Best way to lose FAT on a 1hr run?

Running for one hour all-out is the best way for losing fat.

Running slowly will burn a higher PERCENTAGE of fat calories, but if you run slowly and cover 6 miles in an hour, you might burn (this is completely hypothetical) 60% of 600 calories as fat versus running fast for an hour, covering 10 miles, and burning 40% of 1000 calories as fat.

Remember, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie whether fat, carbohydrate, or protein. Just do the running at a comfortable pace and volume, eat healthily, and the weight will disappear over time.

If you gained 25 lbs in 4 months, I think that the right way to run for an hour is the least of your worries.

Whatta saying?

Also, not sure on the hard as you can idea, I mean if going hard you may only burn around 10% of 100cal as opposed to 40% of 600cal, big diff

Man, if you're up 25 pounds, I don't think running an hour a day at any pace will be easy. Just run so that you can get out and do it again day after day - that will be the right pace.

Make sure you are hydrated, and make sure you have eaten at least a few carbs (only a few) before you start the run. As my old phys teacher used to say, fat burns best in a carbohydrate furnace (ie. don't head out the door first thing in the am without at least a few bites of banana.

Look you're not getting it. Don't worry about what % of calories burned is "fat", that is irrelevant as your body has plenty of glycogen stored away. The point is, the faster you run the more calories you burn in x amount of time, and calories burned = weight lost.

25 pounds gained isn't necessarily so bad as long as it's mostly muscle.

Or he could go easier and run longer. He's more likely to keep it up and continue the weight loss if he runs reasonably. Hard to loose weight when you're 25 pounds overweight. You really think it's smart for this guy to go out and run hard everyday? If so, you've never been 25 pounds overweight.

Yes I know weight lose comes down to Cal in v's out, but I'm not that concerned about my weight, I mean I was slight to start but just want to burn off some fat and feel running a lot or going too hard will just burn glygogen and leave me tired and hungry and with muscular legs and a big guts

Hey Bum, guess what I have been 25 pounds above racing weight and if you read my post you will see I didn't advocate running hard everyday as an optimal weightloss strategy. I responded to the question posed on the thread which was given 1 hour to run, how can you best lose weight?

If you're trying to take off 25 pounds, what I did is just run easy for a while until that's comfortable, but most importantly watch what you're eating. Whole grains fill you up more, so try them. It takes time.

By the way, it's "lose," not "loose." Perhaps you need to go back to English 101.

Your response is on the money to the question asked.

But as simple says it is hypothetical and the difference between 40% of 1000 and 60% of 600 is p*ss all...

yo fatty,

stay fully aerobic all the way, and the blubber will drop...in your present shape im guessing just being able to run for an hr. at an easy pace would be best.

And besides with all that extra chub on you, its safer to keep the pounding down till you drop a few....so again easy running should be the answer.

Peace porkchops

listen to simple answer. the harder you run the more fat you burn. dont be lazy and look for an excuse to run slower. Run HARD, burn FAT.

But as simple says it is hypothetical and the difference between 40% of 1000 and 60% of 600 is p*ss all...

Since it ultimately boils down to cal in vs cal out, the difference, as far as weight loss is concerned, is really 100% of 1000 vs 100% of 600, which is quite a lot.

The bottom line is, the more intense your workout is, the faster you burn calories. So that means that more intensity is better -- so why not just go all out ? The reason is that you'll quickly get overtrained/injured if you go 100% every workout.

So if you want to be smart and strategic about it, the right way is to find a middle ground where you can get in a reasonable amount of volume without injuring yourself, and maintain a good enough intensity that you burn calories at a good rate. In fact a better way to think about it is this -- calories is ultimately proportional to how many miles you run, so just go at whatever pace enables you to get in a good amount of mileage without too much discomfort -- probably a fairly slow pace.

Another point worth mentioning -- running is inherently a fairly intense activity, so even "easy" running burns calories much faster than say spinning on the recumbant in front of the TV (as often seen in your local gym) Moreover, you need to run at a fairly easy pace if you want to build a decent tally of miles for your training week.

he's right wrote:

listen to simple answer. the harder you run the more fat you burn. dont be lazy and look for an excuse to run slower. Run HARD, burn FAT.

that's the quickest way to get fat again - by way of injury

MY 2 cents - LSD until you take weight off and throw in some high rep weight training to get the metabolism going -At 25 lbs overweight anything over an hour is suicidal, you're asking for a stress fracture or some other catastrophy.

Long walks, while time consuming, are the easiest ways to lose weight and not get injured.

thermodynamics 101 wrote:

By the way, it's "lose," not "loose." Perhaps you need to go back to English 101.

Perhaps if you pulled that stick out of your ass you wouldn't be 25 pounds overweight. Fact is pal, I'm a whole lot smarter than you, and faster. I can beat anyone with a big stick shoved up their ass. Guarantee it. The only thing that's "loose" here is the skin around your corn hole.

thermodynamics 101 wrote:

25 pounds gained isn't necessarily so bad...

And you're criticizing others?????

id actually have to say that going hard everyday might not be a bad idea because you may get to a point where youre overtraining, and a major symptom of overtraining is (you guessed it) weight loss.

per unit of TIME, running faster burns more fat than running slower

per unit of DISTANCE, running faster burns fewer calories than running slower.