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  • Your body requires energy for cardio, at lower intensities a greater percentage of this comes from fat and at higher intensities a greater percentage comes from glycogen (sugar stored in your muscles). BUT calories in calories out is really the decider on whether you lose, maintain, or gain weight. So you might burn 300…
    in What is 'fat burning' cardio? Comment by daweasel June 2016
  • I actually did a VO2 max test this morning as part of someone's research. Mine was on a bike, with an incredibly uncomfortable mask (think like a snorkel in your mouth but a big headpiece as well) and your nose has to be blocked. The air your breathe in and out is measured, and the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide.…
    in Can anyone explain 'Net Calories'? OR VO2max??? Comment by daweasel June 2016
  • so long as you're practicing proper technique, you can move up to the heavier weight as soon as you are able. During the beginning phases of a training program your body adapts relatively quickly, so you should see some quick improvements. To continue to improve you need to be challenging your body, so using the heaviest…
    in Starting weights: How to lift and how much to lift... Comment by daweasel June 2016
  • I would agree that you've done something wrong in your setup, but regardless I find calories burned is always overestimated for me. For example, I run at 10-11km/h, but if I use the activities in here compared to my heart rate monitor MFP estimates around an extra 200 cal/hour. With cycling it is even worse. I get around…
    in How Accurate Is Calories Burned? Comment by daweasel January 2016
  • I'd say traceywoody's approach is safest if you're planning to eat back all the calories. A lot of the time the estimates on the machines and this site are high anyway.
    in Riddle me this: an exercise logging query Comment by daweasel November 2014
  • It depends a bit on what kind of strength training you're doing. If it's just lifting weights then the calories burned during the workout aren't really worth logging, and as others have said, just reap the benefits of the strength training without worrying about the calories burned. If you're doing more plyometrics or a…
    in Tracking Calories burned by strength training? Comment by daweasel November 2014
  • If you're not in a cast, what about swimming, water group exercise classes or water running? Whenever I'm injured swimming is my go-to exercise because it's very low impact and very forgiving to one or more body parts being out of action :smile: If you have access to a gym, some gyms have arm ergometers, and you might be…
    in Weight Loss and a Foot Injury Comment by daweasel November 2014
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