calories – StrongFast Fitness https://strongfastfitness.com Buffalo NY Personal Training Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.8 98122217 Should You Count Exercise Calories? https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2016/11/should-you-count-exercise-calories/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 20:30:41 +0000 https://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2610 While there are many ways to approach the calorie reduction part (like tracking "points," using prepackaged meals, replacing meals with smoothies or shakes, drastically reducing carbs, etc.), one of the most common is counting calories. This has been made much easier with apps (like those from myfitnesspal, sparkpeople, or fatsecret) that … Continue reading

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]]> 2610 Does Muscle Burn More Calories Than Fat? https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2016/07/does-muscle-burn-more-calories-than-fat-at-rest-2/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:17:22 +0000 https://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2348 Specifically, does muscle burn more calories at rest. This is one of those questions that everyone seems to know the answer to (dangling preposition alert!), and they're mostly right. Sort of. What got me thinking about this (again) was an article entitled 12 Workout Myths That Just Need To Die. It's … Continue reading

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]]> 2348 Eating at McDonald’s https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2015/10/eating-at-mcdonalds/ Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:27:39 +0000 http://strongfastfitness.com/?p=2027 There's a video making the rounds again lately (despite being circa 2013-14) about an Iowa science teacher who used himself for an "experiment" with his class to eat exclusively at McDonald's. However, there were caveats, and the results surprise some people. As usual there's more to the story. The video … Continue reading

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]]> 2027 Cottage Cheese Choices https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2015/07/cottage-cheese-choices/ https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2015/07/cottage-cheese-choices/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:23:38 +0000 http://strongfastfitness.com/?p=1968 Those who know me would expect a post about cheese to be dominated by words like "stinks" and "milk gone bad." But one of the exceptions to my "no cheese" policy (because, you know, it stinks and is milk gone bad) is cottage cheese, which doesn't stink and is a fresh … Continue reading

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]]> https://strongfastfitness.com/wp/2015/07/cottage-cheese-choices/feed/ 1 1968 Module: Calories https://strongfastfitness.com/nutrition-group/module-calories/ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 02:58:13 +0000 http://strongfastfitness.com/?page_id=1528 One of the most important values we measure using nutrition tracking programs is calories. In physics, a calorie is the amount of energy needed to heat one gram of water one degree Celsius (about 4.2 joules). The “dietary calorie” (or “large” or “food” calorie) is 1000 times that amount, or … Continue reading

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