Most calories burned in 24 hours?
jlklem
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Rode 115 miles today...burned 4375 total calories. Measured with a calibrated power meter, so pretty close to accurate. Two rides 100.5 at 210 watts and then and easy 15 (108 watts) with the wife this evening. 5:40 total time.
Not my best day ever but pretty good.
More people should bike. But that’s a different thread...
John
Not my best day ever but pretty good.
More people should bike. But that’s a different thread...
John
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My biggest was a 129 mile hilly Audax cycling event - 4,643 cals according to Strava (reasonable estimate rather than accurate).
According to a friend of mine an Audax event is defined as......
"An eating contest while travelling through beautiful countryside".
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4,300 recently after visiting London for the first time. Walked.......a lot!
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My biggest was a 129 mile hilly Audax cycling event - 4,643 cals according to Strava (reasonable estimate rather than accurate).
According to a friend of mine an Audax event is defined as......
"An eating contest while travelling through beautiful countryside".
Yeah, cycling is a lot like moving breakfasts, perfect quote1 -
The day I ran my marathon, but that was four years ago and I remember the exact number.1
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"Most calories burned in 24 hours?" is an irrelevant number. Calorie deficit is what counts, and it should be modest yet consistent.18
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I don't know the exact number, but probably 4,000-5,000.
8 hours of very strenuous backpacking in the mountains while carrying a 40-pound pack.
That's a TON for me...I'm a small-ish woman, so my TDEE on a normal day is around 1,700.3 -
I did an Ultra (only 50K) followed by a marathon last weekend.
Saturday burned about 5550 and Sunday about 5000.
For a flat, road, marathon I'd only expect to burn about 3000, but elevation and surface make a big difference.1 -
Those are some pretty big calorie numbers. Don't think I've ever exceeded 3300, but that will change this summer during IM training. I may have to add a bento box to the bike, or get bigger pockets.
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"Most calories burned in 24 hours?" is an irrelevant number. Calorie deficit is what counts, and it should be modest yet consistent.
@pondee629
Not everyone is trying to lose weight!
When you need to fuel and recover from endurance exercise the number is very relevant.15 -
My biggest day was fairly early on I did a 2 hour Zumbathon fund raiser then went out on the town and walked quite a lot. It was just over 3,600 for the day.
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What trackers do you find to be the most accurate in determining calories burned in a day?
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"Most calories burned in 24 hours?" is an irrelevant number. Calorie deficit is what counts, and it should be modest yet consistent.
I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
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I had some nearly 4000 calorie total days - not just exercise but TDEE - hiking in the Andes, but I'm fairly light (sedentary TDEE is under 1600 calories) so I don't often see those big numbers.
I burn about 1200 running a half-marathon distance, and approximately the same for a 50 mile bike ride.
Sucks to be short sometimes. I'm always jealous that my husband can lay on the couch with his Playstation all weekend, take one 30 minute bike ride with me, and still burn more than I do total in a day while I spend the whole time running, walking the dog, riding my bike, gardening, and grocery shopping.2 -
If I'm going off of TDEE, it would have to be Feb. 25 of this year. Ran a half marathon at Disney, and then walked 9 miles at Magic Kingdom. 3213 calories.
I almost hit it yesterday -- half marathon, followed by walking around downtown. 3200.1 -
The most was 1261 for half marathon, total at end of the day was 3061. Short older chick.
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I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
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I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
When training for my Ironman...it was max 250-300 on the bike as that is all you body can process. I find this to be very true. Running it was even less. 100 per hour as so much blood is needed to run that the stomach barely can digest. This is based on my coach and coaching others plus a lot of personal experience.
But all this depends on intensity and duration. My Ironman bike was 160 watts so my stomach was find on 300 per hour. I did a 5:50 bike. But as the day progressed 160 becomes harder on the body and 300 would become to much.
Last year I rode my bike for 20 continuous hours...at some point I could barely eat.
My 2 cents.
