Give me that trainer's phone number, i have a few words i'd like to share

Number one congratulations for exercising 6 days a week. For most people this would be a tough thing to do. I think the opinions on this forum were great. Especially the one that told you to make sure you feel healthy. This was a great post because ultimately people workout to feel and look better. As a trainer and physical education teacher I would like to offer some advice also. To help with your exercise program you must determine what your goals are. I am not only talking about goals in terms of in the gym, but in terms of functionality and everyday life. Looking strong is one thing, but actually being strong and capable of multi-planar movements in reality is the best. I like to educate my clients on how to safely and effectively reach their goals while leading a healthy and BALANCED lifestyle. I think you are on the right track as far as your level of determination.

recent research from the University of California shows that concurrent training can improve endurance and strength (Journal of strength and conditioning research 22(5), p1487-1502, 2008)

Some studies have proved that training in one area will automatically interfere with the development of another. I can remember this being the 'gospel' according to McKardle, Katch and Katch! The flaw is we believe this to be true for whatever type of fitness there is. The fact is a lot of studies used untrained subjects and did not provide adequate recovery for their subjects. However, research on trained subjects with adequate recovery tells a different story (again published in JSCR: 2001, 15, p172-177; 2003, 17, p393-401; 2006, 20, p541-546).
The findings from the latest research, 2008, suggests that for 'well conditioned athletes concurrent training can develop both the endurance and strength of the trained subject, in particular integrated training, where the sequencing of training has a major impact on the results, is more effective than serial training'.

In a nutshell, if you are well conditioned, weight training and aerobic training can be done in the same training cycle and even in the same session. Alternating sets of resistance exercise with brief intense aerobic work is more beneficial for developing both strength and endurance at the same time than starting with a block of resistance and ending with a block of cardio. The only drawback for the 2008 study that i can see is that the subjects trained for 1hr and 50mins so adequate rest is a must or fear overtraining!
Is there a case for circuit training?

hahahaha fitforlife should be penalized for that avie!! hahahaha

YET--- I totally agree with absolutley everything he has said.

FF

OK, so, I'm sorry for bringing this up again, but I've got plenty of questions:

How does one properly fuel the machine pre/post workout to minimize muscle loss with cardio activity? I mean macronutrient-wise. What does the body need for me to get the most out of my cardio sessions? I'm guessing protein post-workout, as always.

I do full body strength training on Mon, Wed, and Fri. And cardio on Tues, Thurs, Sat. Does my eating routine have to be different depending on the type of workout I'll put my body through?

Thanks a bunch

that trainer is mental. I reguarly do over an hour's aerobic training and I'm 14. For aerobic stuff you might want to invest in a heart rate monitor and train in specific zones (60%-70%?) + a lot of monitors tell you how many calories you're burning, so I would recommend keeping a diary of what you're eating and all the info on that food, so then you know what you need to replace, plus if you want to build a lot of muscle then I think it's about 1.8 grams of protein per kg of body weight.

No, at 60 minutes you won't burn muscle. But when 61 minutes rolls around, you start to burn muscle like something serious.

That trainer was probably being just very vague. Like Rick said, there are people that do cardio for much longer than 60 minutes and burn nothing.

The type of cardio you're doing, the intensity of it, as well as environment (heat plays it's part, for example) all play a SIGNIFICANT role.