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Yes! Sorry, but the days keep getting away from me.
steve, are there any new videos to come?
Thank you! My pleasure. Please tell a friend.
Just listened to your seminar on your website Steve. Great information and truth provided!
yo steve when i finish eating and i want to excerise how much time should i wait before working about and i followed your tips and i lost 25 pounds thanks to you
Yeah…cutting calories to lose weight…shocking. Where are you finding these people buddy, psychological war fare against delicious food, GOOD LUCK.
Speaking of leanness, calories and swimming, I read that great swimmer who just won 8 medals at the Olympics would consume something like 12,000 calories per day. He IS pretty lean however. I don’t know if he really hit 12,000 every day, but I’ll bet it was up pretty high and on some days for sure. They certainly didn’t want him losing any need muscle due to large calorie shortages.
The danger I believe is having that large a cal deficit day after day after day. You come in 1000 calories short on Mon, and then train on Tues again and come in another 1000 calories short, and then 1200 short on Wed. Hmmm, yeah you’re bodies going to be reaching for some of that muscle for sure. It needs those calories for body functions, digesting food, your workouts, repairing muscles, daily activities and on and on and will only take So many from fat. The balance will come from lean muscle.
That’s correct erukian. if you’re consistanly burning 4000 a day, but only taking in 3000, the calorie deficit will be too much. Especially if you’re doing this on most days. I’ve read where Tri-athletes take in 4000 to 5000 calories a day to avoid muscle loss. If you weigh yourself daily or weekly, you’ll know what’s going on. If you’re dropping 1 to1 1/2 pounds a week or two maybe, you’re fine. Any more then that and it’s muscle loss. I try to keep it to 3/4 of a pound to 1 pound a week.
When I look at female competitive swimmers, although VERY fit, they seem to be a bit higher in fat then other female athletes that do hard cardio work; gymnasts and track and field athletes for sure. The ice bath you’re talking about I’m sure has no negative effect. I go for walks to recuperate from hard workouts. Something about swimming though I feel is not a good way to get cut. Bodybuilders who show up on stage with high degrees of bodyfat are sometimes mockingly refered to as ” Swimmers.”
The second idea I believe in a big way becuase as a summer swimmer, I would experience this everyday. If I spent an hour or two in the lake water, whether swimming, water skiing, or just floating around, when I get out of the water,..I’m beyond starving!! If there’s food around of any kind, I’ll eat like there’s no tomorrow. I’ll eat WAY more calories then I normally would. A long walk or run or aerobic workout in the gym however, has the opposite effect. It reduces my appetite.
O.K., I see what you’re saying with Ice baths. I thought you meant,…I don’t know, working out in an ice bath or something. I’ve read several theories on this regarding fat gain. The second idea I believe much more than the first. I read that when you’re exposed to cold water for long periods of time on a daily basis, that your body may in fact react to this by putting on a slight amount of fat to protect you against the cold water conditions it’s constantly being exposed to. It’s a theory.
So let me make sure I have this right, if i eat 3000 cals a day but i exercise a lot and have a 1000 cal defecit despite the fact that i’m eating so much, it doesn’t matter how you get the deficit as long as it isnt over 500 it’s safe? I figured eating so much despite the deficit wouldn’t make my body think it’s going into starvation mode.
i dont think your right because i think after when you work out and you jump into a ice bath it moves all the lactic acid out of your muscles so it helps with muscle soreness alot of athletes do this and they dont seem fat at all i see ufc fighters do it all the time how can cold water make you have more body fat that doesnt seen to make sence to put body fat on you have to eat its not because of cold water
Personally I wouldn’t do an ice bath. I don’t mean to sound rude, but it sounds silly. But my minds open. I’ve read that people who tend to spend a lot of time in cold water, tend to put on a little layer of fat in response to that. You can look at most deep sea female pearl divers, and they’re generally a bit on the fatty side of things. Also, when you spend time in cold water, your body spends lots of energy keeping you warm. After a long day of swimming, you’re starving! You may then overeat.
Hey Joe, The reason they say that 500 cal is the approximate limit you want to create for you daily cal deficit, is because beyond that you risk setting off starvation alarm bells in your body. I’ve heard Steve mention 300-400 cals a day. That’s a safe bet. You’re going to probably lose a bit of muscle anyway, but it’s best to minimize that. Who knows, if you’re good, you may put some muscle on AS you lose fat. But keep that deficit around 500. You won’t notice it, but your fat cells WILL!!
Hi Steve!
I have a question quick question. Exercise or not, -500 cals a day will lose fat, correct? what about -1000 cals but with lots of exercise and cardio, i’d be eating more than not exercising but i’d have a bigger defecit, is this healthy?
Thanks! -Joe
hey steve great video! can you do a video on ice baths and do they actually work and are there any dangers along with it thanks
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I’d be interested to hear what you have to say as well. I read through Brad Pilon’s big 5 myths related to weightloss and eating. On 4 of them I believe he’s absolutely correct. But on intermittent fasting,..hmmm I’m not so sold on that one. But my minds open. If it’s possible to train well on a fasting day and you have enough stored glycogen and energy to train, then maybe. But just the act of fasting for some obscure health reason, to me has no basis in fact. I’m VERY skeptical. Anyone else?
Dear Steve,
have you heard about the “eat stop eat” plan of Brad Pilon and if yes, what are your thoughts about it as an expert?
Thank you!!! ~Steve
you are an inspirational speaker.
Hey im pushing on the tredmile of incline of 15 (which is max) then i go for 4.4 and burn 900 calories for 35 mins and i push weights, i am not loosing any weight, i have my photos up from my first week of doing this on my profile. i eat every 2 hrs and not after 8pm,
WOW! Fantastic. That’s a great job! You should be very proud. Keep up the good work.
Steve