Should You Exercise? It's not needed for weight loss, but here's why you probably should............

wabmester

hrtchoco wrote: »

wabmester wrote: »

Let's take an easy example. We know that exercise lowers the heart rate and blood pressure, right? That means the heart is working LESS hard = lower RMR. Increased vasculature (a response to exercise) makes it EASIER to move nutrients to tissues.

So, the heart gives us one example of a tissue that requires less metabolic activity.

Our heart pumps more every time with less frequency. In the end, it pumped the same volume since the blood required is constant, I would think the work ended up being a constant. Unless heart became more efficient at utilizing the supplied energy, then sure, it used less energy. I would need to see a research paper on that.

Myocardial workload = rate * pressure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_pressure_product

DuckReconMajor

ninerbuff wrote: »

Increased metabolic rate- pretty obvious that people who exercise consistently, usually have higher metabolic rates than their sedentary counterparts.

Probably a stupid question, but previous thinking pushed the idea of "calories in/calories out doesn't affect me because my metabolism is high", but now if you follow CI/CO what really are the benefits here? Higher calories out when sedentary? Yes I know there are many non-weight related benefits to a higher metabolism but I'm just asking because the way this is written it's as if the benefits are obvious but when following strict CI/CO it doesn't seem as so anymore.

ninerbuff

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Increased metabolic rate- pretty obvious that people who exercise consistently, usually have higher metabolic rates than their sedentary counterparts.

Probably a stupid question, but previous thinking pushed the idea of "calories in/calories out doesn't affect me because my metabolism is high", but now if you follow CI/CO what really are the benefits here? Higher calories out when sedentary? Yes I know there are many non-weight related benefits to a higher metabolism but I'm just asking because the way this is written it's as if the benefits are obvious but when following strict CI/CO it doesn't seem as so anymore.

I'd guarantee that if you exceed your TDEE on a daily basis, you'll put on weight. So yes CICO (if measured correctly for TDEE and calorie intake) will still apply.

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DuckReconMajor

ninerbuff wrote: »

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Increased metabolic rate- pretty obvious that people who exercise consistently, usually have higher metabolic rates than their sedentary counterparts.

Probably a stupid question, but previous thinking pushed the idea of "calories in/calories out doesn't affect me because my metabolism is high", but now if you follow CI/CO what really are the benefits here? Higher calories out when sedentary? Yes I know there are many non-weight related benefits to a higher metabolism but I'm just asking because the way this is written it's as if the benefits are obvious but when following strict CI/CO it doesn't seem as so anymore.

I'd guarantee that if you exceed your TDEE on a daily basis, you'll put on weight. So yes CICO (if measured correctly for TDEE and calorie intake) will still apply.

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Right, but then my (again, probably stupid) question is: why do I care if I have a higher metabolic rate then?

richln

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Increased metabolic rate- pretty obvious that people who exercise consistently, usually have higher metabolic rates than their sedentary counterparts.

Probably a stupid question, but previous thinking pushed the idea of "calories in/calories out doesn't affect me because my metabolism is high", but now if you follow CI/CO what really are the benefits here? Higher calories out when sedentary? Yes I know there are many non-weight related benefits to a higher metabolism but I'm just asking because the way this is written it's as if the benefits are obvious but when following strict CI/CO it doesn't seem as so anymore.

I'd guarantee that if you exceed your TDEE on a daily basis, you'll put on weight. So yes CICO (if measured correctly for TDEE and calorie intake) will still apply.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Right, but then my (again, probably stupid) question is: why do I care if I have a higher metabolic rate then?

Because then you can eat moar foodz.

BigGuy47

Resistance training because sarcopenia sounds like a real bummer.

ninerbuff

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

DuckReconMajor wrote: »

ninerbuff wrote: »

Increased metabolic rate- pretty obvious that people who exercise consistently, usually have higher metabolic rates than their sedentary counterparts.

Probably a stupid question, but previous thinking pushed the idea of "calories in/calories out doesn't affect me because my metabolism is high", but now if you follow CI/CO what really are the benefits here? Higher calories out when sedentary? Yes I know there are many non-weight related benefits to a higher metabolism but I'm just asking because the way this is written it's as if the benefits are obvious but when following strict CI/CO it doesn't seem as so anymore.

I'd guarantee that if you exceed your TDEE on a daily basis, you'll put on weight. So yes CICO (if measured correctly for TDEE and calorie intake) will still apply.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Right, but then my (again, probably stupid) question is: why do I care if I have a higher metabolic then?

Lots of people here (myself included) ate as much as they wanted without having to worry about calorie intake. So habitually at the time it didn't matter. But age will make a difference as well as activity. So you may not care now, but you may eventually come to a point where it will matter and like some, certain eating habits are hard to change and weight gain is the result. For me it happened around 28 years old when I took notice.

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