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| Thu, 07-02-2009 - 12:51pm |
Post-Exercise Fat Burning is a Myth
Are you walking 10K and eating for 20K? Don't count on moderate exercise to boost your metabolism past what you burn in your exercise session. A study found no increased fat burning in the 24 hours after exercise vs. after a non-exercise day.
The study had participants bike off 400 calories and measured their fat metabolism over the next 24 hours. The bad news is that there was no fat-burning afterglow. The moderate exercise itself burnt fat, but it didn't rev up the body's fat burning machine when the person wasn't exercising.
While adding a pound of muscle will increase your calories burned per day by 5-8, very few of us are putting on enough muscle to earn an extra snack a day. It would take 20 pounds of muscle just to burn off some string cheese. Don't even think about the hulk you would have to be to burn off a hot fudge sundae!
Monday June 29, 2009
Are you walking 10K and eating for 20K? Don't count on moderate exercise to boost your metabolism past what you burn in your exercise session. A study found no increased fat burning in the 24 hours after exercise vs. after a non-exercise day. The study had participants bike off 400 calories and measured their fat metabolism over the next 24 hours. The bad news is that there was no fat-burning afterglow. The moderate exercise itself burnt fat, but it didn't rev up the body's fat burning machine when the person wasn't exercising.
While adding a pound of muscle will increase your calories burned per day by 5-8, very few of us are putting on enough muscle to earn an extra snack a day. It would take 20 pounds of muscle just to burn off some string cheese. Don't even think about the hulk you would have to be to burn off a hot fudge sundae!
If you are carefully balancing exercise with your food intake, use calorie calculators to get an approximate calorie burn, but don't overdo on the food rewards.
Walking Calorie Calculator
Calorie Count
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Well another interesting reading article. No wonder I do my workouts spread out and not in one bunch.
I just thought of this again that after I do my workouts, I do not go into a non exercise mode. I go and do house activities, gardening, errands, etc, so actually I am still moving around.
Those *food* rewards can be dangerous
Love the share :)
Hiya Aileen,
Yes, I also don't go & sit on the sofa after I'm done working out.
Agreed on the foods you eat after you've exercised.