Cardio vs. strength training: What you need to know

Cardio vs. strength training: What you need to know

Cardio and strength training affect your body differently, and both are essential to your health and well being. Watch this video to learn how.

Learn more about strength training exercises you can do at home: https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/easy-strength-training-you-can-do-at-home-no-weights-required.h12-1592991.html

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50 Comments

  1. @austinb3560 on December 17, 2024 at 4:49 pm

    Muscle burns more fat. I suggest weights and then cardio if u have extra time

  2. @paratrooper73 on December 17, 2024 at 4:51 pm

    Cancer.. lower your sugar intake!

  3. @ryangonzales1008 on December 17, 2024 at 4:53 pm

    Can i combined the cardio and streghtening exercise everyday for 1hr or every 4x a week only?

  4. @fujiokakujo on December 17, 2024 at 4:53 pm

    I do both

  5. @Hellomydudesitsjj on December 17, 2024 at 4:57 pm

    I do weight lifting to lose fat and build muscle

  6. @Venus-gn5oi on December 17, 2024 at 4:57 pm

    Well after getting my cholesterol and triglycerides results as quite high I started first doing cardio mainly 3-4 time a week 30-50 min. After few months the cholesterol and triglycerides got much better, still a bit high but significantly improved. After that test I ended up doing more weight training and hardly cardio. My last test triglycerides went up again. All the time I’ve been eating healthy, no alcohol, no sugars, etc.. I’m not overweight. I still went to dietician to check if I’m doing something wrong. So it’s definitely not because of my diet. Going back to more cardio again with a bit of weight training. Fingers crossed!

  7. @fujiokakujo on December 17, 2024 at 4:57 pm

    lol i mainly weight lift now

  8. @Ashley-km4qi on December 17, 2024 at 4:59 pm

    does it just have to vigorous cardio? can it be walking? i usually try to walk 2 to 3 hours each day but i’m starting to feel like that’s not enough cardio

  9. @rathodkirthi1108 on December 17, 2024 at 4:59 pm

    I DONT WANNA LOSE WEIGHT.
    I’ve been searching for home workout routines that will not make me lose weight.
    Someone help me !!

  10. @Workin2anEarlyGrave on December 17, 2024 at 5:01 pm

    Let’s be honest. We are all here because it was the shortest video with a workout title we could pick from the search results.

  11. @ryangonzales1008 on December 17, 2024 at 5:02 pm

    Hi can i cardio work out everyday for 30 mins or every 4x a week only

  12. @vxbez2840 on December 17, 2024 at 5:02 pm

    A few questions with this video, as a 13 year old i do Basketball and wish to do both, but i may end up burning to much fuel and not grow. Is this true and if so or if not can someone guide me to a video which explains growth and excise for the youth. Thank you πŸ˜€

  13. @fujiokakujo on December 17, 2024 at 5:04 pm

    I mix cardio and strength.
    For morning i do morning cardio workout, then i go with my bike for 30m-1h
    Then at afternoon i do strength training. ( Cardio day)

  14. @yosepup8964 on December 17, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    Dr. why continued showing same exercise for both moderate and vigorous cardio

  15. @killerbee792 on December 17, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    The key is to not use working out as an indicator of weight loss, that’s what caloric deficit is for. Working out is for physiological benefits, which can help weight lost. Cardio improves cardiovascular system, strength training increases muscle and metabolism.

  16. @KiranAshraf-pf6zt on December 17, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    Try both for best result❀

  17. @HerrMeier007 on December 17, 2024 at 5:08 pm

    I never liked doing any form of sports for a long time. The reason was, because my cardio fitness level was really really low. At one point I discovered weight training and enjoyed it super much, that I actually build a decent amount of muscle, but still didn’t have any form of cardio fitness. I thought that maybe it’s just not for me. It took a while for me to understand, that I have to specifically train to get better at cardio, just as it is the case with strength training.
    My number one advice for starting as a complete beginner with cardio: Don’t start with running!
    Running is great because you can do it anywhere and with no equipment. But it’s arguably the hardest form of cardio, because it’s difficult to control your speed and because hitting the ground every time, can be quite tiring for your muscles. If you can then rather start riding a bike at a high intensity a few times a week, so that you build up your fitness level and because it might even be more fun. If you start running after you did that, it will be ever so much easier.
    Now, I’ve been doing running, swimming and cycling for quite a while and I can absolutely confirm, that I notice it so much in my day to day life.

