Regardless of how much of an impact exercise has on fat loss specifically, it’s without a doubt one of the best things you can do for your overall health and wellbeing.

@greghansen38

Жыл бұрын

I think it's a crying shame that exercise has been linked to weight loss. I had a friend who literally said, "I don't need to exercise, I'm already skinny." That's not what it's about!

@glenoh88

8 ай бұрын

@@greghansen38tell that person that it’s training not exercise. It’s training to be a physical fit human.

Fitness becomes more confusing every single day!

@moustachio334

2 жыл бұрын

The reason why is because people want excuses to not do it.

@mythoughtsinyourass9711

2 жыл бұрын

Its simple as just workout and eat healthy. The problem is people makes so much excuse to eat shit. We now have movement like haes. Logic what is healthy has become so complicated. All new study used to be just logical sense but unfortunately its not anymore. So to convince people now we need science to breaks down every single details.

@aliceshtewi6280

2 жыл бұрын

For most peoplel who don't need to dive too much into it, this shouldn't concern you at all. Just eat in a calorie deficit to lose fat, resistance train to build muscle, and eat in a teeny tiny caloric surplus to gain muscle and maybe maintain fat. Simple as that

@JAYY_JAYY

2 жыл бұрын

@Whey Protein If you want to look like a Greek a god it’s going to take steroids for most people . There are some who have the genetics . For the majority of the population it’s all about calories, diet , excercise.

@JAYY_JAYY

2 жыл бұрын

@Whey Protein It not an excuse . I been in gyms all my life There are just some people who have different body structures denser muscle fibers . If you look at certain ethnicity you can see the difference between African Americans and Chinese . Just an example

This is why the best approach is to set your daily calorie deficet from nutrition only and look upon exercise as what you need to do to build muscle and forget the calorie burn from it

@UbzUnclemax

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you assume that there is no, or less, compensatory mechanism activation associated with a calorie deficit induced through nutritional manipulation? BMR adjusts regardless of how the calorie deficit was created, we also know that whilst NEAT is inversely correlated with PAT, so is TEF positively associated with calorie intake, for instance.

@credibility63

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, but not new. How long have you heard "You can't outrun a poor diet", "Abbs are built in the kitchen". Exercise builds muscle and improves cardiovascular activity.

@CarnivoreMike434

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I do. I feel it makes it easier to lose weight 👊🏻

@esmee6308

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSimonboyle Builds the heart, generally by the time you build up cardio you have to account for it, you know how to account for it.

@Postermaestro

2 жыл бұрын

If you sit on your ass all day, your diet is going to be hell, that's all I've got to say about that.

These study breakdowns are fantastic, Layne. This evidence is so important to share for a lot of people who still hold these beliefs since they were so commonly pushed. Keep up the awesome work!

@JamesWillis-yy5px

Жыл бұрын

The problem with your thinking is anyone clown can do a study, including very evil people who want you to be unhealthy. They have been lying about food and health for all of science history, now is unlikely different.

This is another "Snapshot Study." What they're seeing is the body's *INITIAL* reaction to adding exercise (remember, the body protects itself through regulation). However, like most studies, they don't continue to monitor over a prolonged timeline with the same variables. If they did, they would see the BMR start to climb, and even surpass the initial mark (probably 2 weeks or more to start, and another month or so to surpass).

@omg_wtf

2 жыл бұрын

Link?

@JamesSmith-cm7sg

2 жыл бұрын

How do you know that?

Your guest appearance on today's video by Greg Doucette was greatly appreciated. Thanks for arming us with the tools we need. 👍

So now people might be asking, how can I reduce the compensation by the body due to exercise? My answer to that through my personal anecdote is to NOT do HIIT cardio or anything that makes it hard to recover. Anything that adds too much systemic fatigue will tank your NEAT. Stick to low intensity cardio (brisk walking) to minimize fatigue.

