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Originally Posted by TheSutterDynasty
I think people are sticking too much to their extremes in this thread. Strength training has benefits that aerobic training will never get you, and vice versa. Ideally, you should do a lot of both.
You're going to get injured strength training if you do it wrong, progress too quickly, or otherwise get too ambitious. You're going to get injured running / biking if you have muscular imbalances / tight muscles, or again, progress too quickly.
If you're getting issues with aerobic training, see a physio. If you are worried about hurting yourself strength training, there are a lot of alternatives to squats and deadlifts. And even though I share a lot of the hate on for some of the personal trainers out there, they're probably your best bet into doing things at least close to correctly.
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Yep, I like to incorporate both weight lifting and cardio in my workout routine. I find it's smarter to lift weights first then do your cardio. This way you preserve your muscle glycogen for the heavy lifts and allows for you to go to failure, thus more gains. I find a lot of people at the gym do cardio first then weight lifting which is ineffective if you want to progress more efficiently in lifting more weights.