What exercise that burns a lot of calories ?

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  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    WillingtoLose1001984 wrote: »
    Ann262 wrote: »
    I have found that running is about the best calorie burn per hour. However, like others have said, you do need to be careful how quickly you increase your exercise or you will end up injured and sidelined. Finding something you enjoy is key. You still have to watch the calories in vs. calories out. It can be surprising. I remember being in a tough spin class and the teacher was playing Margaritaville. She said "sadly, this class doesn't burn enough calories to cancel out one Maragarita. When I trained for my first marathon, I thought I that would give me a green light to eat as much as I wanted and I would still lose weight. I gained weight and, no, it was not muscle. I am sure I built some muscle but I gained fat pounds.

    You must have been eating a lot of food or high calorie foods to cancel out training for a marathon!

    It is not as difficult as you may think. Training (really training) takes a lot of effort. You have to eat. Your body will not allow you to train if you don't eat. And eat. And eat some more. "Runger" is a real thing.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    edited December 2017
    ryenday wrote: »
    dewd2 wrote: »
    Tuumest wrote: »
    Tuumest wrote: »
    Different types of exercise will raise your metabolic rate longer after you feel finish exercising, so that you continue to burn more calories long after your finished. Look into high intensity interval training (HIIT), probably the best calorie burner overall.

    I’m sorry people thought I was full of woo... but higher intensity exercise does raise your metabolic rate long after you stop exercising. Read here:

    https://www.livestrong.com/article/485498-does-exercise-raise-your-metabolic-rate-for-several-hours-after-the-workout/

    Where does it state this in the 'article'? The only numbers it gives is 190 calories after a vigorous 45 minute bike ride. That's not even a slice of pizza. However, the 45 minute ride will burn more than a couple minutes of HIT.

    I also noticed someone posting the pound of muscle nonsense. It is true that you burn more with more muscle, but not enough to matter. At most you will gain an extra candy bar every month or so.

    A candy bar a month is significant to me! Truly, when short and TDEE estimate is under 1400 a day that is actually quite significant. YMMV

    One pound of muscle burns about 6 calories per day. One pound of fat burns about 2. If you lose a pound of fat and gain a pound of muscle, you net about 4 calories per day or 120 calories per month. Work really hard and you earn one fun size Snickers every few weeks. Sure it is something, but not nearly the panacea some claim.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    edited December 2017
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Azdak wrote: »
    Calories burned depends on actual workload and the workload one can sustain depends on fitness level. So not everyone can run or jump rope. Each of those activities require a higher aerobic fitness capacity just to do the minimum.

    Like anything else, start off easy and work up.

    A question was asked, I gave an answer.

    So did I. If I was referring to your comment, I would have quoted it. The fact that it came right after yours was just a coincidence. It was also meant to be a longer comment, but I ran out of interest halfway through.

    What I meant to emphasize was that calorie burn is related to workload intensity, not the actual exercise itself. Someone with a lower fitness level is not going to burn calories at a high rate no matter what exercise they choose.

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