@blainebowling3303

2 жыл бұрын

@@reelcatastrophe check out Peter Attia’s podcasts on zone 2 training… Although I believe there’s a place for HIIT or SIIT I also believe when it comes to that, minimal is optimal! Too much is too much…

@esmee6308

2 жыл бұрын

@jeffrey bankers Lately I'm doing all the closing shifts at work due to that, I lift in the morning, intensive cardio to increase my lung-capacity 1-2h before work and after work I head straight into bed. I'm one of the few non-smokers so my manager doesn't mind I take the same 5 minutes my colleagues take to smoke to wolf down some food once hunger returns because eating post-cardio is rough.

@r-type4945

2 жыл бұрын

@jeffrey bankers I like that idea too. Vr or Nintendo ring fit, some gadged will be bought this fall.

@Geologist997

2 жыл бұрын

Steady state cardio and basic strength training. No need to go hardcore on the conditioning or strength work, unless you’re training foe something specific.

@doublem1975x

2 жыл бұрын

Most people do HIIT for heart health not just losing weight.

Yes I exercise regularly, but don't do enough at present on my diet, I'm not stopping my exercise, I enjoy it, I am still improving in fitness while also having a better mindset, more positive, less low moods and so on, the journey, work etc is it's own reward, even without the weight loss

Layne, You are so helpfu!!!. Thanks for informing the people with real life, scientific useable info..all these motivational fitness people spewing regurgitated cliches and charging people to be motivating them and trainnthemselves digitally basically alone...So sickening....and useless. If you are in the gym 5 times a week, you don't need motivation, you need factual useable information that you can use...like you give..THANK YOU.

This is totally true. I am an endurance athlete, training hours a day. If you add my bmr to my exercise expenditure, I should need about 3000 cal per day. In reality I maintain my weight on about 2500 cal per day. I theorize that there is an overlap effect so the two elements are not exactly additive.

Good breakdown, more is not always better. Consistency is key and being aware of what is actually happening. You see so many people jump on the cardio for fat loss. A good diet with enough calories, cardio and resistance and consistency always wins.

Kind of a confusing video. What is the main takeaway

@robertvandyke9781

3 ай бұрын

agree it would be great if he summarize main point he is like thomas delaurbwhere they keep it vague it seems but never get to point haahha dr ber is best he summerizes at end hahah or we just stupid haah

Great info… not what I would like to have heard, but a perspective adjustment… I kill it at the gym… especially on days leading up to, or after, a vacation or outing in order to compensate for my overindulgence... A healthy diet is important at all times along with activity outside of the gym.

I’m 45 and pretty lean w a good amount of muscle and YES, this is a recent picture of me too. I think, from MY experience anyway, is that training TOO hard can really trigger your appetite to the point where you will overeat…especially if you do HIIT cardio. You will become absolutely ravenous afterwards. LISS cardio done consistently, I find anyway, is more forgiving on your joints and your recovery ability. It gives your metabolism that nice bump and you won’t find your appetite out of control afterwards. Same thing with resistance training; stimulate the muscle but don’t overdo it. If you’re sore in that bodypart for 6 days afterwards, you definitely overdid it. You also have to find a “diet” that you can adhere to as well. I prefer low carbs, high protein, high fat. Carbs make me feel tired and bloated. Some people can handle carbs and do quite well on them. Genetics play an enormous factor in this and I think you should experiment to see what works best for you

I absolutely love doing cardio. On the elliptical, an assault bike, stair master or playing basketball for a few hours. I've lost over 25kg in the last 7 months and kept it off. Minimal changes to my diet but generally still eating what I want. 🤷‍♂️

@billybigballssteubing2243

2 жыл бұрын

Your anecdote isnt counter evidence bud. But even at 28% reduction/compensation you're still burning calories. Did you watch the whole thing or the title?

@whatsdoingbiz5203

2 жыл бұрын

@@billybigballssteubing2243 Watched it all. Was not producing counter evidence champ, just letting people know my journey and how cardio has been working for me regarding fat loss. Take it easy mate. 😁

@billybigballssteubing2243

2 жыл бұрын

@@whatsdoingbiz5203 you know that's the same thing, right? Did you keep your diet exactly the same?

