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I agree with most of your points but you can definately out train excess calories, probably not if you have other commitments like a family or a job, but if you
by s0rce 9y ago
I agree with most of your points but you can definately out train excess calories, probably not if you have other commitments like a family or a job, but if you hike all day everyday or are on an extended bike tour you are probably actually going to have trouble getting enough calories and can basically eat as much as you can without consuming too much.
- maxxxxx 9y agoSaw a documentary about Tour De France riders. They had to force huge plates of spaghetti into themselves every night to the point of throwing up and still lost a ton of weight during the race. It's hard to stay overweight if you are active the whole day.
- cratermoon 9y agoAll this is true, for elite athletes performing at the limit of human ability, you can out-train a bad diet. The thing is, this only applies during high-level competitions, and in no way counts for the rest of the time. Nobody can compete at that level endlessly, obvious. More importantly, it doesn't raise their basal metabolism beyond a certain point, and the basal metabolism is what counts in overall long-term caloric consumption. For regular humans, there's simply no getting around the fact that running a mile only burns 100 kCal or so[1], and it's possible to eat more than 100kCal in seconds simply by eating a single Reese's peanut butter cup[2]. 1. http://running.competitor.com/2015/03/training/many-calories-running-burn_123951 http://running.competitor.com/2015/03/training/many-calories... 2. https://www.hersheys.com/reeses/en_us/products/reeses-peanut-butter-cups/reeses-peanut-butter-cups.html https://www.hersheys.com/reeses/en_us/products/reeses-peanut...
- maxxxxx 9y agoNo doubt. Unless you do the Tour De France or hike 20 miles per day you have to watch what you eat.