>>14966930There's a bit more to it than being better/worse. Think of the difference between working a 2nd job as a security guard vs a 2nd job stocking shelves at a grocery store. The grocery store is probably going to pay better but it's a lot more busy work - the security guard is sitting around most of the time. So, you work more hours to get the same amount of pay, but its much less taxing on you. -- Same deal with low-intensity vs high-intensity cardio. It takes much more time, but it's much easier to listen to a podcast, watch a movie, etc compared to jogging or intense cycling where you need to pay closer attention and you burn out quicker.
If you have an office/desk job, don't walk a lot, are a student, you're fine doing higher-intensity cardio after lifting. Don't waste time. But if you're on your feet at work, warehouse or job site, constantly on the move, lifting heavy parts/boxes, going up/down ladders, etc, then lower-intensity will leave more recovery capacity while lifting heavy.
Let's say you have 5 recovery dollars per day - recovering from heavy lifting costs $4 per hour spent lifting, hypertrophy/lower-weight costs $3/hour, intense cardio $2, light cardio $1. As you build up more strength, endurance and technique, you'll get up to 8, 10, 13 dollars - a much higher workout capacity. But everything you do has a cost and if you don't fully/mostly recover between workouts, you risk suboptimal progress or worse, injury. And injuries motherfucking suck.
Cheaters are out there, of course, but the next time you see someone in the gym that's 5'11 220lbs, ya gotta cut them some slack. 5'11 220lbs @ 9% bodyfat is going to look like a Greek God if you've never been that close to it, but then you take your ass to Gold's Gym and see 5'8 250lbs @ 6% spray-tanned manlet in a stringer, gold chain, backwards hat - and it's not even close. We're all going to make it but we won't get there by writing ourselves off vis a vis false accusations. Ya gotta believe!
