Jog vs. Cycling vs. something else for Obese man wanting to lose fat

lemurcat12

mwyvr wrote: »

Yi5hedr3 wrote: »

All that cortisol raising cardio is just making things worse.

That is total BS. Utter and absolute nonsense.

+1

qkrzazzang

Thanks all, very much appreciated indeed!

qkrzazzang

VasylP wrote: »

Most of you are folks I've never chatted with, but to the guy who started this thread! Good on you mate for starting and whatever you do, don't give up! Do what works for you. Cycling is my exercise of choice followed by swimmmng for a reason that you can probably very well understand. The stress on your knees and back can be something partticular if you try running or jogging when you are obese. I for whatever the reason stopped checking in but for over a year I didn't gain over 25 lbs that I lost through late 2012 and early 2013.

One other reason cycle or ride my bike on a fluid resistance trainer, is because it is less stress on my knees and cycling is using one of the biggest muscle groups which lends its self to burning high number of calories.

I attribute part of this to the fact that I had become more awre of portion size, caloric and nutritive values of the food I was eating. On September 1, 2015 I decided to refocusing and trying to stay disciplined.

I was about your age when a year of bad habits had taken me from 188 lbs pretty close to my ideal weight, had taken me up to a slovenly 236 lbs. Though I hit my all time low three years ago when my weight had climbed to about 306 lbs. Now I'm sitting at about 277lbs. My goal now is to loose 2.2 lbs a week.

Never, give up, especially if you are still 21 years of age.

Thanks for the cheers

allaboutthecake

Yo OP - its been awhile....update for us ? Please?

L_Master

qkrzazzang wrote: »

But I'm worried about calorie loss disadvantage as I've heard that cycling burns much less calories if considering of same intensity and time with the treadmill (not sure if this is even true, but for now, this is what I just heard). Is this true?

Not really. For me a good cruising, but not hard, ride is around 230-250w depending on how I'm feeling, which in my case is good for 960-1040 kcal/hr. Compare that with a cruising run at between 6:40-7:10 pace on the treadmill (8.3-9.0) and I'm burning, based on estimates, 920-1050 kcal/hr. More or less the same.

Some of it depends on where your strengths lie as an athlete, but the differences are unlikely to be drastic.

qkrzazzang wrote: »

And what would you recommend?

Unless you have a burning desire to run, then I'd highly recommend the bike. It's lower impact and less stressful on a big frame.

Also nice is that big guys, if they stick to flatter ground, are at a very minor difference to a 140lb guy. Unlike running in which you move up and down and are constantly having to accelerate your body weight every stride, cycling you get to speed and hold it. Which means the only way that weight affects you is your rolling resistance, and that is a VERY minimal component of your speed. Most of your power to the pedals is spent overcoming air resistance.

So bottom line is that, assuming you don't have crazy hills/mountains, as a big guy on a road bike it's not hard to work your way up to averaging 15+ mph and able to cruise on flat sections at low 20+ mph. Which is nice for a ton of people who hate how slow they feel like they have to run, barely shuffling along faster than a walk. Compared to cycling where you can quickly become fit and even competitive and able to keep up on local group rides. I've had more than a few runner friends go out for a ride on a bike and come back saying "wtf, I got passed by some 50 year old guy that must weight 250lbs, this sport is so *kitten*" and not realizing that weight is a minor penalty until the road turns up.