@whatsdoingbiz5203

2 жыл бұрын

You're right bro, I'm such an idiot 🤦

@billybigballssteubing2243

2 жыл бұрын

@@whatsdoingbiz5203 I didnt come with that energy so Ill assume you're american and have a predilection for fighting everyone? Also there are always outliers and if you look at the study FM is also key. So for those that train others (those that seek a coach and not as well trained as you on the whole) this could be a crucial element.

The more we can explain the genuine impact of specific exercise as part of the energy balance model, the closer we will get to actually helping people manage their weight (ie fat).

Well logically it makes sense, as you get fitter, your heart rate lowers at rest meaning you burn less calories per hour which means your bmr also lowers. Its a domino effect. Exercise is just 1 way to gain free calories not fat loss. So if you put those calories into a deficit then fatloss will happen. In summary, exercise=/=fatloss.

Absolutely fascinating! I'm an endurance athlete and coach. This information is incredibly valuable to me. I have a better understanding of why I'm not the size of a stick by the end of my race season and how I'm able to maintain my lean mass throughout as I spend many hours training for MTB stage races. I also understand better why this would be different for someone else doing the same thing as me. I am super interested in learning more on this topic and look forward to future findings. Thanks for sharing this information.

I started running 3 miles a day and after 3 months and I was shredded. I dropped my visceral fat from a 7 to 5. It also improved my blood work.

@Vanguardcredit

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, is your hight? Weight before and after?

@SKY13.

2 жыл бұрын

3 miles damn. I can't even do 1 mile lmao

@Ayrad160

2 жыл бұрын

@@SKY13. Are you 80 years old bro ?

@SKY13.

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ayrad160 might as well I Fat AF. 🤣😂

@MrCmon113

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like it would kill the gainz.

As your muscle mass increases your bmr goes up. That directly correlates to hypertrophy training not endurance training just to be fit. If you just get fit and do endurance training your bmr may go down. It takes more energy to run more muscle mass but if you just get fit your body becomes more efficient and lowers your bmr. Hope that helps

KZreadrs like Greg Doucette and others have said doing hit cardio is basically pointless because you do get an afterburn but it's such a small percentage it would only equate like 30 calories so it's better just to do low-intensity for longer if you want to burn more

@Inga_Ka

2 жыл бұрын

I used to like Greg Doucette, but he's getting on my nerves. Not everyone has time for hours of cardio. His job is making videos, some people have regular jobs and no time nor do they want to do that much cardio. HIIT is very efficient and gets the job done in short time. Greg makes fun of people who love HIIT. Completely full of himself. Plus if someone needs to burn extra calories by doing cardio, there is something wrong with the diet.

@Kwildcat13

2 жыл бұрын

@@Inga_Ka just because people don’t have time for a workout doesn’t make what Greg says un true , jumping around a room for 10 min doesn’t burn a lot of calories . He isn’t lying most people don’t even do HITT correctly enough to do anything but validate that they simply don’t have time or care to make time to workout .

@williammclean6594

2 жыл бұрын

@@Inga_Ka I don't find any form of cardio to be very efficient it's more so your diet but yeah I don't like Greg anymore I don't watch him he's annoying the talks about his weight loss and he makes fun of people that enjoy to have more fat in their diet. His whole thing is eating low-calorie high-volume food but that doesn't make you feel full because the foods that he eats has no nutrients a couple hours later you're starving again that's why he eats like 5 times a day to counteract that. I started like not quite a keto diet but it has a lot more dietary fat and lower carbs and now I never have cravings compared to when I was using his anabolic diet

@williammclean6594

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kwildcat13 I'm not too big of a fan of Greg but I 100% agree that's what people who do hit cardio do do you think like running for like 20 minutes stopping and starting will burn more calories than actually going for like an hour long walk or something or doing a low-intensity elliptical bike session for 45 minutes. Actually do hit cardio right it's extremely stressful you have to go so hard that you're almost throwing up people don't do that

@Inga_Ka

2 жыл бұрын

@@williammclean6594 I never said anything about burning calories by doing HIIT. Calories should be managed through diet alone. For getting and being fit for people who don't have tons of time is HIIT a great choice. Calorie burning effect of any exercise is grossly overestimated. Too many people trust their calorie trackers, which are up to 93% off.

