Are there any real differences between the following cardio and weight training scenarios:

1. Cardio before Breakfast, weight training after dinner (typically does not fit my schedule)

2. Cardio mid morning, weight training mid afternoon (at least 4 hour separation, usually 5-6 hours)

3. Cardio after weight training mid afternoon (5-10 min separation).

Personally, I have found that cardio mid morning and weight training mid afternoon with light cardio after weight training works the best for me. If I try to do intense cardio after training, I sometimes get cramps in the legs or lack the energy to complete it.

What have you found works for you if wanting to do both cardio and training on same day?

I do my workouts first thing on the morning...the only reason being that I can get it done then without impacting work time or time with family after work. after all, if I get up at 5am and get to work/gym by 6am the rest of the family is sleeping anyway and don't even miss me .

I have gotten into the habit over the last year of going to my office at 6am and working for an hour or so before working out. Helps me plan my day and knock out my project list. Helps that the gym is right downstairs from my office.

You gave a good thing going! Congratulations.

I am a bit of a zombie when I rise at 5:30am and the only thought on my mind if caffeine before starting work at 6 am.

I have found that a morning 5 k around 9:30 am is really helpful in prepping the body and mind for the remainder of the work day. Then my regular workout is from 4 pm-5pm. Two a day is working out and I have found it pretty easy to lose a few lbs and tone up in days by doing this.

There are times on monday when I look at my body and think, you are going soft, especially if I ate too many calories over the weekend or had a drink. So push I do and usually by wed or Thur, I am happy with body.

It has becomes fairly standard to manipulate the body comp in just a few days. One of the benefits of being at goal.

I live in south Texas, so 5:30 am workouts work for me--aside from the fact that the fasting that occurs while I sleep prior to that helps me target and burn the fat faster. Once the sun emerges in this July/August heat, it's just too hot! I weight train about 40 minutes to an hour post cardio. I know that's not ideal, since a lot of the oxygen had been depleted from my muscles, but it has worked for me. Now that summer is coming to an end and I have to get back into the classroom, I know I'm going to struggle with my weight training due to the fact I will not have time in the morning before work to get it in. When school starts I have to wake up at 4 to get in my cardio (I take 15-20 minutes to get up and changed and an hour to complete cardio) and I'm not going to get up earlier to get my weight training done; and by the time I get home and deal with kids, homework, dinner and everything in between, I'm exhausted.

Typically, I do 4 days of weight training, breaking up my body parts into those 4 days. I wonder what effect 2day weight training sessions (on the weekends) will have on my physique. Anybody only lift 2 days out of the week? Does that work for you? Love the muscle gains I've made over the summer and I don't want to lose them!