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by xnx 724 days ago
An hour of strenuous exercise might burn 800 calories. That can be undone in moments with one milkshake.
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I feel like this is an oversimplification. Exercise has compounding effects. That 1 hour of effort doesn't just burn 800, even if that's all that is used in 1 hour. The increase in metabolism ups your burn for the rest of the hours in the day (some at least, trailing off presumably). And any increase in BMR or muscle mass will keep that per hour calorie cost even higher.
Milkshakes aren't the way to go. On long runs I bring ziplocks stuffed with marshmallows.