So informative! Thank you for these videos they're a great way to keep on top of the latest info. I've been recently trying to train myself to see exercise as a way to feel better rather than a means of fat loss and it's nice that the literature (somewhat) supports it.

@marskeelove4166

2 жыл бұрын

Yes always do exercise for good heart health or some form of cardio, it's not about just trying to burn fat.

I’ve decreased my frequency of exercise as of late and seem to be having an easier time of staying lean

@miloice74

2 жыл бұрын

Exercise is addictive. I wish to train more but its directly related to the amount of rest we get. With injuries and inability to recover faster. I have to prioritise my workouts based on the goals.

@xMCxVSxARBITERx

2 жыл бұрын

You mean you just eat less...?

@miloice74

2 жыл бұрын

@@xMCxVSxARBITERx to remain bodyfat, you eat at maintenance and not less.

@xMCxVSxARBITERx

2 жыл бұрын

@@miloice74 I didn't reply to you but the original comment...

@xMCxVSxARBITERx

2 жыл бұрын

@@miloice74 He said he had decreased his frequency of training yet claiming he had an easier time staying lean. That just means either he moves more normally (non exercise activity) or eats LESS.

Diet is key but excercise is helpful. But yeah I’ve been hearing this before and I agree. Even when you diet too much things would slow down... it makes sense that too much excercise too would have the same effect. Eat good Whole Foods whether vegetarian or keto or a well balanced mix of the two and excercise for health benefits.

I used to cycle 8h a week and saw my mass increase from 87 to 92kg, with diet uncontrolled. Now I cycle 12h a week and eat whatever I want and now 78kg.

Please, please PLEASE do what you can to make more balanced content like this dude. It’s so much more impactful and helpful than the flippant debunking nonsense videos. You can be a much bigger force for good than you can imagine 👍.

@Zebrahhh

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the debunking videos just as much tough because it helps us avoid wasting time

@Zebrahhh

2 жыл бұрын

Though*^

Control your weight with diet, exercise for health. I've been saying it for years....

@patc2515

2 жыл бұрын

Omg what an incredible new idea

@JeffreyTFurtado

2 жыл бұрын

@@patc2515 lmao. Agreed, who would have ever thought of this.

@cgordon7689

2 жыл бұрын

Exercise doesn’t make you healthy. Diet does.

@weisscoaching

2 жыл бұрын

And change your body's composition with both?:)

@literallylikedude9814

2 жыл бұрын

@@weisscoaching hell yeah 😂

Calorie deficit doesn’t just mean cutting from what you consume but can also be increasing energy expenditure. On top of that building and maintaining muscle helps burn calories. 14 calories are burned per 1lb of muscle a day. So that plus working out daily and you’ll always been in a deficit so long as you’re keeping track of calories and not over eating

My favorite fitness channel

Very interesting. Some things seem so simple and obvious but we overlook them easily. Thanks.

I love that you are explaining the context around a study and how it fits in with the rest of research!

100% on the intentionally keeping steps/general activity up to prevent ‘compensation’. Tho imo ‘compensation’ overcomplicates something pretty simple we all already know all about - getting tired. Exerting yourself more than usual is tiring so you slow down. Just got to force yourself not to slow down till you burned whatever overall total for the day you need to, then go ahead and relax because you’re done. Been doing that years now, total works, and why wouldn’t it. 🤷

im only gonna say this once.... you lose weight by burning more calories than you eat... exercise can help you burn calories ontop of the workout your doing, exercise enough and you will eventually burn more calories than you eat, if any1 thinks otherwise, they need to rethink how basic body function works , its as simple as this. no more complicated

Exercise does a lot of positive things, not just weight loss

When i was unemployed few years back i would do 3/4 hours of spin bike a day which claims to burn 1800-2400 calories (25kmph) i always ate back the calories and then some got shredded in the process. Also used to lift weights 6x a week for 2 hrs.

