Does external temperature affect cals burned?

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  • tsurvey
    tsurvey Posts: 49 Member
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    Accordng to an article on livestrong, you burn more fat in higher temperatures.
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/373028-does-exercising-in-hot-temperatures-burn-more-fat/
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
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    Does external temperature affect cals burned?
    E.g. does an equivalent amount of exercise in cold vs. hot weather make any difference?

    (P.s. I'm aware if it does the effect is probably negligible, so this is really just a hypothetical question..)

    http://www.runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-does-heat-affect-fat-burning

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/526014-does-your-body-burn-more-calories-if-you-are-hot-or-if-you-are-cold/
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
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    I don't know the science of it... but I know when I have done bikram (hot) yoga, it does burn more calories than the 'average normal' yoga... hmmmmm

    This. I do hot yoga once a week and if you wear a HRM doing the same class in an unheated room you burn less calories. I don't think it's just because of the temperature though, I think it's because you're working harder.

    I have to work a LOT harder to run 5 miles in 95 degree weather than I do in 65 degree weather, so I would suspect I'm burning more calories. But I don't have any science or anything to back it up, just what the good old HRM says.

    Considering that a HRM is completely inaccurate for yoga, your analysis is flawed.

    And here is an article describing the findings of a University of Wisconsin, La Crosse study that found hot yoga burns no more calories than regular yoga.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385254/Sorry-Gwyneth-Hot-yoga-popular-celebrities-does-NOT-burn-calories-study-claims.html
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    I have to work a LOT harder to run 5 miles in 95 degree weather than I do in 65 degree weather, so I would suspect I'm burning more calories. But I don't have any science or anything to back it up, just what the good old HRM says.

    are you actually working harder- or you just more uncomfortable??
  • Cyclingbonnie
    Cyclingbonnie Posts: 413 Member
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    I loved the disclaimer someone put about "bro" science. I guess what I'm going to say here is the same thing, except maybe it is "sis" science LOL.

    If it is hot you will back off to keep from overheating … thus burn less calories. If it is cold you can hurt something because your are tense. If it is cool you can work out harder without overheating or injuring yourself, thus you burn more calories. Does it need to be extremely cold? No, just allow you to be comfortable. Will you sweat? Well of course you will. You know you will sweat if it is cold and you are working out. Don't go to extremes not too hot and not too cold. If you are working out outside, you can't control your climate, but you can control when you do it. So workout when it is cooler and not at high noon in the warmer weather. In the colder weather workout when it is warmer. Personally I kind of find this common sense.

    So external temperature will affect cals burned, only in that it will effect how intense you are able to workout.

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