The Truth About Exercise

Radiation said:
I don't see how that applies, if i chuck a battery in the bin the energy still exists, i just don't use it. :p
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If you don't get fat it's because you're consuming roughly the same amount of calories as you're burning/using. Obviously a few may be lost from undigested food 'out the rear' (:p), but it's basically as simple as that.

It normally requires a decent and consistent calorie shift to either lose or gain weight, as small differences tend to average out and the body does tend to stick at certain weight levels unless given a decent 'shove' in one direction or the other.

Although it can and does very much depend on the individual.
 
Radiation said:
Is that really even possible most of the time? I would think the body must dump some of the calories we consume because we would get a lot fatter a lot quicker, for example im not very active at all if im honest yet i eat an average amount and am still slightly underweight, im pretty sure i don't use as much as i consume so where does it go?
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If you don't gain or lose weight you're eating at maintenance, it doesn't go anywhere.

Radiation said:
I don't see how that applies, if i chuck a battery in the bin the energy still exists, i just don't use it. :p
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Unless you're ****ing undigested food you're using it.
 
Pushing to the max is hard, mentally more than physically.

I still recall throwing up and feeling like death after a seriously intense workout.

When Thai Boxing if I am not hanging off the ropes after each 4 minute round I am not pushing hard enough. After the 5th it's all worth it though.
 
Well, I ran about ... a mile up a hill and back down again, walking some of it because I was dead. I'm going to repeat this process every day for the rest of the week. I expect to have lost some weight by the end of April.
 
Jono said:
Well, I ran about ... a mile up a hill and back down again, walking some of it because I was dead. I'm going to repeat this process every day for the rest of the week. I expect to have lost some weight by the end of April.
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Mate, just make sure you keep increasing the distance each week.

Running up hills is a brilliant way to get fit if you keep pushing yourself every time.
 
I was reading up on this recently, and it's an approach I've been taking since the start of the year with pretty good results, I've also been watching what I'm eating too though. The read was good, it went on to highlight how, given, 4-6 weeks of dedicated exercise and training, you can be as close to a top athlete in your chosen sport / field (assuming you're good at something naturally). Pretty impressive stuff
 
Get on a bike do a couple of weeks of sprint interval training by doing wingate tests and you'll feel amazing.
 
arctine said:
Mate, just make sure you keep increasing the distance each week.

Running up hills is a brilliant way to get fit if you keep pushing yourself every time.
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:) Well I tend to run most of the way to the hill, which is about half a mile, then run/walk up it a tree at a time. I'm going to build up to two trees at a time... and then alternate sprinting with jogging when I get fittererer.

And then add in some bike sprints up it - then a leisurely roll down the other side to the next hill... and repeat.
 
I'm confused about hit. Does it help with weight loss much, or is old fashioned running/gym still the way to go?
 
My limited understanding is that HIIT burns waaaay more calories than a constant-paced jog / flob around on a treadmill does. Does spinning count as HIIT?
 
Jono said:
My limited understanding is that HIIT burns waaaay more calories than a constant-paced jog / flob around on a treadmill does. Does spinning count as HIIT?
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I guess it depends how hard you work, it may be more interval training rather than HIIT. HIIT really is meant to be short intervals of 90-100% effort followed by easy to moderate rest/recovery periods - the key is the max effort, literally giving it your all.
 
HIIT is any form of cardio exercise which is done at a high intensity and also in intervals (hence the name). This can mean running, cycling, swimming etc etc
 
Castiel said:
You just keep going until you can't keep going........my old (and current) instructor says that if you can still think about stopping then you haven't gotten to the point where you have to stop.
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It never fails to amaze me what the human body is capable of, when you are mentally strong enough to keep pushing well beyond what you mind is telling you is the limit, even a tortured and abused one such as mine.
 
ng93 said:
I'm confused about hit. Does it help with weight loss much, or is old fashioned running/gym still the way to go?
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It will depending on how much you do and how much you eat. :p High intensity / sprint interval training is a superb way of increasing muscle metabolites, it can also increase VO2 max, increase power output and most importantly time to exhaustion increases ridiculous amounts, in adults who are just recreationally active it wouldn't be surprising to see it double! Studies have shown that over just 2 weeks of training (~15mins total exercise) all these can happen and serious physiological adaptations can occur really early into training. Pretty sure there's a study that shown adaptations start to occur after just 2 training sessions!

Cycling is a lot easier than sprinting to do because it's really easy to do 'all out' exercise especially if you do wingates.
 
HIIT for the record, rather than hit.

Cycling is a good choice for it to be honest, but yeah program really spread some of the HIIT theory to the masses that perhaps wasn't quite well known.

I don't think it said enough about diet, but it still covered some great stuff regarding exercise.

kd
 
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