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069: What Should I Do First? Weights or Cardio?

Get Leaner & Live Longer

Nate Palmer

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9300 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of the Low Carb Hustle Podcast we go in a little more depth about the WEIGHTS vs CARDIO debate, and which you should start your workout with.

It's not a one size fits all answer, so check it out and you'll have a simple framework that will make sense for you and your goals.

 

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0:00.0

low carb hustle. You are listening to the low carb hustle podcast where we help you burn fat

0:07.6

and put some muscle behind that low carb hustle. Here's your host Nate Palmer.

0:17.0

Hey, in this very special episode of the low carb hustle podcast, we are diving into a Q&A.

0:23.2

I've just got a quick question from two different people this week. I was on a podcast chatting

0:28.6

with one of their podcast hosts about how do you maximize your time in the gym and he got into

0:34.6

like, what should I be doing first? I've heard a bunch of different things should be weights first

0:38.0

and then cardio or cardio first and then weights. There doesn't seem to be some sort of agreement.

0:43.3

Everyone says different things. So I want to give you my perception of this. What I've seen that's

0:48.0

worked really well for people that I've trained in myself personally and give you a little bit of

0:52.2

a framework so that you can decide which one is best for you because it's really not a gold standard.

0:58.8

It really depends on you, your goals and where you are currently at. So let's dive in.

1:06.5

Hey, today we're talking about the difference between doing cardio first and then weights versus

1:11.6

doing weights first and then cardio. Who should do which? What time is it most appropriate?

1:16.4

How do we even figure this out? So I wanted to dive into it just a little bit. It's not super

1:20.9

complicated, but it's something that people have asked me a few times recently and I just wanted

1:24.6

to make sure that you have the tools to make the right decision here. At the end of the day, again,

1:30.3

all things being equal, it's not going to make a huge difference if you've done one over the other,

1:34.3

right? It's you did your cardio great, you did your weights great, like it's you're probably going

1:38.8

to be fine. I would not worry too much about this. However, if you're looking to optimize,

1:43.9

if you're looking to get the most out of your workouts, you're looking to build muscle or if you're

1:47.5

looking to drop a significant amount of fat, then pay attention because this is important and this

1:51.3

can save you some time and energy in the long run. Simply, the rule is this. If you want to drop

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