Re: [RC] Calories burned riding--advice - Barbara McCrary
OK, Jon, we all hear that to lose weight you
eat less and exercise more. Yet you are saying that endurance riding and
marathon running does not help one that much to lose weight. Cutting way
back on intake merely tells the body that it's starving, so it goes into a
preservation mode and works harder to preserve fat. So what DOES one do to
lose weight?
First, weight does not equal
calories. For example, I worked with a human ultramarathon runner during
his assault on the 24 hour world record. He lost no "weight" during 24
hours of continuous running. And perhaps somewhat disconcerting for
those who think they will lose a tremendous amount of fat by working out, he
burned less than 2 pounds of fat in 24 hours. I'll save you the
calculations but its right, trust me, its my job. Humans by and large
are very poor at using fat compard to species like dogs, rats, and horses.
However, sweat loss can be pretty substantial in terms of weight.
We can sweat anwhere from perhaps 0.5 to well over 3L/hour, but the
later only if you are really BIG. Over the course of 15-18 hours of
riding, perhaps losing 0.5L/hour and then replacing only a portion of that a 4
pound weight loss due to water would not be out of the ordinary. I am
assuming that your "gain" of 5 pounds was repalcing the 4 you lost during the
ride and 1 more for good measure. Lets say you go to the gym,
pound the treadmill for an hour and "lose" 5 pounds. You'd be
dillusional to think you just burned over 17,000 calories of fat, since an
ultramarthon runner used only about 5,000 running for 23 hours longer......its
mostly water loss & your loss gain/ was/is mostly fluid loss.
Jon K. Linderman, Ph.D.,
FACSM Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science University of
Dayton
Susan
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Subject: Re: [RC]
Calories burned riding--advice
I did the Sunflower Classic 75 this weekend in 10:42. I felt
great all day and even felt pretty good Sunday. For grins and giggles, I
weighed myself Sunday AM and had lost 4 pounds. This morning (Monday) I
weighed again and had GAINED 5 pounds. This is typical for me.
So...what's going on? What can I do to stop the gain and keep
losing the weight?
Susan [Young], The Princess
of Pink Semper Obliquo (Always aside)
Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft
Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if
that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" -
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