John
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I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
It really depends. Less than 5-mile run, I don't fuel. For a 10, I'll have a packet or two of Welch's fruit gummies at the 5-mile mark (160 calories, 40 gm of carbs total = 80 calories, 20 gm of carbs each).
With a race, if it's 10K, I play it by ear -- if I'm greying out or notice things getting "off" I'll fuel. Otherwise, I power through. For a half, I carry four packs. I'll do two at ~6.5 miles, 1 at 10, and then play it by ear if/when I want the last one.0 -
Wow I rarely fuel unless I am burning over 1500 calories non stop. On my Saturday ride I took in 940 calories and burned 4000. I was fading at the end but power did not drop meaning I still had glycogen in my blood stream. A 10k would never need fueling unless you start very depleted. Same for a half marathon. I suppose a half might require a gel...but most trained people store 1200 calories of glycogen.1
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Wow I rarely fuel unless I am burning over 1500 calories non stop. On my Saturday ride I took in 940 calories and burned 4000. I was fading at the end but power did not drop meaning I still had glycogen in my blood stream. A 10k would never need fueling unless you start very depleted. Same for a half marathon. I suppose a half might require a gel...but most trained people store 1200 calories of glycogen.
Good for you?
I'm also a type 1 diabetic who hasn't eaten at true maintenance levels of calories for any extended period (AKA, beyond a day) in at least five years. I can drop very quickly, and very unpredictably, and if I don't have the glycogen ready on board, I can't break out of a hypoglycemic cycle.
But hey, you go ahead and judge my fueling practices.1 -
That was last Friday. I do tend to have days like that during Mountain biking or snowboarding.2 -
collectingblues wrote: »Wow I rarely fuel unless I am burning over 1500 calories non stop. On my Saturday ride I took in 940 calories and burned 4000. I was fading at the end but power did not drop meaning I still had glycogen in my blood stream. A 10k would never need fueling unless you start very depleted. Same for a half marathon. I suppose a half might require a gel...but most trained people store 1200 calories of glycogen.
But hey, you go ahead and judge my fueling practices.
I didn't read that as judgey, just surprised.
When I first started running I took water on every run, after a while I stopped and now only take it on very hot days or if I'm running over 90 minutes. We all do things differently and quite often change what we do all the time.
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2989 is my highest tdee in a day, that was running a hilly half marathon plus walking around.
Joys of being small.
I just had to look that up and I'm now going to challenge myself to beat it 2 -
I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
Before a marathon or ultra I'll generally eat a little above maintenance for a week. I'll avoid anything too have the night before and for breakfast have about 500 calories; porridge, apple, banana, coffee.
On the move I'll consume about 150 cals per hour, largely tailwind but also honey stinger gels or chews. I'll generally available myself of the aid station; flapjack, jelly beans, Jaffa cakes, melon, beer.0 -
@DjproulxI think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
Rides up to 2hrs - just water.
2 - 4hrs - sports drink, carby snacks but fairly casual.
I only fuel in a structured way for rides of over 70/80 miles (intensity is a factor as well as distance).
For big events such as Centuries where I'm trying for a good time I try to fuel maximally but you can't digest as much as you burn anyway when you are exercising hard so that maximum is what you can digest.
60g of glucose an hour (240cals) is sometimes given as the maximum but if you add fructose you can hit 90g an hour total (different receptors / digestive pathways) so you can in theory hit 360cals/hour.
Event routine would be making sure I've eaten plenty of carbs in the few days before, on the day a big bowl of cereal with a scoop of protein powder for breakfast.
Once I'm moving I get most of my fuel in my drink but also eat a snack (malt loaf or cereal bar) every hour. I get a bit nauseous if I just fuel from liquids and warm sugary drinks for hours on end are pretty revolting.
I'm riding long at the weekend and part of my preparation this week is coming off caffeine so that on the day I can use a bit of a caffeine hit for big hills or when fatigued and supplementing with beetroot juice (for the nitrates).
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collectingblues wrote: »Wow I rarely fuel unless I am burning over 1500 calories non stop. On my Saturday ride I took in 940 calories and burned 4000. I was fading at the end but power did not drop meaning I still had glycogen in my blood stream. A 10k would never need fueling unless you start very depleted. Same for a half marathon. I suppose a half might require a gel...but most trained people store 1200 calories of glycogen.
