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Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by js2 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:47PM (#15604309)
> A milkshake is worth an hour's worth of treadmill work.

Not even. The Five Guys base milkshake is 870 calories before adding any mix-ins or whipped cream[1].

An hour on a treadmill at 6 mph for a 150 lb person is 567 calories net (exclusive of basal metabolism), 675 calories total (inclusive of basal metabolism)[2].

[1] http://www.fiveguys.com/-/media/Public-Site/Files/NutritionA...

[2] https://www.runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-many-calories-a...

Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by woolvalley on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @04:24PM (#15605129)
A hack I like to do with treadmills is to go 1.5-2 miles per hour and have an incline of 20-30%. You burn 600-800 calories but your going at walking speed. I call it the hiking simulator.
Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by js2 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:31PM (#15605649)
I've never seen a treadmill that goes over 15% grade. 30% is almost a stair stepper.
Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by woolvalley on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @07:39PM (#15606524)
Ah it is a pretty unique treadmill: https://www.freemotionfitness.com/cardio/incline-trainers

They call it an incline trainer

With stair steppers I found it a lot harder to sustain it for the same nominal calorie count. But going up a %30 incline vs a stair stepper might be the same difference between an elliptical vs running.

Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by whatyoucantsay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:55PM (#15604410)
And at 9 mph, they will burn over 1,000 kcal.

https://www.runnersworld.com/tools/calories-burned-calculato...

Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by marcc on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:00PM (#15604444)
6:40 per mile is a pretty intense pace for most people to keep up for an hour.
Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by whatyoucantsay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:07PM (#15604509)
Most people don't run much. Just as with hiking, strength straining, gymnastics and other sport, ability grows with training.

Another option is simply running longer. Few people who aren't overweight couldn't train up to 90 minutes. Given that there's overhead in showering and changing clothes, going longer, fewer days per week does have an efficiency of sorts.

Edit: Ideally one avoids having a completely irresponsible diet, however just training can do a lot and can also blunt the appetite after a certain threshold.

Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by tj-teej on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:27PM (#15604697)
Running a 6:40 mile for an hour is outside of what most dedicated runners can achieve.
Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by whatyoucantsay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @04:33PM (#15605209)
Don't be ridiculous. Ed Whitlock ran that pace for an entire marathon at the age of 73.

If you're dedicated, under 50, free of serious ailments and anywhere near the weight range this thread used as an example, it's something you can almost definitely achieve for a single hour.