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Originally Posted by Jeffm
Yes that is what i am trying to say, I know it wont be next week and it may not be exactly one hour but i have been able to do it before. Just gonna post a couple from Jan 2010:
01/20/10: duration today 1hr 30mins, 1130 calories burned, Mar HR 172, Avg HR 142. Lots of work today learning to run again, lots of abs, lots of weights, lots of sweat, lots of pain, bring it on.
01/27/10 Went to gym got a late start due to trainer not being able to get there at 1pm. weighed in down to 342 pounds with 8lbs lost since my last official weighin. total of 70lbs lost so far. New Goal of hitting 100 lbs lost by march 30 lbs in 2 months I think i can do it. Thanks for all the support these last few months and please dont stop.
01/28/10: Rode 20 miles today, burned 1125 Calories, Avg HR 128, Max Hr 162. first time to hit 20 miles did it in 1hr 40mins.
This is what i want to get back to, I know some of you are doing this with ease, but i am looking at a long hard row back to doing this.. Thanks again for all your support.
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That's what I thought you meant. Here are my views for what they are worth. I am assuming that the cals burned are from a reading on what ever exercise equipment you are using as these are usually high. 1000 cals in an hour is a lot, I am quite fit for a guy of 57 lol and if I perform cardio at a vigourous rate I don't burn that many cals. There are two hormone types usually associated with working out, anabolic hormones (growth hormones and testosterone) and catabolic hormones (one of which is cortisol) Anabolic hormones build muscle, catabolic hormones BREAK DOWN MUSCLE. If you are exercising strenuously, after about an hour your body switches from an anabolic state( muscle building) to a catabolic state, when your body is in a catabolic state high levels of cortisol break down your muscle(not the same as tearing and repairing,which is how muscle gets bigger) and promote fat retention. In a way it is counterproductive. Normally I try to keep workouts from 45-60 min as this is about the limit before you switch from anabolic to catabolic. If I am cutting and doing both cardio and weight lifting in the same day, I do cardio earlier, preferabaly first thing in the am and lifting in the afternoon, this gives me the extra calorie burn but helps prevent me from becoming catabolic. This is also a much better approach as you boost your metabolism like crazy but I don't continue it for lengthy amounts of time as you get burned out after a while. Also doing this I actually increase calorie intake to support the strenuous workouts. You burn fat through exercise and feed your muscles with nutrition. This is why you keep records of what you eat and track your results, that way you can feed your muscles adequately but not excessively so you don't store fat that you worked so hard to get rid of.