Cardio is good. Cardio AND weight training is better…

Cardiovascular exercise is great to ‘burn’ calories and improve your overall health by strengthening your heart and lungs. When performed alone, cardio exercise will provide a short boost for your metabolism and the benefits of improving your body’s ability to use oxygen more efficiently. When partnered together, weight training AND cardio will boost your metabolism far more than when done alone. With the long-lasting results of weight training’s effect on your body’s metabolism (mostly hormonal) because of the increase in muscle hypertrophy you will burn calories not only while you are working out (cardio) but also while you are sleeping (your basal metabolic rate).