Targeting internal body fat

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

How is cycling 30 miles a week not a lot of cardio?

180 pound person cycling 30 miles is burning somewhere around 1600 calories.

It's a great accomplishment if the starting point was nothing at all, but there are still a couple of notches left to get to "a lot of cardio".

But that's over a week's time, right?

It's about 2 hours worth of cycling, so right around 750 calories. Presuming vigorous-very vigorous effort.

emmaedwards7528610

How is cycling 30 miles a week not a lot of cardio?

180 pound person cycling 30 miles is burning somewhere around 1600 calories.

It's a great accomplishment if the starting point was nothing at all, but there are still a couple of notches left to get to "a lot of cardio".

I guess I just want to understand what her definitions of "a lot of cardio" is, since she says she craves carbs after doing cardio.

I took up running for a while, after every run (6-7km at a time) I got that sort of jittery hunger that seems to demand carbs or sugar. During all the time I was training (it was for a race) I felt hungry a lot more, and after I'd been training for three months the scales put me at my heaviest and people commented on how 'chunky' I was looking.

The 30miles a week I cycle is spread out over the week, and I don't find it particularly demanding (apart from a bit of bum ache), and I don't find it hard to stick to eating approx 1,800 calories a day, I'm rarely hungry or crave carbs unless I have PMT!

Mr_Knight

My understanding from the OP is that the distance represents a week's worth of riding, so yeah, under that assumption the calorie burn is for the entire week.

NoAdditives

How is cycling 30 miles a week not a lot of cardio?

180 pound person cycling 30 miles is burning somewhere around 1600 calories.

It's a great accomplishment if the starting point was nothing at all, but there are still a couple of notches left to get to "a lot of cardio".

I guess I just want to understand what her definitions of "a lot of cardio" is, since she says she craves carbs after doing cardio.

I took up running for a while, after every run (6-7km at a time) I got that sort of jittery hunger that seems to demand carbs or sugar. During all the time I was training (it was for a race) I felt hungry a lot more, and after I'd been training for three months the scales put me at my heaviest and people commented on how 'chunky' I was looking.

The 30miles a week I cycle is spread out over the week, and I don't find it particularly demanding (apart from a bit of bum ache), and I don't find it hard to stick to eating approx 1,800 calories a day, I'm rarely hungry or crave carbs unless I have PMT!

I've heard that training for long distance runs can do that. But that isn't the effect of all cardio work outs. Also, eating before exercising and a protein shake after do wonders for preventing hunger and jitters.

BeachIron

How is cycling 30 miles a week not a lot of cardio?

180 pound person cycling 30 miles is burning somewhere around 1600 calories.

It's a great accomplishment if the starting point was nothing at all, but there are still a couple of notches left to get to "a lot of cardio".

But that's over a week's time, right?

It's about 2 hours worth of cycling, so right around 750 calories. Presuming vigorous-very vigorous effort.

That's hardly a lot of cardio for a week.