calorie burning

[gvc3k]

Does a person thats in good shape have a harder time burning calories than someone who is in pretty bad shape? I ask because if your heart rate becomes harder to raise it would seem like you would have to do more intense workouts to burn the same amount of calories if you are in good shape. correct me if i'm wrong. Thanks!

 

[ziggyziggy]

Does a person thats in good shape have a harder time burning calories than someone who is in pretty bad shape? I ask because if your heart rate becomes harder to raise it would seem like you would have to do more intense workouts to burn the same amount of calories if you are in good shape. correct me if i'm wrong. Thanks!

There is a complicated answer to that question. The answer to part 1 of your question is not always. 2 people each weighing 200 lbs., one with 5% BF and the other with 15% BF, each jogging 3 miles will burn about the same amount of calories, as they are moving the same mass over the same distance.

As for part 2 of your question, there is another thing to consider, nd that is muscle memory. When a person performs a certain cardiovascular, or strength training exercise, there is a period of adaptation, during which the body learns to do the required movements for the exercise in the most efficient manner (ie. using the least amount of muscle groups). So, if say you start jogging every day, and continue to do so every day for several months, by the time you have reached the end of the several months, you will burn fewer calories per mile than you did when you started, due to your own body's adaptation the that specific type of exercise.

Which is why it can be important to vary your cardio routines in order to burn the maximum number of calories per session.

just my $.02

 

[gvc3k]

is there some kind of formula on the burning of calories?

 

[Synpax]

The muscle memory thing is bogus in the way ziggy explains it. You can do bench presses all day every day and it will always use the "same amount of muscle groups." I really wish I was a moderator so I could delete his post.

The person in better shape would burn more calories in a cardio activity because their body uses oxygen more efficiently and oxygen is used in a chemical reaction with the stored energy in your body (glycogen).

For non-cardio activities, they burn the same amount (anaerobics). It requires the same amount of calories to lift 100 lbs whether I do it, you do it, or robbie the robot does it.