Comments on: Drinking Away Your Progress http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress Not Your Typical Men's Magazine. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:58:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Single Tasking: Your Fitness Life One Step at a Time | Primer http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress/comment-page-1#comment-12754 Single Tasking: Your Fitness Life One Step at a Time | Primer Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:13:25 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=108#comment-12754 [...] Eliminating sugary drinks. [...] [...] Eliminating sugary drinks. [...]

]]> By: A New Year, a New Body: The Complete 12 Week Body Transformation Program | Primer http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress/comment-page-1#comment-2237 A New Year, a New Body: The Complete 12 Week Body Transformation Program | Primer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:46:18 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=108#comment-2237 [...] #1 - Do NOT drink your calories. So, if it doesn’t have calories, then it is [...] [...] #1 – Do NOT drink your calories. So, if it doesn’t have calories, then it is [...]

]]> By: fikco http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1445 fikco Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:41:05 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=108#comment-1445 After each run around my park I would guzzle down gatorade in order to replace the elctrolytes. I guess that's a wrong move. As my idea was to go on cardio to become smaller sized. Thanks Robert. After each run around my park I would guzzle down gatorade in order to replace the elctrolytes. I guess that’s a wrong move. As my idea was to go on cardio to become smaller sized. Thanks Robert.

]]> By: Robert http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1096 Robert Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:22:53 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=108#comment-1096 No Adam, we wouldn't want that. And while I agree that one of the most important things in the weight loss process is a caloric deficit, you shouldn't ignore the science of your body and how it processes calories. Drinking something like gatorade adds calories to your diet, which must be accounted for - denying you 250 calories of food, which could be 63 calories of protein you're missing out on. Also, if you're working out long enough that you're seriously depleting your body of electrolytes, you're probably working out too long, potentially cannibalizing muscle during the workout. Sports drinks were invented to help people who exercised strenuously for upwards of 3 hours - a training session in the gym should be under half of that time. My original point, that providing your body with easily accessible calories while working out prevents the body from burning fat for fuel, is still an extremely valid one. Having a 200 calorie deficit is good, but disrupting your fat stores during exercise is far better. The November 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness supports this view (on pg. 54). Thanks for reading and stimulating conversation! No Adam, we wouldn’t want that. And while I agree that one of the most important things in the weight loss process is a caloric deficit, you shouldn’t ignore the science of your body and how it processes calories. Drinking something like gatorade adds calories to your diet, which must be accounted for – denying you 250 calories of food, which could be 63 calories of protein you’re missing out on.

Also, if you’re working out long enough that you’re seriously depleting your body of electrolytes, you’re probably working out too long, potentially cannibalizing muscle during the workout. Sports drinks were invented to help people who exercised strenuously for upwards of 3 hours – a training session in the gym should be under half of that time.

My original point, that providing your body with easily accessible calories while working out prevents the body from burning fat for fuel, is still an extremely valid one. Having a 200 calorie deficit is good, but disrupting your fat stores during exercise is far better. The November 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness supports this view (on pg. 54).

Thanks for reading and stimulating conversation!

]]> By: Adam http://www.primermagazine.com/2008/train/drinking-away-your-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1095 Adam Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:11:28 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=108#comment-1095 Sorry Bob, but some of the facts you stated just aren't true. What's most important to losing weight is remaining in a calorie deficit throughout the day (you burn more than you eat). Caloric intake during your workout isn't going to change whether or not you gain/lose weight. Drinking sports drinks are actually very important during intense workouts, as your body is losing those all important electrolytes that water just can't replace. A side effect of losing electrolytes without replacing them (via Gatorade, etc) is becoming tired, losing focus, and other, more severe, side effects such as feeling dizzy and even nauseous. We wouldn't want that, would we? Sorry Bob, but some of the facts you stated just aren’t true. What’s most important to losing weight is remaining in a calorie deficit throughout the day (you burn more than you eat). Caloric intake during your workout isn’t going to change whether or not you gain/lose weight. Drinking sports drinks are actually very important during intense workouts, as your body is losing those all important electrolytes that water just can’t replace. A side effect of losing electrolytes without replacing them (via Gatorade, etc) is becoming tired, losing focus, and other, more severe, side effects such as feeling dizzy and even nauseous. We wouldn’t want that, would we?

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