Man, that's wild. In terms of an evolutionary perspective, BMR reduction being more aggressive in fatter people is almost counterintuitive, as they have the extra fat to spare and don't need to conserve as much. Thanks for the breakdown!

Yeah tracking steps has been the game changer for me. “I’m not moving. I need to hit this number”

This absolutely can be noticed with heavy weight lifting at the other portion of the workout.

Brilliant post. Would be great to have another in-depth post about this.

This very valuable. Thanks for highlighting this🙏🙏🙏

But while explaining the study you said "BMR" goes down when exercise goes up, not "TDEE", Then you said NEAT could be the reason for that, NEAT is not included in BMR so how does that work? If they actually tested BMR not TDEE then NEAT can't be a factor in this. It's gotta be other things like when we lose our period to conserve energy, etc..

Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, that is to say, we burn 7-10 kcal/lb of muscle vs 3kcal/lb of fat. So, it seems counterintuitive that exercise decreases your BMR. However, you can assume that people who are obese have way more fat than muscle. In effect, the increase in fat pounds makes the caloric demands for fat higher than muscle. So, suppose that a beginner obese individual gained 10lbs of muscle while losing 50lbs of fat over a year. That would account for a 520kcal deficit per day. You can see, the 50lbs of fat lost originally burned 150kcal/day while the gained muscle now burns around 70-100kcal/day. I think this can offer an explanation to why BMR decreases when you exercise. Putting it in simple terms, you lose way more fat pounds than muscle gained; in effect, your BMR decreases.

is there any possibility that the reduction in bmr seen with exercise is due partially to the body becoming healthier and the organs or body working better there for burning less

Could you assume that your body becomes more efficient at “keeping the lights on” so the BMR decreases as your exercise increases.

Well presented! Clear and concise. Thank you.

Awesome topic! More of these🤙🏼 thank you

People should exercise because exercises activates the enzyme PGC- 1alpha which is crucial for the fat oxidation in skeletal muscle.

This info needs to go to the masses. So much bad info out there. Thanks Layne.

This video unlocks the truth behind successful weight loss though exercise. The more one pushes themselves in the gym, the more likely the person will be to eat to make up for their effort or as a reward system along with moving less (NEAT) thought the rest of the day doing normal activities. Therefore, one can conclude that only though exercise along with maintaining your calorie expenditures from NEAT can you end up in a deficit by the end of the day. I recently set a 10000 step goal for myself per day, whether or not its also a workout day.

Your body may compensate some for the exercise, but it isn't going to be large amount. So, let's say you burned 500 calories, and your body subtracts 100 calories from that, then you still burned 400 calories. Exercise is still going to be worth doing to lose weight. This video is going to make people think that exercise is pointless, and that's not true. Doing only 300 calories, around 30 mins isn't enough, because you might not have actually burned 300 calories, it might only be 150 calories, because calories burn counting is often wrong. Just because you BMR drops 100 calories, which is nothing, if you are burning 500-700 calories, then you'll barely notice it. Your still moving much closer to your goal weight. I guarantee if you stop exercising, it's going to take you much longer to get to your goal. The fitter you become, the more energy you'll find you have, and just being in a calorie deficit isn't going to give you that energy, you have to tune your body through movement, get the blood moving, clear up the pathways in your body. Making it so much easier for you to do physical things. So, do low impact cardio 30 mins at a time, take a 30min break, and do another 30mins. You don't have to do it all at once. You can spread it out through out the day. When you are done, you shouldn't feel sore, and you should feel fine to do it again the next day. If your sore, you did to much, scale it back some. Exercise doesn't have to be hard, you just need to move your body for a period of time, if you move it enough, you burn calories. It doesn't take much, don't make it harder than it needs to be.

