[bob1029]

This is what is kicking in when you do anaerobic exercises:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_post-exercise_oxygen_co...

> Anaerobic exercise in the form of high-intensity interval training was also found in one study to result in greater loss of subcutaneous fat, even though the subjects expended fewer than half as many calories during exercise.

Walking essentially does nothing to your EPOC levels. A one rep maximum deadlift can elevate it substantially for hours. 10 seconds of suffering can trigger responses that hours of walking cannot.

[ChrisRR]

My weight loss shows a huge difference in cycling vs. burning the same number of calories walking

[lm28469]

> the same number of calories

How do you measure the calories burned ? Get 10 different devices you'll get 10 different measures.

[BobaFloutist]

Maybe they put their daily food intake and feces both into a bomb calorimeter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorimeter and measure the difference?

[ndsipa_pomu]

> Maybe they put their daily food intake and feces both into a bomb calorimeter

Not at the same time, I would hope

[davisoneee]

EPOC only accounts for something like 60 additional calories burned in the next 24 hours...unless there is something unexplained going on, it's _greatly_ overblown how significant this actually is

...but it sounds sciencey and sexy so it's often repeated.

[crabbone]

60 calories is what you burn when running 1 km. It's not insignificant :)