Strength Training vs. Cardio Training Female Bodybuilding

Full Playlist - - - like these Workout Lessons !!! Download our official fitness app Check out these Top Rated Womens Workout Essentials: Shake Weight Dumbell: Gaiam Total Body Balance Ball Kit: Jillian Michaels: No More Trouble Zones: Fitbit Flex Sleep Activity Tracker: Aylio 3 Flat Stretch Bands Exercise Set: Trigger Point Performance Foam Roller: Watch more How to Strength Train for Women videos: Hey my name is Erin and Im a former U.S. Junior Olympic certified swim coach and personal trainer and fitness is my passion. So I cannot wait to share it with you guys. A question that I often get is what is the difference between cardio and strength training which is better and how do I incorporate both? Theres no easy way to answer that question but the difference between cardio and strength training is that one is aerobic which is cardio and one is anaerobic. During aerobic exercise the body draws on glycogen andor fat for energy. During anaerobic exercise the body cannot draw easily on fat stores. The mistake that people often make is that theyll do their cardio workout before their strength training workout. If you think about it from a common sense perspective why is that bad? Well if you exhaust your legs by running or on the elliptical or whatever then you try and go lift heavy weights or do squats or any other weight bearing activity youre already going to be fatigued from doing your cardio first. That said you should always warm up but you only need five to ten minutes. Now if you do your cardio after your strength training workout the body is depleting its glycogen source. So its drawing on glycogen because it cant draw on fat. Okay great you power through your strength-training anaerobic workout. Now you move on to your cardio. But whats going to happen is because youve hopefully depleted your glycogen stores when you were doing your anaerobic workout when you go to do your aerobic workout the body goes Hmm let me go to the fat stores for energy. Ideally in the best case scenario thats whats going to happen. During your anaerobic strength-training routine if youre working on a specific muscle group or a specific body area lets say youre working on your lower body youre doing some heavier leg work and theres weights involved and your legs are tired after that strength-training workout for your cardio following that if youre going to do cardio following that you dont want to go do high intensity interval sprints. Because your legs are already tired and that can increase your risk of injury. Ideally you want to separate. The cardio that you do you dont want it to be focused on the same body parts that you just worked during your strength-training workout if youre going to do those two things back to back. If youre working on your upper body dont go sit on the rowing machine afterwards because your upper body is already tired. So just use common sense. Thats a little tip. Aerobic activity isnt just for burning fat. There are different types of cardio that you can do. You can do high intensity intervals. For fat burning you can do long lengths of running. If youre a marathoner half-marathoner a lot of people who do that. Thats not something thats necessarily for fat burning or muscle toning but thats more to increase your endurance and stamina exercise. Theres different types of cardio that you can do. Theres high impact cardio which would be running and theres low impact cardio which would be something like swimming which is safe for anyone and great if youre rehabbing or you have an injury. So lots of different types of cardio to do. Obviously you saw on our other videos lots of different types of strength training that you can do to increase muscle mass you can do strength training to burn fat you can do strength training just to get stronger and more fit. So theres no one reason to do any of those things and thats the beauty of it. You need both cardio and strength training to round out your fitness routine. One is not better than the other. Theyre just different. Your body responds differently and you need them both. So get to work.,

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