Show Posts
3556
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 05, 2012, 05:58:13 am »
Agreed, not every kcal burn is the same. Kcal in vs kcal out is definitely not the end of it.
But for someone with a relatively clean diet and a regular training schedule, like yourself, the "initial conditions" of the problem are set, the degrees of freedom are much less. In that case, imho kcal in vs kcal out covers 80% of the body composition plan if not more.
About basketball and fat loss, i do agree there is a thing too, a feeling that there is a switch as you described. I just think it is mental. You burn a ton of kcals without even trying for it, you are out there practicing your beloved sport. And then one day you look at the mirror and say damn, im lean. To achieve the same you would have to walk endless boring hours on the treadmill, while spending those hours deliberately for the specific fat loss purpose. That wears you out and you have it on your mind too, you are on a fat loss plan, this is what is supposed to happen, there are expectations, targets etc. Basketball is about fun though, so the fat loss effect is collateral, that's why it's logged in our minds as a surprise, a little bit of magic... This whole paragraph is a totally personal point of view on it though!
But for someone with a relatively clean diet and a regular training schedule, like yourself, the "initial conditions" of the problem are set, the degrees of freedom are much less. In that case, imho kcal in vs kcal out covers 80% of the body composition plan if not more.
About basketball and fat loss, i do agree there is a thing too, a feeling that there is a switch as you described. I just think it is mental. You burn a ton of kcals without even trying for it, you are out there practicing your beloved sport. And then one day you look at the mirror and say damn, im lean. To achieve the same you would have to walk endless boring hours on the treadmill, while spending those hours deliberately for the specific fat loss purpose. That wears you out and you have it on your mind too, you are on a fat loss plan, this is what is supposed to happen, there are expectations, targets etc. Basketball is about fun though, so the fat loss effect is collateral, that's why it's logged in our minds as a surprise, a little bit of magic... This whole paragraph is a totally personal point of view on it though!