This was fascinating! I love learning more about the body's mechanisms. Thank you! I'm using carbon now and love it. So much thought went into it.

Thank you for breaking this down.

My take away would be controlling diet, and exercise might be better little and often, as in, short workouts of varying intensity so the deficit isn't too big daily

I’m 65, plant based, run 10k/day and recently added 3 days/week CrossFit (probably going to add 2 days p90x) … I do eat occasional fish .. never eat lunch, just a kale and water blend. I went to Mexico for 6 days where I ran 10k each day but no CrossFit, minimal alcohol, but still put on 4lb … pissed me off … now I’m back I have 4lb to lose .. I’m 5-10 I like being 155 but told I look like a concentration camp victim ..so I went to 165 … now I’m 169 .. F*** .. I completely agree with wearables and calories … as I’ve got better at running I know my calorific expenditure is lower but my watch is consistent at 125kcal/mile. My wife said “you’ve put on 4lb of.muscle” … not just doing 3/week CrossFit for 2 weeks …. It seems that unless I’m on a 1900kcal budget I put on weight … I know my bmr is 1540 … so .. I guess that 500kcal from a dail6 10k run is about right and Layne” 100kcal from CrossFit … just seems “unfair” Actually .. I’m 65 and extremely bit .. so unfair sounds pathetic … but … this is a health channel,so “f*** it” .. actually I’m writing this because I don’t wan to get up and run my first 6k in tje cold ….

maybe id like him to postulate on ideas more but honestly i like laynes videos alot . they are in fact educational.

If you’re active as a child and teenager, you’re going to be a healthy adult. The problem in modern America is that children and teenagers are no longer as active.

Excellent educational video thank you for sharing!

Everyone is trying to force themselves to follow a plan but nobody is just doing what they enjoy

Exercise for cardiovascular, strength and mobility, and nutrition for fast loss

My hypothesis, I'm commenting 2:36 into the video, is people who exercise have more efficient bodies. I imagine a person with a resting heart rate of 40 will have a lower BMR than someone with 75.

I am 49y old, since June 20th i lost 23 pounds, i made simple changes, no more takeout or restaurants, i eat low fat meat instead of full fat, my go to shake is pasteurized egg white and fat free chocolate milk, low fat yogourt etc.. Since i am still recup for some hip pain my training is full body 3-4 times per week and high reps and i walk. Went from 278 pounds to 255 i still have a long way to go but still. For the exercise and weight loss, i always did that all my life, even if the metabolism slows down a bit there are way to many health benefits to not exercise. Next year if the big 5-0 for me and i don't plan on quitting any time soon

Very interesting and counterintuitive effect. But there must be a limit to how much the body reduce your BMR to compensate for increased activity. If you go on a 6-hour intense bike ride and burn 4,000 calories even if you BMR reduced to 0 it wouldn't compensate for the activity... in fact, you'd lose weight pretty rapidly because youd be dead and decomposing.

An often overlooked factor is, what is that exercise replacing? If my daily energy expenditure is 2000 calc and I exercise 1 hour for 500 calc, should add up to 2500? well no, that hour of exercise is replacing an hour of whatever daily activities I would otherwise do. these numbers are made up just to show the point. 2000/24 hours is 83.3 calc /hr. Assuming the waking hours spent more energy than the sleeping hours, it might be 100 calc/hr where 50 calc might come moving around doing normal stuff. Im not doing that stuff if I'm exercising for an hour. that means the net gain of doing the exercise is 450 and not 500.

Call me crazy but I still believe that old time idea that exercise will help me live longer and enjoy my life more.....

Brilliant video as usual from you.

You have helped me a lot with focusing on calories thanks! Been seeing results.

Always giving out great info! Thanks, Doctor.

