A large amount of todays society has ventured out to a gym at least once in their life and has attempted a shot at the treadmill, stepper or elliptical at some point during their workout routine. But the very controversial question is at what point exactly is cardio most efficient for the human body. As most people know cardio is an essential element to proper health and conditioning so the ultimate objective is to follow the correct procedure that produces the best results for oneself which is why this simple question is such a popularly debated topic. Without a doubt any method 
of cardio is better than no cardio at all. Some of the benefits of cardiovascular exercise include weight loss, decrease risk of disease, strengthening of heart and lungs and much more.
The two theories are ether preforming cardio before you begin various forms of strength training or after preforming the same strength exercises. I personally am an avid gym-goer and a strong believer in incorporating cardio into your complete workout regardless of whether its normal s
trength training, bodybuilding or just athletic/sports training. Based off of my workout experiences, having tried both options, was that when i did cardio prior to lifting, I felt drained and fatigued when it came to trying to finish my workout. When i do it the other way around, I’m able to have the most productive wotkout because my energy levels are full and then I’m able to also receive the benefits of a cardio session after my workout. So personally I believe in cardio after your workout because you can accomplishment and receive benefits from each without compromising one another. As opposed to cardio before where I wouldn’t maximize my workout and only received full cardio benefits.
According to one of the most popular physical health companies, Bodybuilding.com inquired that doing cardio before lifting weights is far worse than doing cardio after lifting weights. The main reason being is that glycogen is a form of energy storage for your body/cells and cardio depletes this source of fuel much faster than lifting weights does. Therefore lifting first leaves you with the most energy to get a more productive cardio session in, and vice versa doing cardio first leaves you with a lot less energy which prevents you from having a productive weight lifting session as well.
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I’m into fitness, so I liked this blog post. I personally find fasted cardio in the mornings, and cardio after a workout works best for me and the people I train. The post has good information, and you have quality links with even more good information.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/content/assessing-fasted-cardio-training.html
This post is interesting to me because I didn’t know there was a good or bad time to do cardio during a workout. I personally only run when I workout so I have never experienced that. It does make sense to me that you should ideally run after doing things like lifting. Although I’m sure many people do not do the running after lifting and I assume this does not negatively effect their bodies greatly. I wonder if people know that that is not good for them or they are just not aware of it?
I also read there are many benefits to do cardio after weight lifting such as hormonal changes and changes in your blood and a even better afterburner effect. http://www.builtlean.com/2011/11/07/cardio-before-or-after-weights/
That link you provided had some really interesting points that I had missed. I also had not heard of the “afterburner effect” until now. http://www.fitnessunderoath.com/the-truth-about-the-afterburn-effect/ , here is a link that specifically focuses on the realities of the effect and ultimately concludes its effectiveness. Hopefully you can further knowledge on this effect as I had just did, thank you for teaching me something.