I just picked up playing squash and I'm loving how good of a workout it is. Has anybody here lost a significant amount of weight playing squash? I'm 5'10" and around 200lbs (25% bodyfat).
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03-20-2018, 09:18 AM #1
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03-20-2018, 10:38 AM #4
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The 100 or so calories you burn playing squash are put right back on again with the latte you have in the cafe afterwards. The point is it doesn’t burn a huge amount, sure it helps, but what helps more is not consuming the calories in the first place
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03-20-2018, 12:07 PM #5
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03-20-2018, 12:08 PM #6
100 calories? Dude, you burn about 1,000 calories an hour while playing squash.
https://www.mensfitness.com/training...ips/squash-101
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03-20-2018, 12:53 PM #7
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Regardless, you won't lose weight just from playing if you turn around and eat more because it stimulates your appetite (which it will). The point everyone is trying to make is that losing weight comes down to what you eat more so than what you do.
To put it in perspective, even if you're really burning 1000 cal every time you play, you'll still have to play for four hours a week and not change your diet AT ALL to lose weight (assuming that you were maintaining your weight before, if you were slowly creeping up in weight, you'd have to play even more). Additionally, your body WILL eventually adapt and become more efficient at squash and your calorie burn will go down.Instagram: @doctorv17
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03-20-2018, 12:59 PM #8
I get what you are saying and what others were saying...to me it's common sense that you need to burn more than you eat, so just thought it was strange how everyone was so quick to point that out. Nowhere did I mention I didn't have a sound diet in place lol. Anyway, thanks for the advice...I know it came from a good place.
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03-20-2018, 01:47 PM #9
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