I find alternate day intermittent fasting you can pig out and not even make it to 5000 calories even if you TRY and you still keep weight off... I also found low calorie every day (under 2000) can get you shredded in as little as a month or two... but for me I dont have the time for cardio if you were going to ask me what I would do if I had an hour. Its always been weights I liked better. Bigger muscles, more responsive body movements, more controlled development of the muscles. Then again when I started fitness Id jog an hour everyday at 4am even in winter. To each their own. It was always for fun and never for weight loss... but when I got into the twinkie diet (my first time experimenting with calorie counting) and eventually the alternate day fast (so you can OFTEN have "cheat day") I feel food is an addiction you must control if you truly want to be lean. How often and how much you eat is the key. I dislike the idea of "struggling" to lose weight or needing to balance my food intake with body movements. I want to be a skinny fuck or strong, but never want to feel if i dont do cardio ill get fat. It should only be for fun. I also feel intermittent alternate day fasting should always be done AFTER the days work, to not be sluggish in working out. just some things that ive discovered along the way, still working on myself.

That makes sense but "exercise" is a very broad term. BMR dropping makes sense for cardio or endurance exercise but if you're building muscle that should counter act the drop because muscle is metabolically active.

Your Video's amaze me! Thank you for this great content. I know I'm late to the game but I still appreciate it.

Very interesting. Great post Layne

Exercise burns calories. Being in a caloric deficit burns fat.

Very interesting video! Thank you Layne! :D

Most people should be doing cardio regularly for their heart health anyway.

@bh2155

2 жыл бұрын

That is why I do it to lower my blood pressure and keep the heart healthy. When you start talking about exercising for appearance that is when you get discouraged because exercise and even a good diet dies not always mean you will have a nice body. Also doing cardio is good for brain function and preventing cognitive decline as well, which is another huge benefit.

I recently saw a Physionic video that seems relevant to this: "Fasting and Overeating - How you Change your Mitochondria". I can't say I grasped all of it, but it seems that in a nutrient surplus, to reduce oxidative stress, your mitochondria add uncoupling proteins that let protons in through the inner membrane without doing anything in particular, bypassing the mechanism where they would normally power the creation of an ATP. So when a fat person loses weight, their mitochondria could become less inefficient!

The problem 100% of dieters face is that calories restriction works, until it doesn't. I was down to 1700/day with 60lb to lose and progress stooped for 3 weeks. Going any lower is just unhealthy. My wife got down to just 1000/day and progress stopped for 2 weeks. Everybody knows "eat less and exercise", but nobody knows when to stop eating less because it becomes dangerous and the strategy has to change.

It’s does help keep it off though

One of the problems in today's world...a skinny chick tries on lingerie and gets millions of views; you, and a few others, put out phenomenal content and barely get 20k views! Sad...but please keep up the GREAT work as some of us greatly appreciate it!

Ok. This is the 6th video I've watched of yours and I can't not day this: you have a super amazing nose! (and facial features in general!) (Sorry for the weird randomness. I'm an artist and I love doing portraits and your nostrils are perfect.)

I'd be really curious to see whether compensation varies with intensity of exercise, such as walking versus HIIT or running.

I have been there that same day with the remote control 10 ft away and did not want to touch it

Different activity produces different results: Lying down for an hour has a different effect from sitting for an hour...and dancing for an hour is different from lifting weights for an hour. All these activities burn calories, but one of them sends a clear message to the body to build muscle. More muscle means more calories are burned just to "keep the lights on"

Before this video I got an ad stating exercise & calories don't matter and scientists have discovered a secret used over 2500 years ago. It included all of the nebules terms Layne makes fun of. I thought let's see where this goes. Then I noticed I'd need to waster 26 minutes.

Proving that in a challenge between a group of friends in 2014 won me money.

You don't burn many calories after a hit workout. Just walk 3 miles every day.Does not take that long. You lose FAT weight, without any stress. Best of all it's free, don't to have to go to the gym to do it and it's good for your mental health.

