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Resistance training I'm sure is totally different. From the endurance athlete side of things, it really depends on where you are at. The simple answer is just the bare minimum you need to avoid burnout and allow for recovery. Remember, it's between workouts where fitness is built, workouts just stress the system to set up…
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When cycling if you have a powermeter energy expenditure can be measured directly. In my case riding around somewhere in the low to mid 200w range I'll burn roughly 900-1000 kj/hr. 1000kj = 239 kcal (4.186kj per kcal), however human efficiency is between 21-27%; so using median of 23% you get 239/0.23 = 1039 kcal/hr for…
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#4, interesting combination of cute/mysterious
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Ehm...a cruising bike ride of 2 hours burns between 1600-2000 kcal for me depending on how I'm feeling. A particularly salty two hours racing could approach 2500 kcal for me. On longer rides I've done as much as 6000kcal.
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How much is too much? Basically when you do more than your body or mind can handle. For a sedentary person that has never exercised before 30 mins a day could in some cases be overwhelming, especially with an exercise like running. For an experienced endurance athlete, 2-5 hours a day of cycling/swimming or 10-20 miles a…
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Name: Eric Age: 27 Height: 5'9" Start Weight (1st Jan): 150lbs/68kg Goal Weight (1st February): 143 lbs/ 65kg 1st January: 68.7 kg 8th January: N/A 15th January: N/A 22nd January: N/A 29th January: N/A 1st February: N/A Weight lost/gained this week: N/A Weight lost/gained this month: N/A Successes/struggles this week:…
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This part I'm pretty confident with. Distance seems good, steps are damn near perfect outside running or walking and indoors seem well within acceptable margins of error. Now THAT is super interesting. If that's how fitbit works, that's really cool. If only they made stuff like this clear right from the front, but they…
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Everybody can sustain Z4/5 for the same amount of time...as that is the definition of the zones. Z4 is threshold, by definition that is one hour race pace. More importantly, training in Z5/Z6, and a lesser extent Z4 IS interval training. Which is normally included in part of a longer ride/run/swim. So not only do you get…
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Wow. So one heavy lifting session more than doubles your BMR for days at a time? A typical bike ride for me is going to burn 2k-5k calories. Each day. No way any lifting session comes close to raising your metabolism such that you're burning thousands of calories more each day. And that's completely ignoring the fact that…
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Woah. More people here from the Springs than I expected!
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#4, looks like she is flying!
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Mid range normal at 22.4. Looking for 20 +/- 0.5
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Jim Gaffigan
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The short answer is no, I don't trust the ChargeHR's calories. It does well when I'm sitting around at rest or sleeping, usually giving values around or within shouting distance of BMR. It seems to do a pretty good job counting calories on a walk. Exercise is the first point of contention. Yesterday I did a 7M run with…
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Accept in exchange for motor pacing services when cycling
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My goals for 2016 are: Weight Loss 61kg by Apr 1, probably 59-60kg by May 31st - Self explanatory, weight loss is needed if I'm to play effectively on the more prominent stages Nutrition Average less than 1 soda per week for 2016 Less than 5% calories from junk food for 2016 Up protein intake slightly to ensure 1.5 g/kg of…
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Erryday I'm zwiftin in the winter.
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Accept with trepidation that if I piss him off he would rip me in two pieces :tongue:
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#3, looks satisfied at the massive progress he's made!
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Name: Eric Height: 5'8" Starting Weight: 68 kg (149.5 lb) Goal weight: 61 kg (134 lb) Sleep: 8 hrs average Weekly or daily steps:Not so important, 10k/day average Calories burned:4000 per day Weekly weight loss: 0.5 kg/wk through May
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Looks like the twin of one of my coworkers!
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Well...if you're in a large city and doing that...then perhaps. But if you're just trying to meet people off the forums, seems like some seriously low odds haha!
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I can't imagine many. There may be a ton of people on this site...but how many are actually going to be attractive to you and live within say 20-50 miles?
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This is kinda true. However, the bleep test is ultimately about aerobic fitness and running. In other words, it's fairly analogous to saying the OP's goal is to dunk a basketball. The best way to practice dunking a basketball is NOT to try and go dunk a basketball. It's to go home and start a regimen of intelligent weight…
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This is, speaking honestly, horrible advice. It shows a lack of understanding of how to train for any aerobic event. There is a reason a decent HS or college athlete that runs even the mile runs anywhere from 80-120 miles per week. 25-35 mpw is the opposite of overkill. That's maybe 4-6 hours a week. More importantly,…
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No. Temperature does not affect the reading. It works off barometric pressure changes, which aren't inherently related to temperature. It's certainly possible that a major weather front moving through could impact the number of floors if you were moving at the time, but I've found the floors feature to be impressively…
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@Cherimoose This all depends on what exactly you mean by "longer runs". If you're talking 60-90+ min runs, then yea I agree. For someone just trying to finish a pacer test it's unnecessary. If you mean don't run consistently in the 20-60 min range on a regular basis, with intelligent speedwork and threshold work thrown in,…
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@ise311 - Well it's a holiday so I've got all the time in the world today! I don't ride 5 hours everyday by any means, but I do usually ride 15-20 hrs/wk. Time isn't bad for me because I organize my days around my riding/school/work. Whatever else I can fit in I do, but those are the priorities. That said, if you're a grad…
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Naturally those are calories you need to eat. You'd then eat 1760. Think of it on the extreme. If you went for say a 30 mile run that burned 4000kcal, you certainly wouldn't just eat 1360 kcal that day. MFP sets you up based on your activity level setting for how many calories you will need to eat that day to have goal…
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@heybales Those cycling calories are not an estimate. That data comes from my power meter, and from lab testing I know my efficiency as well. That number is within 2% accuracy, possibly 1%. Even if I didn't know my efficiency from laboratory testing it would be accurate within about 3-5% as efficiency on the bike ranges…
