Few fitness questions

A2Z · 26 Nov 2007 at 16:34

chrisd said:
iirc HIIT is said to be the best for fat loss, paticularly if you want to maintain muscle mass.

not really, both HIIT and steady-state cardio have their merits and work for different people

tom_e · 26 Nov 2007 at 17:12

Drop the beer I done that over the summer and lost a stone with very little other change

EOTT · 26 Nov 2007 at 17:14

chrisd said:
iirc HIIT is said to be the best for fat loss, paticularly if you want to maintain muscle mass.

Yeap that's what I was referring too.

player · 26 Nov 2007 at 17:15

well for a start double that 3k to 6k

platypus · 27 Nov 2007 at 10:32

SK07 said:
Alough I agree that he should stop getting wasted, just to sort of back him up a bit there is a lot of peer pressure. I mean most of my m8s are like that and when you kind of avoid getting wasted it can cause problems. However im not diagreeing with your in any way, just thats probly his problem, peer pressure.

Then change your friends? Weird situation I guess, but if my friends were pressuring me into binge drinking, then I wouldn't consider them my friends.

Incidentally I did a fair bit of drinking at University, but then I was on the rowing team. And rowers drink like nobody's business. Peer pressure towards me though was mostly to get up at 5:30am every day and go rowing

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PlatinumFX · 27 Nov 2007 at 16:42

Tommy B said:
If I cut down on pints and stick to vodka trebles/alcopops on nights out, will that help?

As I understand it, the sugars would be easier to burn off. But you would have to do the exercise to burn them relatively soon after your drinking. Perhaps within 24 hours?

Can any one more knowledgeable discuss this?

MTA99 · 28 Nov 2007 at 12:28

PlatinumFX said:
As I understand it, the sugars would be easier to burn off. But you would have to do the exercise to burn them relatively soon after your drinking. Perhaps within 24 hours?

Can any one more knowledgeable discuss this?

The most sensible way to approach this whole subject is to look at the overall calorie intake. Trying to convince yourself that drinking sugary drinks is better than pints if you exercise within 24hrs isn't the right mentality.

A pint of lager contains ~200kcals and a double vodka and diet mixer is ~150kcals but if you have that double vodka with full fat coke its calorific as a pint (if not more so).

It matters little to most people how those calories are delivered....in basic terms too many calories and you get fat!!

PlatinumFX · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:20

MTA99 said:
The most sensible way to approach this whole subject is to look at the overall calorie intake. Trying to convince yourself that drinking sugary drinks is better than pints if you exercise within 24hrs isn't the right mentality.

A pint of lager contains ~200kcals and a double vodka and diet mixer is ~150kcals but if you have that double vodka with full fat coke its calorific as a pint (if not more so).

It matters little to most people how those calories are delivered....in basic terms too many calories and you get fat!!

OK thanks for clearing that up for me and more importantly the OP. For the record, thats not my mentality. I dont drink alcohol full stop for a number of reasons, one of which being calorie control.