5000 calories in 30 minutes??
dydn11402
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i recently heard an ad on the radio advertising some weightloss/fitness program. they claim that by signing up (to this magical program) you can burn 5000 calories in 30 minutes.
am i missing something? is this in any way possible? what can this possibly be?
am i missing something? is this in any way possible? what can this possibly be?
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well i guess spontaneous combustion is one way30
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Impossible. No matter what the person's weight or the intensity of the exercise. It's shady marketing.5
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Total woo. Few people even burn 5000 calories in a day.3
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Maybe they put a feast in front of you and make you torch it.12
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You could buy two sticks of butter, squish them together and light them on fire. Although to be honest that would probably still take more than 30 minutes to burn.3
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Hahaha - not even 500 calories in 30 minutes! Ridiculous. That is a little more than double what I burn in an entire day.0
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Aaron_K123 wrote: »You could buy two sticks of butter, squish them together and light them on fire. Although to be honest that would probably still take more than 30 minutes to burn.
More like one and a half pounds of butter (6 sticks or so).... But yeah... Ridiculous claim is ridiculous
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tlflag1620 wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »You could buy two sticks of butter, squish them together and light them on fire. Although to be honest that would probably still take more than 30 minutes to burn.
More like one and a half pounds of butter (6 sticks or so).... But yeah... Ridiculous claim is ridiculous
I will admit I have no idea how much a stick of butter weighs...I don't do a lot of baking.0 -
yeah, i thought it was hogwash. i should try calling the number just to see what it is. although i'm sure i'd have to pay before hearing the magical secret.0
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Wow what program is this?0
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i cant remember the name of it. next time i hear the ad, i will try to remember the name and number...0
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Nope, not possible, no way, no how.0
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Not to be morbid but I've heard that burn victims have exceedingly high TDEEs due to the tissue damage and the bodies attempt to repair and recover.0
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Hahaha I thought from the title of your post that it was some sort of a challenge to eat 5000 calories in 30 minutes. Yeah, I could do that
But burn em off? No way!7 -
tlflag1620 wrote: »Aaron_K123 wrote: »You could buy two sticks of butter, squish them together and light them on fire. Although to be honest that would probably still take more than 30 minutes to burn.
More like one and a half pounds of butter (6 sticks or so).... But yeah... Ridiculous claim is ridiculous
I dunno... if the blow torch was big enough...1 -
Wow, thats one ballsy lie! How on earth do they think they can stay in business, lol!
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i recently heard an ad on the radio advertising some weightloss/fitness program. they claim that by signing up (to this magical program) you can burn 5000 calories in 30 minutes.
am i missing something? is this in any way possible? what can this possibly be?
Of course not. They are obviously trying to sell their product to a target audience: people who are desperate for weight loss.
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500 is more like it0
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singingflutelady wrote: »
It just depends on who is doing what. It certainly isn't impossible and it is certainly a more likely number than 5000.0 -
More likely than 5000 for sure and maybe possible but not really possible for the average person1
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i thought this was going to be "i ate 5000 calories in 30 minutes"
i would die
but anyway yea that is nuts0 -
Nah, eating 5000 in 30 minutes is pretty easy. Binges of that size take a lot less time than that 1
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singingflutelady wrote: »More likely than 5000 for sure and maybe possible but not really possible for the average person
Absolutely possible and more really. I do agree the average person won't burn that many during a typical workout, though. Of course, the obvious reason I picked 500 is because it is 1 zero less.0 -
I can consume 5000 calories in 30 minutes easy.
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singingflutelady wrote: »More likely than 5000 for sure and maybe possible but not really possible for the average person
Absolutely possible and a lot more really. I do agree the average person won't burn that many during a typical workout, though. Of course, the obvious reason I picked 500 is because it is 1 zero less.
What are you doing that burns a lot more than 500 calories in 30 minutes?1 -
singingflutelady wrote: »singingflutelady wrote: »More likely than 5000 for sure and maybe possible but not really possible for the average person
Absolutely possible and a lot more really. I do agree the average person won't burn that many during a typical workout, though. Of course, the obvious reason I picked 500 is because it is 1 zero less.
What are you doing that burns a lot more than 500 calories in 30 minutes?
There is list from harvard in the link above. It only goes up to a 185 pound person but even at that weight, one of the activities is jogging.0
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