Curious as to whether increases in dedicated exercise activity actually lowers BMR more than it results in more time spent sedentary by the typical individual. Individuals who maximize effort during strength training or endurance training may have a greater tendency to rest more during normal everyday activity. Sit more, lie down more, sit still, move less, etc. Essentially lower non exercise activity. But it is hard to refute that increases in dedicated exercise activity will tend to lower the resting heart rate, rate of respiration, etc. which would equate to lower rates of energy consumption at rest. However, there are plenty of individuals who don't do any dedicated exercise, but walk everywhere, move constantly throughout the day, eat a normal diet of generally whatever they want as it fits into their daily routine, which is not the same as a sedentary, eat everything they want constantly throughout the day, and remain slender.

The thing is... how can we hack the compensatory mechanisms? I for example do 90 min walk at 60%-70% max HR and 90 weight lifting, one in the morning and one in the evening, I never eat more, always the same, I dont feel more hunger, as a matter of fact, when I do the aerobic exercise I dont have hunger for like 2 hs and then I feel mild hunger.

I mean your body not going lower your bmr by 1000 calories so if it lowers it by like let's say 200 you still have burned 800. Doesn't this equate to rest since you moving less because you are tired and need to recover ???

I 99% agree, however I think NEAT is highly depending on the intensity of the cardio. For me, medium intensity cardio, even make me more active afterwards, I feel refreshed, start cleaning, do my silly movements like shaking my legs, etc... High intensity kills me and intrestingly, low intensity too! If I do like, 2 hours of walking, I wanna lay down and watch netflix XD But I do understand and agree the basic concept.

Since BMR is going doen as a compensatory mechanism and you are less active, would you say that you become less active in your life outside of fitness? I.e. you become less active socially, intellectually etc.? If so, this is another trade-off that needs to be incorporated in your workout-life balance. Would you agree?

How do you figure out how many calories you burn daily just to keep the lights on? And how much calories do you burn walking 10 miles a day? I walk 30,000 steps each day at work..

This is very interesting about the subconscious change in just regular activity depending on physical activity. Years ago I used to run alot and days I would run alot as I look back on it I didn't do much else that day. I used to exercise in the morning when I worked because I had to work then had kids. Now that I am an empty nester I work out in the evening because I know I will exercise but intuitively I knew that if I exercise in the morning I am not as productive around the house after that.

So me waking up to walk at 4a.m. for an hr, then working 10 hrs straight on my feet, mon-sat, working in a warehouse tracking 16ks steps a shift, then lifting 55 pd boxes all day, then going to gym 4x a week after work, eating 2x a day with a snack in-between and count my total calories at 2500 a day, 20%,55%,25% split macros. Your telling me all that exercise dosent help me loose weight.🤔

Fitness science seems more puzzling than Quantum mechanics.

This is the first time I have heard you not arguing with anyone.. lol. Good fucking video

Very true. In my years of exercise and IF, Exercise alone, like Calorie restriction alone, only temporarily throws of the balance, even when not compensated for by overeating or lethargy, until the body adapts to a new equilibrium. This is how exercise disorders develop just like eating disorders.. However, through periodicity, and used together, the body can sustain what I call race weight, or hunter's weight, which is a new set point, too.

Yes the compensatory mechanisms are strong. At the beginning of my diet i was doing my cardio. As it went on for a while i just became exhausted earlier and did not have the same capacity to go on.

I guess we have to watch hard endpoints. If you do HIIT for 30 min for 5x/week, or MICT for 1h 5x/week, what's the average fat loss? Midsection reduction? Is it worth it? Etc. Mechanism mumbo jumbo isn't that important after all. That's the same trap like "proteosynthesis stimulation" vs. actual muscle built over 3 months.

But they can increase lean tissue which can increase your base metabolic rate but this is very negligible with the amount of calories you can get from everyday foods maybe a few hundred calories difference.

Yes show this study to michael Phelps who eats 15 k calories daily during training periods and stay at 8% body fat