  18. @fazlerabbi2666 on December 17, 2024 at 5:09 pm

    for me i do a month of strength( with rest days) then do cardio for 2 months( cycling, soccer) my body only likes this routine
    if i do both I’ve always got injured

  19. @tanyajacobs9974 on December 17, 2024 at 5:12 pm

    How can you strength trajn when you hqve oethopedic issues? I m thinking with knee, back, shoulder issues , i cant be rpinf ait ups, squats, push ups.or lifting weights…

  20. @proudconservative23 on December 17, 2024 at 5:13 pm

    Do MMA training

  21. @juansarabia7530 on December 17, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Cardio can target what is most important – you’re cardiovascular system! I’m skinny and weak but I out max the heart stress test at 64

  22. @xqkcdaa5smen7y on December 17, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Can this video be downloaded?

  23. @Yuhitslivvv on December 17, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Strength Training: weight gain
    Cardio: weight loss

  24. @DonnaQuinn-ic6fr on December 17, 2024 at 5:16 pm

    Congrats… Spectacular *

  25. @tedmr on December 17, 2024 at 5:17 pm

    Why not do both

  26. @wellbodisalone on December 17, 2024 at 5:18 pm

    Great information to create a plan routine.

  27. @fujiokakujo on December 17, 2024 at 5:19 pm

    I love the music

  28. @Rib_2 on December 17, 2024 at 5:20 pm

    I lift weights for an hour and do Cardio for an hour 5 times a week starting to see progress

  29. @eze1373 on December 17, 2024 at 5:20 pm

    So weights doesn’t improve lung and heart condition only cardio does? Is this why we find fit healthy muscular blokes drop dead

  30. @nikheetisnotcool2951 on December 17, 2024 at 5:21 pm

    Just do both.

  31. @stannctbeforeubecomeamember on December 17, 2024 at 5:21 pm

    I do both (mostly strength training), but my question is which one to do first? Is it better to do cardio or strength training first? Or no difference?

  32. @Fitness_Wellbeing on December 17, 2024 at 5:22 pm

    If you are over 30 and you have never done any strength training now it’s time to start.

  33. @joelouden6592 on December 17, 2024 at 5:24 pm

    Yeah, but cardio sucks. It’s misery and every second feels like a minute and every minute like an hour.

  34. @bushidanikhan2230 on December 17, 2024 at 5:24 pm

    At first i was doing strength training and no cardio. I was not losing much fat. Since i started doing cardio for 50 mins after my strength training session i am losing alot of fat. I am sure cardio is very important for burning alot of calories

  35. @Nermeen. on December 17, 2024 at 5:25 pm

    As a complete beginner with an unfit body, I will start with cardio exercises then when my body get used to working out I’ll start combining the two exercises in my routine. insha’Allah ❀

  36. @piotrelward5370 on December 17, 2024 at 5:28 pm

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  37. @carastone3473 on December 17, 2024 at 5:29 pm

    It should never be one vs the other. Both have their place in fitness training.

  38. @Weazyl003 on December 17, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    pro tip, living in a lemon car can help do both as you gotta walk or run everywhere for cardio and strength training from working on said car

  39. @KrishnaChrist on December 17, 2024 at 5:32 pm

    More than worth a min video.πŸŽ‰

  40. @xqkcdaa5smen7y on December 17, 2024 at 5:33 pm

    Please make a video about…

  41. @JenBagggs on December 17, 2024 at 5:34 pm

    I thought cardio burns muscle… so counteracts weight training…?

  42. @ClosetsMedia on December 17, 2024 at 5:34 pm

    I do both I feel cardio helps asthma.

  43. @missepicmandy on December 17, 2024 at 5:35 pm

    Cancer destroyed my life

  44. @dr3ww._ on December 17, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    Could I also incorporate cardio after I strength train? Is that a good approach?

  45. @enigma533 on December 17, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    My relatives almost everyone are obese..and many of them heading to 80 years and non has cancer.πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ heartattacks is relevant.. with obese not cancer..

  46. @jeffreybabino8161 on December 17, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    What about doing circuit training workouts thanks

  47. @JosephIsOnAdrenaline on December 17, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    Don’t take advice, do what works best and is still a challenge! because wouldn’t it be such a boring world to live in if we were all the same

  48. @Catballs069 on December 17, 2024 at 5:42 pm

    When i do strength 2 times a week can i do full body or do i need to do upper body and lower on different days

  49. @brizig5184 on December 17, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    Damn. wasn’t realizing I was doing both

  50. @ChanBoogie310 on December 17, 2024 at 5:47 pm

    I’ll say do one or the other. Strength training is aim to get lean or bulk either cutting fat putting on muscle or just putting on mass. Cardio just weight loss including fat loss and muscle loss. So whatever your goal is pick one and stick with it. If you still want to do both do one more than the other.

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