High reps low weight(calories burned)

DopeItUp

Any update on this 5x50 @ 225lbs squat video?

ndj1979

@katelynmccloy do you have that video yet?

galgenstrick

Chuck Norris once got a pump squatting 5x50 @ 225 pounds. There were no survivors.

FunkyTobias

ndj1979 wrote: »

@katelynmccloy do you have that video yet?

Azdak

Pu_239 wrote: »

The way to track calories with weight training is using a HRM(heart rate monitor).
You will burn more calories lifting heavier, not lighter. Example, 50 reps x 5 sets. Lets assume 1lbs lifting weight(just for example)

1*50*5 = 250 total weight lifting

Now imagine if you do 100lbs for 5 sets and 5 reps

100 *5*5 = 2500 total weight lifted.

What takes more time, 50 reps or 5 sets, or 5 reps for 5 sets? You're doing more work in a shorter period of time. It's like walking 1 mile or sprinting 1 mile, what burns more?

No easy way to say: everything in this post is wrong.

You actually burn more calories per set to failure lifting light weights (eg 40% of 1 RM) compared to heavy weights (eg 90% of 1 RM). Like 2-3x more (although still not a huge amount). The reason is simple: significantly more time working. And the "afterburn" is the same.

AEROBIC, ANAEROBIC, AND EXCESS POSTEXERCISE
OXYGEN CONSUMPTION ENERGY EXPENDITURE OF
MUSCULAR ENDURANCE AND STRENGTH: 1-SET OF
BENCH PRESS TO MUSCULAR FATIGUE
CHRISTOPHER B. SCOTT,
1
BRIAN H. LEIGHTON,
2
KELLY J. AHEARN,
2
AND JAMES J. MCMANUS
2

krhn

SonyaCele wrote: »

just reading this hurts my joints

I just died reading this! Such a legend!

DopeItUp

DopeItUp wrote: »

Any update on this 5x50 @ 225lbs squat video?

I just noticed that this skeleton is using two mice. Interesting development.