Good for you?
I'm also a type 1 diabetic who hasn't eaten at true maintenance levels of calories for any extended period (AKA, beyond a day) in at least five years. I can drop very quickly, and very unpredictably, and if I don't have the glycogen ready on board, I can't break out of a hypoglycemic cycle.
But hey, you go ahead and judge my fueling practices.
Wow, still surprised but still not judging. My training partner for two years was Type 1. He always had food and many times our rides and his survival depended on it. Context is key to everything.3 -
@DjproulxI think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do.
Furthermore. Most things we do in life are irrelevant to most people, but there is beauty to be able to connect and share them. That is why there is a forum in MFD.
But as an competitive athlete it is total relevant....every freaking calorie.
John
True. And related to the relevance of calorie burns: I try to consume back roughly 1/2 of the calories, electrolytes, etc that I"m burning each hour that I"m on the bike, so it would be typical for me to consume roughly 250-300 cal/hr. Most, but not all of it, is in liquid form.
Curious if others here follow a specific fueling formula during cycling, running or similar events.
Rides up to 2hrs - just water.
2 - 4hrs - sports drink, carby snacks but fairly casual.
I only fuel in a structured way for rides of over 70/80 miles (intensity is a factor as well as distance).
For big events such as Centuries where I'm trying for a good time I try to fuel maximally but you can't digest as much as you burn anyway when you are exercising hard so that maximum is what you can digest.
60g of glucose an hour (240cals) is sometimes given as the maximum but if you add fructose you can hit 90g an hour total (different receptors / digestive pathways) so you can in theory hit 360cals/hour.
Event routine would be making sure I've eaten plenty of carbs in the few days before, on the day a big bowl of cereal with a scoop of protein powder for breakfast.
Once I'm moving I get most of my fuel in my drink but also eat a snack (malt loaf or cereal bar) every hour. I get a bit nauseous if I just fuel from liquids and warm sugary drinks for hours on end are pretty revolting.
I'm riding long at the weekend and part of my preparation this week is coming off caffeine so that on the day I can use a bit of a caffeine hit for big hills or when fatigued and supplementing with beetroot juice (for the nitrates).
Your knowledge is very helpful. I am a huge believer of research everything. But verify personally as what works in the research might not personal apply (individual differences).
Have you tried nutria grain bars. They are the bomb for me. I also use Infinit personalize nutrition. You can make your own formula. Very good stuff.1 -
"Most calories burned in 24 hours?" is an irrelevant number. Calorie deficit is what counts, and it should be modest yet consistent.
@pondee629
Not everyone is trying to lose weight!
When you need to fuel and recover from endurance exercise the number is very relevant.
And, then, "Most Calories Burned in 24 hours" is still an irrelevant number. It all comes down to NET burned. Are you low enough to lose weight, are you high enough to keep fueled. For a parlour game, "
I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do." Sure. But any meaningful number, it's gotta be net calories. But, have your fun.6 -
@Resistive What tracker do you use that gives you that information? How accurate do you find it to be?0
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"Most calories burned in 24 hours?" is an irrelevant number. Calorie deficit is what counts, and it should be modest yet consistent.
@pondee629
Not everyone is trying to lose weight!
When you need to fuel and recover from endurance exercise the number is very relevant.
And, then, "Most Calories Burned in 24 hours" is still an irrelevant number. It all comes down to NET burned. Are you low enough to lose weight, are you high enough to keep fueled. For a parlour game, "
I think it is a great way for people to share what we are capable of as humans. It’s amazing what we can do." Sure. But any meaningful number, it's gotta be net calories. But, have your fun.
Thanks, exercise can be so fun. I love reading about what others have accomplished, it’s super inspiring. Calorie counting to lose weight is hard work, but finding joy and meaning in that work, which again is individual, is one of the things life is all about. Connection is the other, which is the point of this thread.
John3
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