STOP Avoiding Cardio When Building Muscles

Wondering whether you should incorporate cardio into your gym regime? In this video i'm going to show you what happens when you combine cardio and weights together.

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In a nutshell:

Combining Cardio And Weights is a GOOD thing.
Separately, endurance training (cardio) and strength training (weights) boost a person`s fitness and health.
But first, how is cardio training different from weight training?
Cardio vs Weight Training Cardiovascular activity is any movement that accelerates your heart rate and keeps it elevated continuously for the duration of the workout.

Others refer to cardio as aerobics because this type of activity involves the use of oxygen to convert glucose into fuel.
Weight training, more commonly known as strength/resistance training, aims to build muscle and grow strength.
What exercises count as cardio or weights?

Exercises like the deadlift, triceps pushdown, and biceps arm curl are good examples of strength training.
The primary goal of cardio is to feel an increase in breathing and heart rate while with strength workouts, it is to feel muscle fatigue.
Moving on, let`s get right into the main question of this video and that is: Why are cardio and weights better together than alone?

According to researchers, it was found that while any amount of exercise caused noticeable improvement in overall health, participants whose weekly exercise regimens combined cardio with 1-2 days of strength workouts were 41% less likely to die during the trial from any cause--except cancer--compared to those who did not exercise at all.
Participants who only did aerobic activity reduced their risk by 32% and those who did weight lifting alone reduced their risk by 9%.

Compared to people who didn`t exercise at all, those who exercised for just one hour per week had a substantial reduction in mortality risk.
What`s more, the benefits increased until around 3 hours of weekly exercise, then slowed down.

In other words, exercising for more than 3 hours a week only had a much smaller added benefit.
However, exercising at least 3 hours a week had a substantial benefit.
Overall, getting around 3 hours of cardio and weight training twice a week reduced all-cause mortality by 30%, regardless of the participant`s age or gender.

There`s enough evidence that points to the more significant benefit of doing cardio and strength training together.
Combining cardio and weights helps prevent disease For both studies, researchers used a benchmark called ‘‘all-cause mortality‘‘ to determine how effective the two different types of exercise were in improving longevity.

In essence, it examines a person`s risk of dying during the study timeframe, giving researchers a good idea of how an intervention can help improve and prolong a person`s life.

When it comes to the protective benefits of combined cardio and weights, researchers aren't entirely sure how the two can help stave off disease.
Undoubtedly, cardiovascular activity is good for weight loss and is a tremendously effective tool for treating several conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, joint disease, high cholesterol, liver disease, sleep apnea, and acid reflux.

High amounts of visceral fat lead to loads of common health conditions including heart and liver disease.
On the contrary, weight training builds muscle.
Therefore, improved glucose metabolism lowers a person`s risk for insulin resistance, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.

Needless to say, the benefits of weight training are clear as day.
After all, everyone knows for a fact that people who have more muscle mass and less fat are less likely to die early due to health reasons.

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