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Drinking strong coffee before exercising increases fat-burning, new study finds

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228 points curmudgeon22 | 1 comments | 28 Mar 21 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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airhead969 ◴[28 Mar 21 20:34 UTC] No.26614229[source]▶
Caffeine is performance-enhancing, raises metabolism (temporarily), and suppresses hunger.

Unfortunately, it's readily-apparent that you can never outrun your fork, so forget about "burning calories" through cardio. The goal of fitness to lose weight ought to be weightlifting to gain as much muscle mass as possible to raise one's BMR. Passive metabolism is about the only way to do it without enrolling in BUD/S. In general, gymrattery and endless treadmill running are wasted effort.

https://youtu.be/mTABw0EyIWY

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1. NoPicklez ◴[29 Mar 21 03:24 UTC] No.26617402[source]▶
I find this very wrong in a couple of ways. Firstly, yes you can lose weight through upping your BMR through introducing more muscle onto the body, essentially giving yourself a bigger engine.

However, as you say you cannot outrun your fork, well you also cannot outlift your fork either.

Your body burns its carbohydrate and fat stores when exercising through cardio, now if you're going to the gym and running on a treadmill for 20 minutes you're unlikely to burn much. But if you do this consistently outside multiple times a week, you will absolutely see changes provided you aren't overeating.

This idea that cardio doesn't burn calories or help you lose weight is ludacris. If this was the case, every triathlete, cyclist or runner would be overweight.