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RE: [RC] Calories burned riding - Alison FarrinIts partly that you are getting older, but its also that you are in better shape. As I was carrying a 50lb bag of feed up the hill yesterday, I thought about someone who weighed 50 lbs more than me just walking up that hill. They burn a lot of additional calories just carrying around the weight! So, you get in better shape and your muscles are more efficiant and you lose the extra weight and now its A LOT harder to burn the same amount of calories. When I hardly rode for 6 weeks after breaking my leg, I lost almost all my aerobic capacity and cantering for a 2 mile stretch just about killed my lungs. I was breathing at the level that me running the same stretch today would cause. I can canter that stretch today and carry on a conversation; very little if any aerobic effort. That's why the 100+ calorie difference in the range Angie quoted. Its also a reason to cross train - you work muscles that aren't in as good of shape and burn more calories. Alison A. Farrin -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:24 PM To: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Calories burned riding rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote: I'll bet the ones that ride along at a walk while drinking beer read that and wonder why they're not losing weight. >g< Sometimes I feel bad about not losing weight...then I look at everyone else my age who look like they've been sucking on an air hose, and figure maybe riding is why I'm not GAINING weight. :-) Angie Just wait till you get a few years older :-( . No matter how much I ride I have to do a lot of other exercise to not gain weight. I've come to the conclusion that trotting 10 miles - no matter what some article says - doesn't burn many calories. My office at home is three flights of steps from the ground. I must walk those 20 times a day - that doesn't help either in the weight dept. So I find myself having to run along with riding to keep my weight in line. Truman -- "Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true." - Bertrand Russell =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CONFIDENTIAL This communication (including any attachments) may contain privileged or confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this communication and/or shred the materials and any attachments and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. Thank you. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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