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No worries and I should have been more descriptive. But since the context was within aerobic threshold and endurance, I was referring to the amount of calories
by algoatecorn 5y ago
No worries and I should have been more descriptive. But since the context was within aerobic threshold and endurance, I was referring to the amount of calories burned from fat grams, per hour. Elite athletes can recruit energy from over 1g of fat per minute. At 9cal/g, we are looking at around 600 cal/hour. Poorly conditioned individuals (i.e. low thresholds) are less efficient and therefore their bodies resort anaerobic glycolysis much sooner.
- dpark 5y agoThat’s an interesting bit of info. I was not aware that the elite athletes were that much more efficient in releasing energy from fat. Makes sense, though. Thanks.