There will always be people asking how to combine cardio workouts and weightlifting and which combination gives you the best results. This article will help you make an informed decision.
Benefits of Cardio
- It helps to increase your heart rate.
- Helps you to warm up your body.
- Helps your body to mobilize in a much better way.
- It stimulates the muscles in your upper body according to some research.
Why Should You Do Cardio Before Weight Lifting?
Most of the time, after you’ve had an intense weight lifting session, it is almost impossible for you to put your body under more stress, and all you want to do is go back home and have your protein shake, right?
Let’s be honest, cardio is often considered more boring than weight lifting. So, after you’ve hit your chest for a good 40 minutes, you won’t want to jump on a treadmill or a cycling machine afterward.
This is one of the major reasons why you should do your cardio first, so you have all the energy required for a great weight lifting session.
Moreover, there have been studies proving the hypothesis that cardio helps to stimulate muscles in your upper body in a way that promotes muscle growth.
Muscle and Mind Connection
If you believe in the philosophy of perhaps the greatest bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, you should be a firm believer in the muscle and mind connection as well.
According to this philosophy, to gain the most muscle mass, your mind must be completely focused on the muscle group that you are working on.
If you leave your cardio workout for after your weight lifting session, it will be hard for you to maintain that muscle and mind connection, as your mind will be automatically diverted to the pending cardio workout.
Conclusion
All in all, there are several theories about when to do your cardio workout, but one should always judge for themselves what works best for their body.
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