Re: Calorie target for fat loss?

"boot" <na@xxxxx> wrote in news:5O4Nf.12027$mV7.7083@xxxxxxxxxxxx:

I think I am doing very well. I have a tiny (5'9 @ 155lbs @ 10%) but
ripped friend however that keeps grinding me. Tries to tell me that I
have too much muscle already, to not even bother with weights or because
don't burn enough calories doing them, and to go even harder on cardio.

So it's confirmed: He's an idiot, ignore him.

The only thing I am trying to confirm here is my belief that 400-500
cals burnt in 20 - 30 mins at the gym 4-5 times a week is pretty much
perfect for fat loss and is a good accomplishment. Sure there are people
(marathon training etc.) that will burn like 1000 + cals each time.

I find it odd that no training program etc. talks about a calorie burn
target. They say min 20 mins at around 80% max heart rate. They don't
consider the persons weight or their capacity and that's what I'd like
to see.... somehting that says "try to burn x calories x times a
week...."

The "calories burned" reading on those machines isn't worth much--not
accurate, not consistent from machine to machine or person to person. So
people don't depend on them. People might tell you you should do more
cardio, but why, if you're meeting your goals? And we just had a thread here
recently saying that you're getting most of the benefit of cardio in 15
minutes anyway. (Anybody remember the name of that thread?)

Dropping 6% BF in six weeks is great. No need to go faster, no need to mess
things up until you stop losing (which you probably will, sooner or later).

Hugh


--
Exercise is a dirty word. Whenever I hear it, I wash my mouth out with
chocolate. ("Ladi")
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