what burns more calories: cardio or weight lifting?

[unknown00]

always wondered this. lets say 45min workout, do you burn more calories cardio or weight lifting? lets say cardio is elliptical, treadmill, or running outside. and weight lifting is just your standard exercises with weights, bars, cables, etc

please don't over analyze this. i know the answer is "it depends" on what you do etc etc but just overall???

[stingray72]

cardio I burn 330 calories easy doing light cardio for an hour....body bugg verified

[Serpentarius]

Minute for minute: Always cardio unless you are not trying, period.

[Dom1989]

unless you're performing a crossfit type workout... You're more likely to burn more calories running or doing a an aerobic exercise. However, the question is... at what point are you burning the most calories from "FAT." And that all depends on where your heart rate is. So realistically.. either can be just as efficient at fat loss (if that's your ultimate goal). Hope this helps!

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[E90335i]

Ive done a push/pull workout and I burned 1800 calories during the workout. Ive never burned that many calories during cardio. Long term effects, having more muscle will burn more calories while being sedentary. So, conventional wisdom will think cardio, facts point to weightlifting. Most fitness models will say they dont even do cardio, just lift weights and control calories in versus calories out.

Here is a pic of the calories burned during a weightlifting only workout


the actual workout is the Greg Plitt head strong workout. Look at greg plitt and he doesnt do cardio, except for conditioning, not for burning calories. He uses his weight ligting routines to aid in calories burned.

[E90335i]

cardio I burn 330 calories easy doing light cardio for an hour....body bugg verified

thats it? must be really a super slow pace of walking. you would easily burn way more calories lifting weights, unless you always wait 5 minutes between each set and do 1 rep at 50% of your max.

[stingray72]

thats it? must be really a super slow pace of walking. you would easily burn way more calories lifting weights, unless you always wait 5 minutes between each set and do 1 rep at 50% of your max.

It is slow pace on the treadmill. I have cerebral palsy. I burn a maximum of 200 calories an hour working out. also body bugg verified.

[stingray72]

Ive done a push/pull workout and I burned 1800 calories during the workout. Ive never burned that many calories during cardio. Long term effects, having more muscle will burn more calories while being sedentary. So, conventional wisdom will think cardio, facts point to weightlifting. Most fitness models will say they dont even do cardio, just lift weights and control calories in versus calories out.

Here is a pic of the calories burned during a weightlifting only workout


the actual workout is the Greg Plitt head strong workout. Look at greg plitt and he doesnt do cardio, except for conditioning, not for burning calories. He uses his weight ligting routines to aid in calories burned.

1800 calories is no where near accurate i promise you.

[Serpentarius]

i wish i used 1800 calories when lifting, id be bulking at 5000 calories O_O
from knowing my maintenance calories, i typically use around 350 in an hour of heavy lifting.

[stingray72]

One thing i know now is never to recommend heart rate monitors to measure calorie burning.

[E90335i]

1800 calories is no where near accurate i promise you.

how do you know they are not accurate? If they were all inaccurate like everyone is claiming, then there would be a class action lawsuit.

I can promise you it was probably the most intense weight lifting day of my life. It was extremely exhaustive. Maybe I can push myself harder than anyone. I bring the intensity and I workout a lot harder than the average person.

[E90335i]

One thing i know now is never to recommend heart rate monitors to measure calorie burning.

but body bugg is accurate? ive heard it isnt.

[stingray72]

but body bugg is accurate? ive heard it isnt.

Its off alot for some but ive had mine over 7 months and its only off by 100 calories daily for me.

[stingray72]

honestly bud i can prove your heart rate monitor is way off on that workout. How long was the workout?

[E90335i]

Its off alot for some but ive had mine over 7 months and its only off by 100 calories daily for me.

what are you basing the 100 calories off of? How do you know it is off by 100? Im curious because I have wanted the program, but I have read so many negatives and positives.

I have no idea what is accurate as far as burning calories. your maintenance calories is easy to calculate.

[LiftHeavy3400]

Cardio. could be close if you hvae really short rest times between sets.

[stingray72]

I kept track of my calorie consumption vs my weight loss.

[E90335i]

honestly bud i can prove your heart rate monitor is way off on that workout. How long was the workout?

I believe it was about 2 hours. lots of supersets and drop sets. For example, one set would be:
incline DB presses 6-8 reps
supersetted with
pushups til failure (about 20)
supersetted with
barbell rows 6-8 reps
supersetted with
pullups (12-15 reps)

I would do 3 sets per exercise group. There was a total of 7 exercise groups.

This was also done while fasted. Although, I did consume 1 serving of BCAA's, creatine and a NO booster.

