YoSteve- Yeah on the muscle forum, gee another one of my favorite soapboxes! Hmm, gonna have to add that Fitday.com to my to-do list. Glad to hear Monday's leg-day worked so well for you. Guess that means today you'll be doing cardio
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I'm the hard gainer skinny guy with a gut lifter, sucks to be so disadvantaged so late in the game (27).
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Heh heh, 27=late in the game indeed! When I was 25 (and had been lifting for a few years) I only weighed 125 (at 5' 10") and was in your situation. The skinny guy with some fat. I've since lost the all fat I wanted to and gained LOTS of muscle (I'm over 170 and MUCH leaner). And I've really made my best progress in just the last few years! At 43 I've just outgrown a bunch of my clothes (in the right way). More a matter of knowing what to do (and doing it, of course) than anything else. A lot of it is just not wasting time on stuff that doesn't do anything for you.
PrinzII- I'd work on gaining muscle ASAP. The muscle you build will burn calories and it's often EASIER to build muscle when you're a little overweight (the fat cushions your joints, for instance, and can help fuel a long workout). More muscle will give you more stamina.
What kind of stamina are you trying to build? The "run 5 miles" kind or the "do 20 pull-ups" kind? Generally, if you build as much muscle as possible using the basics (especially squats and pull-ups) and do some intense cardio (really push yourself) the stamina will follow naturally. More "in shape"= more stamina.
As far as mixing your cardio and weight training, what you DON'T want to do is make them collide. As in you're too tired from your cardio to lift when you should, or your legs are too sore from your lifting for you to run. That said, I do the StairMaster first thing in the morning on leg-day, and I'm still able to squat a few hours later. The cardio stuff doesn't challenge my muscles that much (it DOES challenge my cardio-vascular systems, though!).
I do cardio at least every third day (minimum) and I usually lift AT LEAST 5 days a week. Usually only one-two muscle groups per workout for the lifting. You young guys (gee, I sure sound like an old codger!) who have limitless energy could probably lift more each time...but maybe not if you're going heavy enough.