Ride with a good buddy, the two (or more) of you will keep each other riding longer and more regularly. I lost 70 lbs in 2 years due to mountain biking, but since my buddy moved back home to the other side of the world a year ago I've put 10 back on. It's just so much harder to get myself to go out there alone. There's a few people I've ridden with since, but we just haven't clicked the same with our riding styles, or pushed each other to get out there in the mornings before work. (After work/weekend rides just don't happen as consistently.) It makes a huge difference!
You lost weight from eating better. If you rode 5 miles a day, or 10 miles every other day, which is probably more mileage than you casually did while taking up the hobby, it would take over two and a half years to burn off 70 lbs assuming identical caloric intake daily. I think you probably cared more about your weight in this period and subconsciously ate a few hundred calories a day under your daily metabolic rate, on average, over 2 years. Eating less is how you lose weight. Exercising is how you keep your heart and lungs and muscles fit.
@@CyberneticArgumentCreator 10 mi every other day is about right, our rides varied between 12 and 18 km and we did them three times a week. I now get out maybe once every two weeks. I do tend to eat better with fewer snacks when I'm exercising regularly, and worse when I'm not. My point was, a good buddy makes getting out to get that exercise much easier.
I know a balanced diet is way more efficient than just exercise to lose weight, but I have to state that doing judo (strength focused sport) while doing cardio allowed me to eat 1 pizza a day while also losing 15kg. The passive calorie burning that goes along with strength exercises is underrated af
Whilst I agree that you need to adequately fuel your workouts, rhe statement that you can end up gaining weight by fasting is simply untrue. The slowdown in metabloic rate will happen, but it takes quite a long time for that to occur.
I struggled for years, going to work at 5am. Not eating all day then struggling to finish my dinner at night. Ended up gaining loads. The doctor told me that when my body dosnt know when it's getting its next meal it stores the fat from anything I do eat. Slowly getting better. Trying to eat regular meals
@@hikinguphighhey, that sounds rough. And after a prolonged period of that routine, then the body will slow your metabolism down to try and keep you alive. The body is pretty smart like that. But the fact that you were gaining weight means that you must have been in a caloric surplus. Your body cannot make energy from nowhere, which is required in order to gain body weight. What a lot of people miss is that when they drop their calories their body reduces their activity. If you had a step tracker then you may have noticed a non-conscious decrease in activity. There have been studies on contest prep bodybuilders who even blink less when they get down to very low body fat levels as their body tries to conserve energy. But if they keep lowering their calories, they continue to lose weight. Obviously that's a very extreme example but highlights the point.
It's amazing how the world has been taught that calories don't matter, even though calories in, calories out is the absolute fundamental of weight (fat) loss. Side note, you cannot out exercise a poor diet.
If I lost any more weight I’d fall through a grid! I need to gain weight AND strength at 50yrs old. A recent study found over 60’s should have a weight lifting routine due to a more sedentary lifestyle and muscle atrophy(wasting away) 🤘❤️🌈🕊️🌎
I wouldn't go running,if you are not really trained in running, running in winter is another thing than in summer, I see a lot of knee injuries as I work in the op!!Go hiking long distance instead,Nordic walking for example
my recipe: run (or walk fast) uphill (protects your knees), then, if you can, hop on a cablecar / bus / cab, whatever, to go down again. 700-1000 altitude meters 2-4 times a week 🦵💪
I'm in shape. ROUND is still a shape
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I’m round to it makes falling off my bike easier 😂
THICC!
Yep round is definitely a shape. I am well rounded. 😜👍
for those of us who are trying to keep the remains of their knee cartilage and don't/can't run - walking and hiking are good substitutes
Ride with a good buddy, the two (or more) of you will keep each other riding longer and more regularly. I lost 70 lbs in 2 years due to mountain biking, but since my buddy moved back home to the other side of the world a year ago I've put 10 back on. It's just so much harder to get myself to go out there alone. There's a few people I've ridden with since, but we just haven't clicked the same with our riding styles, or pushed each other to get out there in the mornings before work. (After work/weekend rides just don't happen as consistently.) It makes a huge difference!
