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    Whining -- Why doesn't strength training burn more calories?

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    • Posts: 4,605 Member
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      Do you have proof of this?

      Can you use google? :-)
    • Posts: 1,660 Member
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      Do both= muscle gainand fat loss

      you are focusing on things that do not "matter" results matter Calorie burn estimations do not


      Calorie burn matters if you want to eat -- calories in, calories out = weight loss
    • Posts: 93
      Nothing further to add given the link to the article upthread.

      Cause one article is always right? I dont even bother citing stuff because I can easily produce another article that says the opposite.
    • Posts: 3,646 Member
      If all you're after is a calorie burn, then lifting may not be for you. If, however, you are after looking hard and fit, losing inches and being strong as all get out, then get back in there and pick up the barbell.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
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      The 160 calorie yogurt is the good stuff -- Greek with fruit. If I burn only 80, then I have only 1/2 a cup. Anyway, how do I figure out my "lean body mass". I'm 120 lbs. and allegedly 34% body fat (I'm 55 and female).

      50 calories a serving? what a waste of yogurt.

      Mine's about 240- with 40 grams of protein a pop.

      6 oz of greek no fat or 10% milk fat plain greek (I prefer Cabot)
      29 grams of vanilla protein powder (I use gold standard whey)
      5 oz of fruit (fresh or frozen- I nuke mine if frozen- makes them warm and gooey- like warm pie and ice cream)

      effing amazing.

      I'm not wasting 50 calories on crappy yogurt- I want delicious protein packed cake yogurt!!!!
    • Posts: 7,866 Member
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      Cause one article is always right? I dont even bother citing stuff because I can easily produce another article that says the opposite.

      :)
    • Posts: 19,809 Member
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      Cause one article is always right? I dont even bother citing stuff because I can easily produce another article that says the opposite.
      Give it up!
      You made an absolute statement based on complete bro-science. Read back your first post.

      If you genuinely do some research then you will find a well documented piece where extreme cardio was shown to produce limited and localised muscle loss - in people running ultra marathons (not just ordinary marathons) day after day.
      If you have ever bonked or hit the wall you would realise how hard it is to get to the state where you have completely exhausted your glycogen stores.
      And even harder to continue training beyond that point.

      Muscle loss for ordinary people doing normal amounts of cardio is just not an issue.
    • Posts: 93
      Cardio, especially prolonged sessions, will inevitably result in a loss of muscle mass. You need to have near perfect dietary conditions to prevent that from occurring, or have worked up to a point where thats a common occurrence for you.

      ^My original post above^

      Below will be The same post "Based on bro science"

      Cardio will kill your gains brah! Your not eating enough of the good stuff, and you dont have the testicular fortitude to compete like me, so why try?

      Is that better for you?
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
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      50 calories a serving? what a waste of yogurt.

      Mine's about 240- with 40 grams of protein a pop.

      6 oz of greek no fat or 10% milk fat plain greek (I prefer Cabot)
      29 grams of vanilla protein powder (I use gold standard whey)
      5 oz of fruit (fresh or frozen- I nuke mine if frozen- makes them warm and gooey- like warm pie and ice cream)

      effing amazing.

      I'm not wasting 50 calories on crappy yogurt- I want delicious protein packed cake yogurt!!!!

      it's not crappy...*:sad: * it's 100g servings of greek with fruit...or flavoured...50 calories 8 grams of protien..we don't have great dairy here in this small town but heading to the states this weekend and getting some fage or something...heard great things about it...will be checking the protien for sure, and cinibon toaster strudel too...
    • Posts: 15,267 Member
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      The 160 calorie yogurt is the good stuff -- Greek with fruit. If I burn only 80, then I have only 1/2 a cup. Anyway, how do I figure out my "lean body mass". I'm 120 lbs. and allegedly 34% body fat (I'm 55 and female).

      so based on your stats 79 pounds of LBM..so that's the protien for now
    • Posts: 419 Member
      Cardio makes you retain fat and lose muscle? After doing cardio (running, inline skating) 3 times a week and not doing any strength training I gained muscle and lost fat (according to my intelligent fat scale, lol) without changing my eating habits. To shape my body better, I should start with strength training.
    • Posts: 1,660 Member
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      so based on your stats 79 pounds of LBM..so that's the protien for now

      Thanks for the info. Wow, it sounds like I've got an information war going on with some posters. And all I asked were a few simple questions?
    • Posts: 22,834 Member
      Maintain or increase muscles mass = increase BMR = more calories burn daily + calories burned during lifting. Win.
    • Posts: 1,660 Member
      I have one more question -- a technical one. If I want to reset my protein macro to 79 rather than 69, how could I do that in Settings?
    • Posts: 654 Member
      Try "calisthenics" instead of "strength training" for better numbers. I've been following that and it works MUCH better since I KNOW I need to eat more when I lift.

      Though I know people say you only need 1g protein/pound of lean body mass, I aim for 1g/total body weight. It makes more sense, especially when you are BOTH lifting AND eating at a deficit to get more than enough protein for protein synthesis to occur. I would stay trying to get the 120 to preserve your lean body mass.
    • Posts: 654 Member
      I have one more question -- a technical one. If I want to reset my protein macro to 79 rather than 69, how could I do that in Settings?

      When you go to change your "goals" you just choose "custom" instead of "guided."
    • Posts: 16,414 Member
      All I can say is that despite its lower-calorie burn, I'm having far more success with it than I had when I just did a lot of cardio.
    • Posts: 241 Member
      I wear a HR monitor while weight training and my burns are always over 600 cal for an hour. Not a bad burn I think! Add 20 mins of cardio after and you could be 800-1000cal!
      Let alone the benefits you get after the workout
      Get a HR monitor and see what your actual burn is
    • Posts: 359 Member
      OP....look at the big picture and not what MFP shows on the daily app. You have to have a long term committment to weight training and look past the low calorie burn in order to see progress. As your muscles develop they will burn more calories to keep them fueled and pumped. Next year when you weigh the same but wear a size smaller, you will get what I am saying.
    • Posts: 7,866 Member
      Get a HR monitor and see what your actual burn is

      HRMs dont give a meaningful approximation of calorie expenditure in resistance training.
    • Posts: 916 Member
      I dunno why strength training burns so few calories but IT FEELS like it does! Boo hooo!
    • Posts: 833 Member
      I'm afraid I don't have the link, but I remember reading a study sometime back about running and muscle loss. The finding was that you have to run *a lot* to experience a notable loss of muscle. You have to be a marathon runner, at least. A few five mile runs each week didn't have any notable effect, IIRC.
    • Posts: 23 Member
      I always try to do both!
    • Posts: 1,660 Member
      Thanks for all those who have given me helpful information. My son does strength training, bu he's huge -- 6'3", and gives me all kinds of crazy advice. If I did what he did, I'd have broken my back and my arteries would be rocks from eating 8 eggs a day. But it's good to hear about how it works on the body, how much protein I need for my body size, etc. I just finished a weight loss program at my workplace and lost only 4 lbs., but some good body fat % loss, and the nutritionist said I might not lose anymore because I'm at a normal weight for my height. So I want to work some other angles to improve my fitness and improve my body shape. Maybe this will all do the trick.
    • Posts: 62 Member
      I asked the same question!!! It feels like it takes so much more freaking effort to do lifting (I do bwe for the time being) compared to cardio. All I can say is that I find that strength training changes the shape of my body faster than just focusing on cardio alone and that to me is worth the effort.
    • Posts: 1,660 Member
      I agree. I'm already getting the V-shape, where my shoulders are bigger than my hips, and that's saying a lot, since I have 37-38" hips.
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