Beyond that, exercise only accounts for a small percentage of our bodies’ daily energy usage.
What’s more is that research suggests that after a certain point, energy expenditure (calories burned) plateaus-it turns out that piling on activity isn’t necessarily piling onto the caloric burn. And they might not look anything like what a particular individual is actually burning. For one, those calories-burned estimates are just that-estimates. But burning calories is not the best way to think about exercise or health, for a few reasons. It is eminently common not to sweat at all, or only sweat a little, or to sweat buckets for that matter, as sweating threshold varies from person to person.Įmphasis on calories burned has become a real cultural force, and exercise studios or classes or instructors often sell their workouts based on that (“600 calories in one hour!” For the record, this is about the same burn rate as running for an hour there is nothing special, calorie for calorie, about Barbell Dance Level II, or whatever it is that’s marketing itself on this relatively achievable calorie burn rate).
Lifting for intensity, especially when the workout consists of maybe only 15 to 20 minutes of actual activity spread over 40 to 60 minutes, you might just not sweat very much at all. I’m so glad you’re back to lifting!! So here is the thing about the way lifting feels, particularly when you’re just starting out with actually building strength, as opposed to just exercising-it may not feel like you’re doing much.
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