A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the Weight

Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by ardit33 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:08PM (#15604514)

Where did you get that number? Unless you are doing some hardcore HIT, or doing olympic level running, you will never burn 1000 cal in a hour or running. Very few people can maintain 8+ mph for a whole hour.

"Like it or not, running makes for a really great cardio workout: Maintain a six-mile per hour pace, and you'll burn upwards of 557* calories in one hour! And even if running that fast for that long seems like a bit of a stretch, you can still burn an impressive 398 calories per hour by jogging."

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Re:A Lesson from the Biggest Losers: Exercise Keeps Off the ... by whatyoucantsay on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:29PM (#15604710)

I've done it myself, even when out of shape. The heavier you are the slower you need to go to burn that much. If you weigh 100 kilos and run a 10k in an hour, that's over 1,000 kcal. Lighter people burn less per km but we can run faster, too. HIT burns less but can give a nice metabolic boost.

Check runners world or a calculator of your choice.

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

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