Find the Blake to your Martyn. :-P
You lost weight from eating better. If you rode 5 miles a day, or 10 miles every other day, which is probably more mileage than you casually did while taking up the hobby, it would take over two and a half years to burn off 70 lbs assuming identical caloric intake daily.
I think you probably cared more about your weight in this period and subconsciously ate a few hundred calories a day under your daily metabolic rate, on average, over 2 years. Eating less is how you lose weight. Exercising is how you keep your heart and lungs and muscles fit.
@@CyberneticArgumentCreator 10 mi every other day is about right, our rides varied between 12 and 18 km and we did them three times a week. I now get out maybe once every two weeks. I do tend to eat better with fewer snacks when I'm exercising regularly, and worse when I'm not. My point was, a good buddy makes getting out to get that exercise much easier.
I know a balanced diet is way more efficient than just exercise to lose weight, but I have to state that doing judo (strength focused sport) while doing cardio allowed me to eat 1 pizza a day while also losing 15kg.
The passive calorie burning that goes along with strength exercises is underrated af
Rich is a natural runner
Really digging the cinematic look, GMBN! Such a progress from the older videos.
Wanna see Rich and you do a xc race 👌🏻
Informative video presented in fun manner.
Glad you liked it!
Great info. For 99% of us, myself included, proper diet along with exercise will work wonders.
Whilst I agree that you need to adequately fuel your workouts, rhe statement that you can end up gaining weight by fasting is simply untrue. The slowdown in metabloic rate will happen, but it takes quite a long time for that to occur.
I struggled for years, going to work at 5am. Not eating all day then struggling to finish my dinner at night. Ended up gaining loads. The doctor told me that when my body dosnt know when it's getting its next meal it stores the fat from anything I do eat. Slowly getting better. Trying to eat regular meals
@@hikinguphighhey, that sounds rough. And after a prolonged period of that routine, then the body will slow your metabolism down to try and keep you alive. The body is pretty smart like that. But the fact that you were gaining weight means that you must have been in a caloric surplus. Your body cannot make energy from nowhere, which is required in order to gain body weight. What a lot of people miss is that when they drop their calories their body reduces their activity. If you had a step tracker then you may have noticed a non-conscious decrease in activity. There have been studies on contest prep bodybuilders who even blink less when they get down to very low body fat levels as their body tries to conserve energy. But if they keep lowering their calories, they continue to lose weight. Obviously that's a very extreme example but highlights the point.
It's amazing how the world has been taught that calories don't matter, even though calories in, calories out is the absolute fundamental of weight (fat) loss.
Side note, you cannot out exercise a poor diet.
If I lost any more weight I’d fall through a grid! I need to gain weight AND strength at 50yrs old. A recent study found over 60’s should have a weight lifting routine due to a more sedentary lifestyle and muscle atrophy(wasting away) 🤘❤️🌈🕊️🌎
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I wouldn't go running,if you are not really trained in running, running in winter is another thing than in summer, I see a lot of knee injuries as I work in the op!!Go hiking long distance instead,Nordic walking for example
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Did Evan give them this video idea?
Yes but, my Al frame last more than 5-10 years
WTF! I ride so I don’t have to run… so I got to run? Noooooooooo
Running gives bone density ?😂 or the opposite😂😂😂 Sad to see no weights or rocks being lifted up ❤
This was really filled with a lot of nonsense / inprecise statements.
Eat less
Just stop repeating this nonsense about riding slow. I can’t hear that anymore 🙈
my recipe: run (or walk fast) uphill (protects your knees), then, if you can, hop on a cablecar / bus / cab, whatever, to go down again. 700-1000 altitude meters 2-4 times a week 🦵💪