Pretty much the only thing I agree with in that article is, that in terms of pure weight loss, dietary changes will bring much bigger benefits that just increasing exercise. Like he says, just eating those few cookies less each day, you will have reaped the benefits of 30 minutes of sweating on the treadmill.
As for superhydration. Well, good luck downing 5 liters of 1 celcius water every day. I mean that is seriously cold water. I'll still be hanging on to the 1000+ Calorie jogs thank you. And personally, through experimentation, I do not find superhydration to beneficial at all to freediving, all the contrary. Hydration is important, but superhydration (especially if achieved with just water) is disastrous to my apnea.
As for aerobic exercise increasing resting HR? I thought it was the other way around and my almost 20 beats lower resting HR compared to couple of years back seems to agree...And in defence of aerobic exercise, I can't even start own the other positive health effects of being aerobically fit. Also, he seems to suggest that building enough muscle mass to make a real difference in calorie consumption is a simple thing to do - which it is not, especially if you're trying to loose weight at the same time (which makes gaining muscle mass more or less impossible except for someone completely untrained). Also, teenagers don't burn calories because they have huge muscles (which may be partially true), but most of all, because they are growing at a staggering rate, which would make any bodybuilder jealous.
Well, there are many schools and methods for weight loss, but none can escape the brutality of the laws of physics. Mass is energy. If you want to loose mass, all you need to do is make sure you spend more energy than you eat. A simple way to do that is to eat less. Another good one is to exercise more. And the most effective is to combine both...Unfortunately there is no magic pill (yet).
But welcome to deeperblue and good first post
As for superhydration. Well, good luck downing 5 liters of 1 celcius water every day. I mean that is seriously cold water. I'll still be hanging on to the 1000+ Calorie jogs thank you. And personally, through experimentation, I do not find superhydration to beneficial at all to freediving, all the contrary. Hydration is important, but superhydration (especially if achieved with just water) is disastrous to my apnea.
As for aerobic exercise increasing resting HR? I thought it was the other way around and my almost 20 beats lower resting HR compared to couple of years back seems to agree...And in defence of aerobic exercise, I can't even start own the other positive health effects of being aerobically fit. Also, he seems to suggest that building enough muscle mass to make a real difference in calorie consumption is a simple thing to do - which it is not, especially if you're trying to loose weight at the same time (which makes gaining muscle mass more or less impossible except for someone completely untrained). Also, teenagers don't burn calories because they have huge muscles (which may be partially true), but most of all, because they are growing at a staggering rate, which would make any bodybuilder jealous.
Well, there are many schools and methods for weight loss, but none can escape the brutality of the laws of physics. Mass is energy. If you want to loose mass, all you need to do is make sure you spend more energy than you eat. A simple way to do that is to eat less. Another good one is to exercise more. And the most effective is to combine both...Unfortunately there is no magic pill (yet).
But welcome to deeperblue and good first post
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