How many calories are burnt weightlifting in comparison to cardio?

an hour of intense weightlifting compared to an hour of intense cardio, what one burns more calories and by what margin roughly? thanks.|||Actually, intense weights burns more calories. This is the thing, it burns more calories in a 24 hour period than cardio because it raises the resting metabolic rate during that time, much more so than cardio. This is why incorporating a strength training regimen in a fat loss program is so effective.





People focus too much on how many cals are burned during a workout when the focus should be on how many cals are burned at rest, when the real fat burning takes place. And, who says fewer cals are burned during an intense weights session than with cardio? Where's the proof of that? That just show plain ignorance. For some reason, the idea persists that cardio is the end-all, be-all for fat loss and it's simply not true and one of the most prevalent myths out there.





See, at rest the body primarily utilizes free form fatty acids for energy. During exercise, the body primarily utilizes glucose for energy, especially during intense exercise. With cardio, the body recovers relatively quickly and reaches homeostasis in a matter of an hour or two, depending on how intense the workout was. With weights, on the other hand, the body spends up to 24+ hours reaching homeostasis, and as a result a LOT more actual fat calories are burned during that time as the resting metabolic rate is raised. Imagine how that translates in a matter of weeks and months!





After weights, the body secretes a lot of growth hormone (GH), a powerful fat burning hormone. Cardio cannot do this. Also, a lot of stress is put on the central nervous system with weights which further raises the metabolic rate. Finally, more cals are burned repairing muscle tissue during recovery, which is much more the case with weights than cardio.





Another thing to keep in mind is that with long sessions of cardio, muscle tissue is used for energy in the process of gluconeogenisis as glycogen stores are depleted, something that doesn't occur nearly as much with weight training.





The only form of cardio that comes close to weights in the amount of total calories burned over a period of time is high intensity interval training, which has a lot of the same effects for fat burning.





The thought of cardio being the best and only fat burning tool is old-school and has no basis in science or fact.





A combination of weights and cardio has been shown to be the most effective for fat loss.|||A Cardio workout burns much more calories than a weightlifting workout. This all comes down to your weight.





Assuming a person weighed 140 pounds (63kg), then in 1 hour, they would burn:


380 calories from Intense weightlifting


190 calories from light weightlifting,





and:


730 calories from running 7mph on the Treadmill


500 calories from running 5mph


760 calories from bicycling very fast on the Bike Machine|||Lifting weights builds muscle but burns little calories. Cardio work-outs are clearly the thing to do if you're trying to lose weight.|||nothing burns calories like running. period