Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight

Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight by Retric on Friday April 29, 2016 @12:20PM (#11596721)

Don't forget to add your body weight. Lifting ~110kg 6 feet (4 times 1/2 meter) 25 times in about 3 minutes ~= 6 mintues @ 150W on a bike. Plus whatever lifting your body weight from a squat adds up to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_and_jerk

Start playing with the numbers and Weight lifters can get into crazy high energy diets.

PS: Works out to around 110kg / ~.82 ~= 135kg max lift. At 230 lb the record is 246 kg so it's not that unreasonable a goal for a fairly large guy.

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Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight by vinceguidry on Friday April 29, 2016 @01:40PM (#11597337)

Serious bodybuilders have to eat like it's their job. At a certain point, regular food fails to provide enough calories so they have to reach for liquid diets.

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Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight by revelation on Friday April 29, 2016 @03:50PM (#11598291)

These are maximal efforts that are not sustainable for any period of time.

Meanwhile, you can do 150W on a bike all day, just keep adding CHO.

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Re:Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight by Retric on Saturday April 30, 2016 @07:27AM (#11601299)

if you want to maximize sustained burn you need to use more muscle groups. Being limited to how much oxegen you can supply to your legs is a major limitation.

Rowing is a good example of this, but as 110kg is easily twice the power output of biking you can drop down to 50% max lift range and be limited by oxigen not mussel damage.

Or put another way top weightlifter need to eat significantly more than top bikers who top out at around 8k cal per day.

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