Microtears

joshuakcaron

I keep hearing about doing strength training with weightloss to Crete microtears.

How long after a workout and approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

AsISmile

How long after a workout what?
You basically create them while working out. They are the reason of muscle soreness (DOMS) after a workout.
However, you do not necessarily get DOMS every time you create them.

As to calories, no clue.

ninerbuff

joshuakcaron wrote: »

I keep hearing about doing strength training with weightloss to Crete microtears.

How long after a workout and approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

Micro tears happen during a workout. As for calorie usage, it will be different for everyone based on how much muscle they have, protein synthesis, amount of repair needed, recovery time, etc.
Don't major in the minors. Just lift.

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sijomial

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

joshuakcaron

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Sam_I_Am77

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

BigGuy47

Don't get lost in the details. Keep it simple.
Eat right (according to your goals), work out (according to your plan) and sleep well.
Overanalyzing the caloric burn of micro tears is a pointless exercise.

jemhh

Is your trainer telling you to lift or to make microtears? I would guess it's the former rather than the latter. The latter sounds like something you are learning/hearing about in reference to lifting. Regardless, previous posters are right. Don't get lost in the details. It's great to learn about them but don't focus on them too much. Exercise (assuming you want to) and eat properly (caloric deficit if you're trying to lose weight) and you'll be fine.

joshuakcaron

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

He never explicitly said the reason why I should do the training I just did some research and I came across that information and was curious about it. Many resources claimed that the body repairing tissues uses up more energy and so it can assist with weightloss. I guess a lot of people have it wrong my bad.

joshuakcaron

jemhh wrote: »

Is your trainer telling you to lift or to make microtears? I would guess it's the former rather than the latter. The latter sounds like something you are learning/hearing about in reference to lifting. Regardless, previous posters are right. Don't get lost in the details. It's great to learn about them but don't focus on them too much. Exercise (assuming you want to) and eat properly (caloric deficit if you're trying to lose weight) and you'll be fine.

Yeah you're right I just like to get the facts. I'm down 16lbs I'm 2 week people say it's too much but I track all my calories with a scale and I'm eating fine. I know it's a lot fast just not sure why I'm losing so fast.

Sam_I_Am77

joshuakcaron wrote: »

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

He never explicitly said the reason why I should do the training I just did some research and I came across that information and was curious about it. Many resources claimed that the body repairing tissues uses up more energy and so it can assist with weightloss. I guess a lot of people have it wrong my bad.

What resources?

joshuakcaron

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

He never explicitly said the reason why I should do the training I just did some research and I came across that information and was curious about it. Many resources claimed that the body repairing tissues uses up more energy and so it can assist with weightloss. I guess a lot of people have it wrong my bad.

What resources?

Never mind, I will just ask the trainer why. I don't feel like finding all te websites I read. Gonna ask mods to close the thread

_Waffle_

joshuakcaron wrote: »

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

He never explicitly said the reason why I should do the training I just did some research and I came across that information and was curious about it. Many resources claimed that the body repairing tissues uses up more energy and so it can assist with weightloss. I guess a lot of people have it wrong my bad.

The amount of energy needed is insignificantly different than the normal day-to-day repairs and maintenance that your body already does. You're using extra energy to lift the weights. That's where the bulk of the extra energy goes. Weightlifting helps to preserve lean body mass when your dropping weight so don't change your program. Keep it up.

Sam_I_Am77

joshuakcaron wrote: »

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

If it's not si

sijomial wrote: »

joshuakcaron wrote: »

approximately how many more calories does your body use to repair the tears

A totally insignificant amount.

if it's not significant why is a trainer telling me to do it to lose weight?

Because he's clueless. When you get involved in strength training your calorie requirements will change because of your increased energy expenditure not repair of micro muscle damage. Find a new trainer.

He never explicitly said the reason why I should do the training I just did some research and I came across that information and was curious about it. Many resources claimed that the body repairing tissues uses up more energy and so it can assist with weightloss. I guess a lot of people have it wrong my bad.

What resources?

Never mind, I will just ask the trainer why. I don't feel like finding all te websites I read. Gonna ask mods to close the thread

Please understand I'm not trying to be *kitten* with you. Unfortunately I think your trainer is speaking out his *kitten* and I'm curious about the resources because unfortunately they can be misleading in how the research is presented.

Recovery will include repair of the muscle tissues, also includes recovery of your nervous system. Unfortunately we can't really quantify how much your body uses energy on the recovery of the muscle damage, so you can't base your calorie consumption upon that information. You can say it's more, but can you say it's significant? What you can determine is approximately how much energy you expend during exercise and you can get approximate it with things like an HRM or different formulas such as the Mifflin St. Jeor equation. Calorie expenditure and even consumption is a bit of a swag.

If you're involved in a well-structured training program and you're nutrition it at a point in-which you can safely lose weight for long-term weight management success, then that is all you should really be concerned about.

Judge progress in...
- training (are you getting stronger, faster, more flexible, more stamina, etc?)
- how you feel, more energy, more confident, etc.
- how is your clothing fitting? Do you need a new belt, new pants, shirt getting a little snug in the upper chest and shoulders?
- Scale, do you see some progress here?

Try and keep things in-focus and concern yourself with the things you can control which would be your nutrition, sleep, stress, training. If those are in-line, then just let your body manage your muscle repair and don't worry about it.