30 minutes of weightlifting and 30 minutes of cardio workout a day... Is good to build muscle and burn fat?

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[VictorMachiavelli]

Unless you need to train cardio for a sport, I’d say that it’s a waste of time, and possibly counter-productive here.

Firstly, building muscle while burning fat at the same time is harder than just doing one or the other. This would be good for just losing weight, but to build muscle at at the same time you need to do more weight-lifting. The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn to fuel them. Therefore building muscle can lead to lower bodyfat levels anyway as long as your calorie intake stays the same.

Secondly it’s probably 75% diet anyway. The best way to burn fat and increase muscle at the same time is to do intermittent-fasting or time restricted eating. Eat all your food within a 9 hour window, only drink water for the remaining 15 hours.

If you still want to do some cardio, shorter, more intense HIIT sessions are better than long-distance cardio. Doing a few sprints is better than jogging. Long-distance cardio increases cortisol, the stress hormone, which impedes muscle gain. HIIT boosts testosterone and HGH which help to gain muscle and burn fat. You only have to look at the difference in the bodies of sprinters vs marathon runners to see which is best here.

[JackCarter]

Depends on lots of factors
If the weightlifting session is intense , doing it everyday would be overtraining if you are not on steroids

Your nutrition plays an equal role too
If you eat more calories than you burn then you'll not lose fat , period
Also if you don't eat enough protien you muslces growth would be affected
So to built muscle and lose fat you diet must be a calorie deficit but should have enough protien
In other words, it's better to choose foods with less calories and more protien.. most meats ate an example.. google will help more with that

[lightbulb27]

baseline. depends what you are preparing for.

you are just starting the downhill slide in life, will take more time when older. also remember rest.

[JesseP1nk]

It's not about intensity, it's about consistency.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AQMygHc5djM

[Static_In_The_Attic]

No pain no gain as they say however be careful bro.

[Crankor]

Weight lifting will help build muscle but not really burn fat. Your eating habits is what will dictate your weight change. It's a good idea to lay off sugar and carbs

[exitseven]

yes, you need to increase your protein intake as well.

[The-Stud]

Depends on what those 30 minutes are about too

[Mr-take-yo-girl]

Yeah that’s good enough for me