Cardio or Resistance Training- which one is more Effective

Cardio Vs Resistance

Are you in a fix in choosing between cardio and resistance training for a better health? You are one of the many with the same query. Let’s discover the benefits of both the types of exercises.

Risk of Diseases

Cardio as well as the resistance exercises are equally effective in reducing the chance of number of diseases like diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis and hypertension. Cardio has little bit of upper hand in this category as it is also effective in reducing the chance for Alzheimer’s disease and cancers of the colon, breast and prostate.

Skeletal Health

Resistance training performs better than cardio here. The workout besides increasing bone density is also improves joint stability. It also increases balance, coordination and flexibility.

Muscle Addition

Though cardio exercises burn fats, kinetic band exercises are more effective in building lean muscles. So apart for keeping one healthy, band exercises also tones the body.

Risk for Injury

There is hardly any chance of injury in both the cases of workout.

Price

As of now we have found that resistance band training is more useful than cardio. Though you need no equipment for cardio, it is not that band training will be expensive. The tool is quite affordable. You can but resistance band from ebay as well.