At the moment, i'm on an personal trainer course given by a world class researcher and bodybuilder/physique model who also happens to be my training coach. I'm finding that most of the stuff that is on the internet is incorrect and in direct contrast to what i'm being taught. One of those is that doing cardio as well as doing strength training is not a good idea. They are at the opposite ends of the strength endurance spectrum. If you do both, your body is trying to adapt one way and then another way which means, instead of optimal results, you obtain the worst of both worlds. Under the supervision of my coach, i lost 30 pounds of fat and gained 5 pounds of muscle in 4 months. That was done solely with weight training, absolutely NO cardio and a calorie controlled diet. In the process, i reversed my border line diabetes and can see a faint outline of my abs (6 pack).
Good arm muscle definition there Barron...i'm guessing you though you still have a load of fat you want to shed though?
Funny thing is that us guys always pose like that...trying to flex both the biceps AND triceps even though they are opposing muscles.
how long is your workout routine? and how many days do you go to gym? I do whatever I feel like that day, TRX, weights, cardio and then yoga at the park 2 times a week.
Coincidentally, I'm presently reading Clarence Bass's latest book, Take Charge - Fitness at the Edge of Science, and just finished a chapter the other day that cites research contradicting what you wrote. I checked his site, and sure enough, found a piece he wrote about this research: http://www.cbass.com/Weights_Aerobics.htm To be fair, I do think you're right if either cardio or resistance training is taken to the extreme. But I think a reasonable balance can be reached. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Besides, I only do a brief form of ~high intensity interval training for my own cardio.