High reps low weight(calories burned)

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  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Any update on this 5x50 @ 225lbs squat video?

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    @katelynmccloy do you have that video yet?
  • galgenstrick
    galgenstrick Posts: 2,086 Member
    Chuck Norris once got a pump squatting 5x50 @ 225 pounds. There were no survivors.
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    @katelynmccloy do you have that video yet?

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  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    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.

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  • krhn
    krhn Posts: 781 Member
    SonyaCele wrote: »
    just reading this hurts my joints

    I just died reading this! Such a legend! :D
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    DopeItUp wrote: »
    Any update on this 5x50 @ 225lbs squat video?

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