physics is a lie!
funny how scoob just didn't realize he ate more in response to running more, then comes up with that assertion.
you had roughly the same diet with your HIIT & running experiments?
Suddenly Running 100km in 1 month with every session over 30 min.
Without any change in Diet.
WILL not help with weight lost.
That is plain wrong, not from a training knowledge standpoint , but from a physics law standpoint.
Each of those 30m sessions would be around 300 extra kcals burned. Multiply it by 20 sessions and you get around 6000 kcals, or 1 kg of fat. Of course 1kg is within the daily fluctuation tolerance, so changes in carb/salt may mask that but it is just impossible to add that activity without adding food and not lose weight.
Right. Most people think running burns alot more calories than it actually does. People talk about "running off that donut", when in reality, they didn't. They run for 30 minutes slow, burn like 200 kcal. That's nothing if someone eats garbage. I ate a small bag of oreos today, had like 6 mini oreos in it, not even enough to make a snail full, and it was like 180 kcal. Normal people burn X kcal and then eat X*2 kcal without realizing it.
(compare to my previous HIIT experience... Seems like running 10x 80m at all out is way more effective in weight lost and lean up)
That is probably true though. HIIT is a totally different realm.
According to your physics statement, it can't be true.. hehe
10 x 80m burns a few calories, probably bumps up your anabolic hormones a bit on occasion, creates less overall stress .. but beyond that it's no comparison. The biggest thing 10 x 80m does is help you not eat as much as longer training does. It's easier to be on a strict diet when your work load is small. Add in large volumes of work and you usually have to eat alot more, even if you are trying to lean up. So, if someone isn't dialed in to diet when increasing their distance running, they are going to eat alot more without even realizing it. Look at all of those "fat marathoners". They eat a fuckton.
Also, let's not just pick on "fat marathoners". I see tons of fat "sprinters" every day. People doing "sprint intervals". They rarely change.
FWIW, I do sprints inside of my long distance sessions, I mean combining 2-3 hour sessions with sprints from 20-30s and such, you'd think i'd be the leanest person on earth.. i'm not. I'm very efficient at running now & I eat alot. It evens out.
anyway, without consistent discipline across the entire spectrum, things barely change. doesn't matter what it is.