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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The takeaway here is that calorie management is WAY easier on the eating/drinking side of the equation.
Keep in mind that the more muscle you build, the more energy it takes to move that muscle therefore the more calories you’ll burn during your activities through the day. It’s not necessarily about the calories you burn during the workout but the aggregate impact downstream.
I could be wrong though I don’t go to the gym lol.
What you learn quickly is that the effects of calorie burning are real but way less than what people think. You can go destroy yourself running to the point you’re half dead and that’s gonna burn like 300 calories (like, one protein bar).
But yes on topic of the gym there’s a few downstream effects, the bigger you get the more you eat to be on equilibrium. Also strength workouts keep your muscles “activated” for up to 48h during which you also burn a bit more calories at rest.
And finally of course there’s the whole bulking/cutting thing, the basics is that basically, no matter how much you lift you’re not gonna grow muscle unless you also have a calorie surplus in particular protein. During this process it’s unavoidable to also put on fat so you bulk for a while (eat a lot+ workout a lot and improve personal records) then you cut (eat at deficit, maintenance workouts) so the fat recedes and etc.
There’s a saying among body builders. Abs are made in the kitchen.
You get strength in the gym.
You are kind of wrong, in that the effect of the extra muscle is pretty minimal. See this video on the topic:
What about muscles? Muscles burn 3 times more calories at rest than fat. This sounds impressive, but tissues like your brain, skin or intestines burn way more. In absolute terms, a more muscular body composition makes a difference for how many calories your body burns, but it’s relatively small. Muscles matter a lot for health, longevity and performance, but not that much for weight loss.
By that logic a morbidly obese person is exercising harder than anyone else by moving their 600lb ass around the living room.
They are.
A 600lb person walking a mile burns significantly more calories than a 200lb person doing the same thing. Im 200lbs and I can back squat 300lbs, a 600lb person squatting down and standing back up is moving more weight than I am… If they can manage it.
I think this is sort of why people eating more than usual and keeping that end up heavier instead of just gaining weight forever. You burn more calories when you’re heavier.
But, yeah, someone who is 600 pounds is burning more calories by moving than someone who is 200 pounds.
The statement was that the amount of moved muscle is related to the amount of calories that are burnt - an obese person does not have large muscles automatically. When they move the weight definitely has an impact on their muscles - a workout without additional weights would have a bigger impact on burnt calories as for a skinny person with same muscle mass. But the impact of moving through the living room on overall calorie balance should be neglectible.
Calories out just need to exceed calories in. Diets help do that easier but it’s all the same principle
Yeah, I just mean it’s easier to manipulate the intake side of the equation. Burning a couple hundred calories is a lot of work; choosing not to drink a soda is easy.
It’s important to note that “maintenance calories” are the vast majority of the energy you use on a daily basis. Exercise is just a small portion of the calories you burn.
By far. Is one can of coke worth a 1 1/4 mile run?
Coke Zero 😎
Fun fact: coke zero uses the same sweeteners as diet coke. Just different amounts/ratios.
Then why does it taste good and Diet Coke taste like ass?
Exercise still does a lot in the long term. Just 3x30 minutes of moderate exercise per week would make you lose 10 pounds in a year while eating the same as before
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Yep, absolutely. When people start exercising and find out how few calories they’ve actually burned, the solution is always simple. It’s much easier to limit the intake than burn it off later.
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
worth noting though that having more muscle mass does impact your daily energy expenditure
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
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This is what that sounds like to this laaaaaazy person over here