Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov...
by gmassman on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:22AM
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Exercise and calorie reduction don't have the same effect. Running stresses the body which promotes muscle growth and reduces resting heart rate (among lots of other physical benefits). Calorie restriction forces to body to fill an energy deficit, usually by burning fat but potentially also muscle mass.
Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov...
by seppel on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:04PM
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But running (compared to sprinting or weight exercises) is not exactly good at building up muscles.
Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov...
by Jtsummers on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:14AM
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Running (in GP's case) or exercising in general has the added benefit of building (up to a point) more muscle. More muscle mass means higher basal metabolic rate. Higher BMR means you burn more calories all the time.
So yes, a 500 kcal deficit every day (without adding exercise) is comparable in the short term to the runner burning 700 kcal extra 5 days a week (but not adjusting their diet). But, especially if that muscle mass is sustained, the runner or person engaging in regular exercise is going to be better off in the long term with respect to keeping the weight off.
If you can run for 1h then you are quite likely already in a good shape (if not, running 1h every day would kill your joints).
> Running an hour a day 6 days a week burns more than one pound of fat a week.
Usual advise is to run at most every other day to let the body regenerate. That said, eating 500kcal less each day has the same effect and is much easier then running 1h six days in a row.