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If you run for weight loss... does it matter how many days per week that you run? Or is total distance per week all that matters? If anybody has come across any research that would help answer this I would love to hear from you.
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Right. Or put more simply, calorie expenditure during running is a factor of distance and body weight. The more you weight, the more calories you burn per mile. The more miles you run, the more calories you burn.
Human beings are complicated critters. For some running may help with appetite control. For this type of person doing 2 long runs a week would not as beneficial as 5 or 6 shorter runs during the week. Also if you do a particularly strenuous workout your body needs to rebuild itself afterwords. I am sure that would add to the calorie total.
Also research has shown that short very strenuous workouts lead to more weight loss than longer more moderate work outs.
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"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
How many other points of weight loss would you like me to argue both sides of in a totally unhelpful manner?
Actually, I found it rather entertaining. It was sort of like watching a Donald Rumsfeld press conference.
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The more you weight, the more calories you burn per mile. The more miles you run, the hungrier you get, the more calories you will eat Repeat
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