How many times a day should I do weight lifting and cardio?!
Question: How many times a day should I do weight lifting and cardio?
Answers:
HI,
If you go to the gym 3 days a week, it's ok to do your strength and aerobic training the same days. Vary what you do, in terms of intensity and variety too. So one day do more aerobic, the other do more strength work. This is how you "confuse" your body and then it will adapt, therefore you get fitter and tone up. Work all your muscles though so as not to get a muscle imbalance and risk injury. Warm up well before, but only gentle stretching, cool down and full stretch at the end.
Good luck, hope this helps.
UK Personal Trainer and Life Coach
You can do them on the same day but always weight lift last that way your body starts to use more energy into building the muscles back up rather then more exertion on the cardio after.
But it would probably be better to life mon, wed, fri, and do cardio tues, thurs.
As often as you like but take a day or two to relax. Not necessarily in a row.