Does One Need To "Burn" Fat

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:57:34 -0600, "John Smith"
<someone_else DeleteThis @spamisevil.com> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

>
>"John Hanson" <jhanson DeleteThis @northernlinks.com> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:06:44 +0000 (UTC), Donovan Rebbechi
>> <abuse DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:
>>
>>>On 2005-04-17, Jay <jw66 DeleteThis @swbell.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "John Hanson" <jhanson DeleteThis @northernlinks.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:kj4561pf8hdoob4o59t95am144rl4ob06s@4ax.com...
>>>>> On 17 Apr 2005 08:07:30 -0700, "analogbass" <zeotroppe DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote
>>>>> in misc.fitness.weights:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Any form of cardio that appeals to you enough to get you to stay with
>>>>>>it 6 days a week, 20 minutes continuously at a minumum-running's one of
>>>>>>the best, elliptical, stairmachine, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You could lose by calorie reduction exclusively, but you won't see the
>>>>>>same firmness in the muscles, nor the health benefits accrued to the
>>>>>>heart and body through exercise.
>>>>>
>>>>> What if you did anaerobic weight training while reducing your caloric
>>>>> intake. Would you not have muscle firmness then?
>>>>
>>>> from what I have read, the closer you are to being in shape, the method
>>>> you
>>>> have described is ideal. High intensity, that is a high percentage of 1
>>>> rm,
>>>> and caloric restriction. The bulk of the calories taken in shortly
>>>> after a
>>>> training session.
>>>
>>>Ideal for what ? Doesn't matter a whole lot how you obtain a good
>>>balance --
>>>lots of roads to Rome. Do almost any exercise and maintain a slight
>>>deficit
>>>and you'll avoid the "skinny-fat" look that VLCD end up getting. So it
>>>really
>>>boils down to what sort of exercise you like to do/want to be good at. If
>>>you
>>>want to lift heavy weights, that way works fine. But so does running,
>>>cycling,
>>>cross country skiing, gymnastics, swimming, etc.
>>>
>> You forgot golf.
>
>I for one agree with this. I get an amazing workout playing golf. The
>"throw my bloody putter 100 yards after missing a 4 foot put" technique
>is great for upper body strength, as well as leading to the cardio of
>the following "putter fetch". I've also found the "wrap the six iron around
>the nearest tree after a particularly bad slice" to be good, and the
>effort required to clear all the sand out of a sand trap with just a
>wedge has to be tried to be believed. And I'm always the one who
>ends up carrying the beer in his golf bag ...
>
BWAHAHAHAHA

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:57:34 -0600, "John Smith"
<someone_else.TakeThisOut@spamisevil.com> wrote:

>
>"John Hanson" <jhanson.TakeThisOut@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
>news:shu861t80gdi9efgrhlt1e39p848e3tvlt@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:06:44 +0000 (UTC), Donovan Rebbechi
>> <abuse.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:
>>
>>>On 2005-04-17, Jay <jw66.TakeThisOut@swbell.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "John Hanson" <jhanson.TakeThisOut@northernlinks.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:kj4561pf8hdoob4o59t95am144rl4ob06s@4ax.com...
>>>>> On 17 Apr 2005 08:07:30 -0700, "analogbass" <zeotroppe.TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote
>>>>> in misc.fitness.weights:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Any form of cardio that appeals to you enough to get you to stay with
>>>>>>it 6 days a week, 20 minutes continuously at a minumum-running's one of
>>>>>>the best, elliptical, stairmachine, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You could lose by calorie reduction exclusively, but you won't see the
>>>>>>same firmness in the muscles, nor the health benefits accrued to the
>>>>>>heart and body through exercise.
>>>>>
>>>>> What if you did anaerobic weight training while reducing your caloric
>>>>> intake. Would you not have muscle firmness then?
>>>>
>>>> from what I have read, the closer you are to being in shape, the method
>>>> you
>>>> have described is ideal. High intensity, that is a high percentage of 1
>>>> rm,
>>>> and caloric restriction. The bulk of the calories taken in shortly
>>>> after a
>>>> training session.
>>>
>>>Ideal for what ? Doesn't matter a whole lot how you obtain a good
>>>balance --
>>>lots of roads to Rome. Do almost any exercise and maintain a slight
>>>deficit
>>>and you'll avoid the "skinny-fat" look that VLCD end up getting. So it
>>>really
>>>boils down to what sort of exercise you like to do/want to be good at. If
>>>you
>>>want to lift heavy weights, that way works fine. But so does running,
>>>cycling,
>>>cross country skiing, gymnastics, swimming, etc.
>>>
>> You forgot golf.
>
>I for one agree with this. I get an amazing workout playing golf. The
>"throw my bloody putter 100 yards after missing a 4 foot put" technique
>is great for upper body strength, as well as leading to the cardio of
>the following "putter fetch". I've also found the "wrap the six iron around
>the nearest tree after a particularly bad slice" to be good, and the
>effort required to clear all the sand out of a sand trap with just a
>wedge has to be tried to be believed. And I'm always the one who
>ends up carrying the beer in his golf bag ...

<heh>

That is a fun offering John, which I hopes heralds a return to more of
MFW's traditional humour!! ;o)