight/Rubberband/Table tennis training here: Ich can eat how much and whatever I want and don't get fat. I only eat when I'm hungry btw. But well we talk of about 12 - 15 hours sports per week. I don't use elevators and skip public transport if it's below 2-3 km away, oh and I always have a backpack on with about 10kg (food, water, training equipment etc. for good measure, except when I'm running) Many people would say that's too much, and that they don't have time. I call that just an excuse. I buy my groceries at the store (2km away) and carry it back in my backback (17 to 20 kg) it's a 75l large backpack btw. If you want to do the same, I recommend buying an expensive and modular military rucksack, reinforced with aluminium or similar for stability.

I am working out for 6 weeks now, 3 times a week and as far as i noticed is that i only lost 2 kg's but i did lose about 9 centimeters around my waist. I feel alot healthyer to be fair!

I’ve decided to do both, I’m going to add cardio but not too much. I’ve tried exercising the “bodybuilder” way the last few months where you do no cardio and just eat a strict diet and lift…. But that doesn’t work for me… I did gain some muscle but I didn’t lose that much fat because I kept messing up on my diet and wasn’t allowed to do cardio “because it burns muscle away”. I’m not perfect and my diet is going to mess up sometimes and that’s why I like cardio to compensate for that. I like doing at least one hour of cardio everyday because even though I try my best to stick to my diet perfectly, sometimes I mess up but that cardio will keep me ahead of the game. I’m also very motivated by progress and momentum and doing cardio everyday and knowing that the fat IS coming off fast just works better for me mentally rather than the slow and steady weight lifting approach where the results aren’t always apparent… I also have a bad shoulder which really hinders my workouts and progress. Perhaps if I my shoulder was healthier and I could really go to town with my workouts, the bodybuilding approach would work for me. 🤔

Strength training only will work if you cut carbs and calories very strict like fasting and having small meals during the day

That happened to me ... I gained weight but the fat around my belly has started shrinking. I gained 10 lbs.but I felt lighter and move better.

my thing is that the type of resistance training I do (like Caroline Girvan), my heart rate does increase as well as my breathing and I sweat. Really, I often feel as out of breath with my heart beating as I would doing a cardio workout.

I do 5-10 miles of biking every day and am off on the weekend. I do weight resistance training 7 days a week, but interchange some of those exercises so I don’t get too sore. I don’t go to a gym, so I just use the floor and wall… and a 25lbs dumbbell. One thing that helps limit injuries or hurting of your muscles, especially the leg/knee areas when doing cardio, is a high protein diet. I am 290 right now and I am eating around 2000 calories per day, and am eating around 100-150 grams of protein. A good percentage of your daily calorie is take is 20%-35% for protein, if a high protein diet is what you want. Once I lose weight, that number will lessen. Good luck.

I’ve recently got a dietitian to build my diet. I’m losing around 4 pounds a week and I’m out of the obese category now. I do PPL 6 times a week and cardio after every session. Usually an incline treadmill walk for 30 minutes and then 3 days a week I do a 5K. My aim is to do 2 10K a week and then build to a marathon

I'm female & I've gone bulky with weights but my belly hasn't shifted. Should I do cardio?

Use up glycogen with weights and burn fat with cardio right after ?? Isn’t that the best formula ?

We are all individuals but I found for myself that plenty of steady walking is is the best way to burn calories when it comes to exercise especially when you're trying to lose fat weight

Im 6"1 290 lbs, im running 4 to 5 miles a day 5 days a week, once i get down to 220 lbs ill start lifting weights and keep running.

I don't have money so I do more cardio and do cycling and eat proper diet keeping protein in mind

Hope to see you guys at Princess Weekend.

This explains ehy i feel heavier when I started doing weight lifting

The main issue I have with cardio is that it takes too dang long. I'm team "resistance training at high intensity".

You explained well

I lost 40lbs doing 10-15 miles on a stationary bike from mon-fri for 6 months

This spectacle looks so cute 😍

Lifting weights makes me sore, so I have to skip one or two gym days to recover, and my mood sucks if I cant work out. Cardio I can do every day and feel great.

I think this video showed us that calisthenics might be king

I’m a software engineer and kind of a nerd so I like playing video games and watching TV so I’m not very active. For me the big change came when I added weights to my daily walks. I had VERY little muscle mass. I was 260lbs and almost 43% body fat. So subtracting the fat, the bones, and blood/organs my amount of muscle was minuscule. I had trouble losing weight and keeping it off. After adding weights to my routine it became much easier to lose weight and keep it off. I’m going not down to 230 but I haven’t been below 230 in about 15 years.

Speed vs power

Facts!

You lose weight in cardio and aerobics by sweating and losing water. Then you gain it right back when you rehydrate. When you weight lift, you build muscles all over not just for your legs. You also build muscle from fat more than dehydrate weight loss because you drink water as you work out.

We knew it long back bfore ur vdo

I’m not going to argue with that because, I did gain weight, but I’m losing body fats 😀😂

Is it truly better to do a morning workout fasted? I am at the gym at 4:00AM week days, should I eat a snack before training. This early session is predominantly weights only. Thank you!

For People reading this, I think it all depends. If you’re “FAT” and want to lose your fat stick to cardio but know how much you want to drop by. You didn’t want lose skin (skinny fat) if your over weight and want to lose weight (fat) focus on weights and cardio, mix it but don’t deny yourself the weight training. Everybody body is different and will also react differently too. More is than going to the gym, focus on what you’re eating. Don’t do diets but eat crap in moderation limit yourself two crap food 1x per week.

Moderate cardio will no doubt help you burn more calories

I’m so upset . I run every single day till I’m burnt out and I’ve lost a lot of weight but my stomach is still huge in comparison to my small thin frame . I look thin head to toe but my stomach is huge . Im so tired of everything

Cardio is the holy grail of weight loss.

Do both everyday, bam

baically everything we already knew

Great video, tired of videos saying only do X otherwise you're wasting your time.

Okay it's clearly the answer is okay it's clear the answer is aerobic exercise. If you're 320 lb put down the weights and and join me on the treadmill!

Calories or Fat

This doesn’t answer the “OR” question because you just combined “both” as your answer.

What is the answr? Not practical

Say 75 weight training 25 cardio

Combining Cardio and Weightlifting is a good idea, but before doing it we must eliminate sugar and deep fried foods from our daily diet.

good video ... but ..... women ?

The loud music makes it hard to understand what you're saying. There's no need at all for music in a video of this kind, so you're covering up your voice for nothing.

Is this a man or a woman