[stingray72]

I believe it was about 2 hours. lots of supersets and drop sets. For example, one set would be:
incline DB presses 6-8 reps
supersetted with
pushups til failure (about 20)
supersetted with
barbell rows 6-8 reps
supersetted with
pullups (12-15 reps)

I would do 3 sets per exercise group. There was a total of 7 exercise groups.

This was also done while fasted. Although, I did consume 1 serving of BCAA's, creatine and a NO booster.

You would have to burn 15 calories per minute to burn 1800 calories in 2 hours and thats with no rest periods at all......see what im getting at......also what is your daily maintenance calories without working out?

[stingray72]

you also would have depleted of all carbs and been many pounds lighter on the scale afterword

[E90335i]

you also would have depleted of all carbs and been many pounds lighter on the scale afterword

What does it matter that I depleted all carbs? That's the whole point of training fasted. I didn't record the exact minutes and seconds of the workout. I was guesstimating. I do remember after the workout a personal trainer came up to me and said that he was watching me workout and it seemed very intense and he was going to use most of my routine with his clients.
I was at 6ft, 225 and about a 13% BF last August when I did this at 31 years old. Completely possible. If you fail to think this can happen, you fail in your workouts.

[stingray72]

What does it matter that I depleted all carbs? That's the whole point of training fasted. I didn't record the exact minutes and seconds of the workout. I was guesstimating. I do remember after the workout a personal trainer came up to me and said that he was watching me workout and it seemed very intense and he was going to use most of my routine with his clients.
I was at 6ft, 225 and about a 13% BF last August when I did this at 31 years old. Completely possible. If you fail to think this can happen, you fail in your workouts.

Im not here to argue. Have a good day sir.

[unknown00]

Cardio. could be close if you hvae really short rest times between sets.

yup that's me. advice for everyone- what i do in between sets is do a light jog. i'm the person that the gym that after i do a set of weights i'm there hopping around. keeps my heartrate up and is a really light quick cardio

[Armstrongha]

please don't over analyze this?

Sure guy

In my opinion cardio

Involves over half of the body

Non stop movement

Unless you were weight lifting at a massive pace cardio is going to burn more calories 9/10 times

[GettingfitAgain]

You would burn more doing cardio but if you had to pick, lift weights instead and add cardio where necessary. Running burns a ton of calories. I like to alternate weight lifting days and running.

[Electricheadd]

The answer is not black and white. It depends on the intensity and duration of each. If your comparing jogging for an hour to the standard 6-12 rep 3 minutes of rest between sets lifting for an hour then cardio does by a long shot. If your comparing an hour long cross fit workout where you circuit train for an hour to jogging for an hour its probably going to be the cross fit.

[Electricheadd]

You would have to burn 15 calories per minute to burn 1800 calories in 2 hours and thats with no rest periods at all......see what im getting at......also what is your daily maintenance calories without working out?

To put that into perspective Lance Armstrong burns 5200 calories per day during the Tour De France and rides for 6 hours each day..... Hes not even doing 900 calories/hour unless he only burns 700 calories in the other 18 hours of the day.

[msm00b]

Minute for minute: Always cardio unless you are not trying, period.

^ That

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[Singe03]

Cardio, there is absolutely no question.

I don't see anyone burning 1800 calories in a two hour workout regardless of what they are doing, I doubt my hour with weights burns 200, though it may be close.

If you really think the calories burned on the magic gadget is right and really want to prove it.

Calculate your maintenance calories with a sedentary activity factor. Every day for a month eat maintenance + what the shiny gadget told you that you burned in workouts the previous day. If the gadget is accurate, your weight should be approximately the same at the end of the month, with a little slop for water variances etc.

My bet, you'll gain weight because the gadget greatly over-reports calories burned.

[msm00b]

At my peak endurance training I could run close to 8 miles in an hour - approximately 800 calories. These days I'm doing good to get 5 (it's hot down here in texas and I've got to take breaks now and then to walk and cool off) - approximately 500 calories burned. I've got no hard data, but I'd be surprised if I could manage to burn 200 calories per hour of lifting. The kind of maximal effort I put into heavy lifting sets means I spend close to 4-5 minutes resting for every solid minute of exercise in the gym. After the big combination lifts are out of the way and I'm working a circuit of smaller isolation exercises the rest/activity ratio improves a bit, but even then I probably spend 2-3 minutes standing around for every minute I spend lifting.

I don't bother to count my lifting into my maintenance. If I'm looking to lose weight, the weight loss 'umph' comes from dietary control with a moderate amount of extra cardio.