Wed, Oct-15-14, 11:26
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Plan: DDF
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Originally Posted by jaywood
I do not know why exercise is supposed to slow down metabolism, I have never bothered to find out how or why it does this, it does however make you hungry and this is more true of cardio than lifting.
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Hamster-wheeling raises cortisol in many (most) people and other counterproductive hormones.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-...chronic-cardio/
Like I mentioned to the OP, Phinney/Volek discusses studies done that show the metabolism can slow as much as 15% in people doing a lot of cardio. Combine that with an increase in appetite and it becomes hamster-wheeling in the truest sense of the word: going around in circles and getting nowhere. Gary Taubes discussed "Fat guy running syndrome" too. I think that's where I first heard about it. Exercise really isn't all that helpful for weight loss.
Still, most people have it ingrained into their consciousness that more is better. |