Which should I do first, aerobic or strength training?

Everyone has different purposes for exercising, so the methods and means they choose when exercising are also different. Some people exercise to lose weight, while others exercise to improve their body shape and increase their sense of strength. Therefore, for these two different situations, the methods chosen when exercising are also different. If you want to do strength training, which one should be done first, aerobic exercise or strength training?

Aerobic and anaerobic exercise are different in terms of energy consumption.

Anaerobic exercise can only rely on the body's glucose for energy, while the aerobic system can use glucose or fat (the proportion of protein involved is too low, so it is ignored here).

Of course, the energy supply of the human body is a very complex system. Here we simply compare and contrast the main substances consumed by the two types of training.

Therefore, it can be seen that during aerobic training (running, skipping rope, etc.), the body not only consumes fat to supply energy, but also consumes glucose at the same time. The consumption of glucose is to fill the window period before fat is converted into energy (the proportion depends on the intensity and time of exercise).

However, as mentioned earlier, anaerobic exercise can only rely on glucose to supply energy, so if you do anaerobic training after aerobic exercise, the glucose in your body has been almost consumed, and the anaerobic exercise will be affected.

Therefore, the training mode of aerobic first and then anaerobic is likely to result in insufficient energy supply. The most common symptom is general fatigue, and more serious cases may lead to hypoglycemia and dizziness.

So if aerobic exercise such as running and strength training (anaerobic exercise) appear in your schedule at the same time, remember to do strength training first.

However, the best way is to separate aerobic training from anaerobic training.

The ideal arrangement is to cross the dates: Monday: strength, Tuesday: aerobics, Wednesday: strength, etc., so that your physical fitness can be in the best condition before exercise.

If time doesn't cooperate, you can combine the two trainings. Generally speaking, the interval training we see is a combination of aerobic and anaerobic exercises. It also has a professional name, which is cross-training. It can improve cardiopulmonary endurance while strengthening muscle strength.