Cardio vs. strength training: What you need to know

6 July 2025


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

Request an appointment at MD Anderson by calling 1-877-632-6789 or online: https://my.mdanderson.org/requestappointment

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45 Comments
  1. Which one should we do first?

  2. Interesting, thanks for sharing 😊

  3. Cardio- feels great
    Stength training- feels wrong, painful and weird, no matter how i do it, im always 100% sure im doing it wrong…
    So.
    I do cardio!

  4. Cardio:- for stamina
    Weight training:- for muscle and looks…..

  5. Wait so Ik push ups and sit ups are apart of calisthenics but is it also considered for strength training, I mean makes sense because it’s not like you said weightlifting specifically

  6. I will seriously consider strength training for now on. I am on cardio for 5 months now and i always experience weight plateau. Now i realized strength training is amazing to your metabolism and its a priority to have strong muscle as we aged!

  7. This really helped me understand my health issues better. Much appreciated!

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

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

  10. 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…

  11. Try both for best result❤

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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 ❤

  15. 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

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

  17. Great information to create a plan routine.

  18. More than worth a min video.🎉

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

  20. I do both I feel cardio helps asthma.

  21. 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.

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

  23. 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!

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Cancer.. lower your sugar intake!

  27. I do weight lifting to lose fat and build muscle

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

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

  30. 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 😀

  31. Damn. wasn't realizing I was doing both

  32. 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

  33. Cancer destroyed my life

  34. 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. 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?

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

  37. Congrats… Spectacular *

  38. What about doing circuit training workouts thanks

  39. lol i mainly weight lift now

  40. 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)

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