Temperature during cardio

[GripKnuckel]

Bros,
I was talking to a dude at the dog park today that told me that we burn more calories when it is cold out because our body has to keep temperature up as well as run, but in hot temperature the body is already warm so not much calories are spent on heat. Should I be doing my cardio outdoors so that the cold will help me burn additional calories? does it matter?
I remember reading something in a magazine at the docs office some 5 years ago that said that drinking ice cold water has the same effect too. Any idea about using cold temp to burn more cals?

 

[cutthroat]

Oh wow! that is a great idea and it makes total sense that our bodies burn cals to stay warm, this is why dead bodies are cold. I'm going to try this when it turn winter here again cause it is hot as fuck right now lol.

 

[ski1717]

honestly, in theory I don't know. why is it then that people in general get fat over the winter and lose wight in the summer/warmer weather. I trained as a pro triathlete all yr round in florida and was shredded, but when I moved back upstate NY it was hard dropping the same weight in the winter, with the same training/ food for thought

 

[stevesmi]

that dude is spouting off some bro science cardio style

unless you are shivering from the cold you won't burn more calories

when you run in hot weather you will sweat more and drop a lot of water weight and help shrink fat cells

so overall you will lose more fat running in heat then running in cold. but STANDING outside in cold weather you will burn more calories if you are shivering than you would standing in hot weather, but its a tiny amount that is almost nothing

and as far as drinking cold water vs. warm water.. the difference is so tiny that it won't make a lick of difference either.

bottom line the whole 'our body has to spend energy to warm up in the cold' is overblown.. its such a tiny amount of difference that unless you are so cold that you are shivering from drinking cold water or being in the cold it won't make any difference!!

and drinking cold things is a major no no in eastern medicine.. it will negatively effect your digestion and sinuses and more

 

[sixsixzero]

Bros,
I was talking to a dude at the dog park today that told me that we burn more calories when it is cold out because our body has to keep temperature up as well as run, but in hot temperature the body is already warm so not much calories are spent on heat. Should I be doing my cardio outdoors so that the cold will help me burn additional calories? does it matter?
I remember reading something in a magazine at the docs office some 5 years ago that said that drinking ice cold water has the same effect too. Any idea about using cold temp to burn more cals?

okay #1 this dude is a freaking genius
#2 how the hell do u remember stuff 5 years ago.... I can barely remember what side my gas lid is on

 

[LevButlerov]

that dude is spouting off some bro science cardio style

unless you are shivering from the cold you won't burn more calories

when you run in hot weather you will sweat more and drop a lot of water weight and help shrink fat cells

so overall you will lose more fat running in heat then running in cold. but STANDING outside in cold weather you will burn more calories if you are shivering than you would standing in hot weather, but its a tiny amount that is almost nothing

and as far as drinking cold water vs. warm water.. the difference is so tiny that it won't make a lick of difference either.

bottom line the whole 'our body has to spend energy to warm up in the cold' is overblown.. its such a tiny amount of difference that unless you are so cold that you are shivering from drinking cold water or being in the cold it won't make any difference!!

and drinking cold things is a major no no in eastern medicine.. it will negatively effect your digestion and sinuses and more

There you have an answer backed with some real science.

 

[Jrbdallas]

Gotta love bro science....
Dog park bro's

 

[TheIrishman]

Your heart naturally beats one extra BPM for every degree over 85. Either way any variance is negligible. This was the same logic people used thinking that the energy expended by your body to heat ice-water you drank made it reasonable weight loss strategy. Work hard..eat right, if short cuts worked...it would just be the way.

 

[aggirl]

You better purchase a spedo for your winter time runs. You will burn double the calories that way.

 

[ski1717]

haha, oh yeaaa, thnx aggirl. I'm going to hit up some sexy spedo's for my -10 below runs haha.

 

[muskate]

He is right but the calorie increase/decrease from the metabolism shift is so negligible it will make no difference what so ever.

It would be the equivalent to worrying about the 5 calories in the toothpaste when you b**** your teeth.