As has been mentioned in the earlier post, each post of the series should have a set of 5 to 6 most frequently asked questions, answered in brief. Here, in this post we're going to cover only 3 of the most frequently asked questions. Why? because it'd take extra words to cover them up completely. We shall follow up with the remaining questions in the next post. However, to gain a better understanding on something or in case something remains unclear, it is always advisable to use the comment section.
- Are you subjected to weight gain after quitting the gym?
- This isn't even a question but a belief. We've often heard people complain t'was quitting the gym that was responsible for a sudden weight put on. Had they been asked how does the process actually work, they wouldn't've had an answer. Briefly synopsizing the facts, it's not the gym that's the culprit but a change in lifestyle. Let's try to understand this through an example. Why not put things around yourself and think? What happens when you join a gym and decide to keep it all clean and healthy? You fix your diet to say XYZ calories a day. Then you go to the gym, exercise and burn say 200 calories in an hour or so. After doing this for a month or more your body sets on a higher metabolism and you're kind of habituated to sustain at (XYZ-200) Cal/day. After quitting the gym, you fall careless about your diet and keep consuming XYZ calories everyday without burning those 200 calories which is of course a mild caloric surplus per day. To add to this, your metabolic rate starts declining slowly and eventually you find yourself heavier by the days. This situation can be avoided by simply keeping a check on what and how much of it are you eating.
- Does weight training impact your height?
- This one is not very different from the previous question. It's often heard and told that lifting heavy, be it the weights in the gym or any heavy object elsewhere, can cause hindrance to optimal height growth in an individual. Let's mix some facts and some science into our analysis and try to understand where did this weird piece of advice pop out from. The first question to deal with is 'How does your height grow'? The answer is as simple as it could be, it's your bones that grow longer till you hit a particular age where no further growth is possible. Of course not all the bones in your body could be responsible for how far you reach vertically. This has something to do with the spine and the epiphyseal plates. Now what for science's sake is that? Nothing too difficult to understand. Remember that a bone grows out from a cartilage (soft bones you can say). Cartilage tissues keep adding on to themselves and get converted into bones on maturation. Epiphyseal plates are those sites on your bone where cartilage tissues reside. There is also another site called the articular cartilage that helps the bone to grow. For simplicity, let's assume they are both the locations of osseous growth. Your growth maybe be hampered in case these cartilages suffer damage or even if your body is subjected to a state of nutritional deficiency. The biggest fear of lifting heavy weights comes from the idea that an individual may cause damage to the cartilage in attempt to lift heavy weights but let me help you with some additional clarification. Now you may worry about the compression of epiphyseal plates of the spine. Frankly, any downward pressure on the spine (specially squatting heavy or pressing over the shoulders) can cause spinal compression but to relax it's not permanent. A few minutes of compression cannot do the damage if you're taking enough rest and sleep. Anything apart from spinal compression is not even in the list of things to discuss. No other exercise be it training your chest, back, arms or whatever can cause any sort of trouble specially when it comes to an optimal height growth.
- How easily can you outrun the calories acquired from a pizza?
- Is it possible to escape the consequences after feasting on a cheesy pizza or a pack full of french fries? Well that's something that needs to be addressed urgently. People out there consider strolling out for a night walk after having taken a heavy dinner. This may help you escape the guilt but unfortunately not the consequences. If we talk facts, we would have to agree that a 14" regular crust pizza weighing in around 850 grams would cost you somewhere near 2200 K Cal. If you don't have an idea on how big the count is let me help you come up with some statistics. This can be the maintenance calorie for a 25 year old male, 170 cm tall, weighing in around 70 kg i.e. to maintain a weight of 70 kg a 25 year old should consume 2200 K Cal throughout the day, of course with a moderate level of exercise at least 3 days a week. As soon as I say this, the next question comes rushing to the mind and what's that? Apparently, there must be a way to get rid of the calories no matter how big the count is. So, is there a way? First of all, you need not worry about burning 2200 K Cal entirely in a go, provided its only a pizza you're going to sustain the whole day on. Your body has it's own way to get rid of'em. (NEAT = non-exercise activity thermogenesis; TEF = thermic effect of food; EAT = exercise activity thermogenesis;) Practically, burning 2000 plus calories in a session, running or working out is something that not an average person should even attempt unless they want to do it at the cost of fainting and collapsing. Having said that, let's bring down the calorie count for the sake of discussion. Even then you can't answer the question straightaway. For example I cannot tell you that running at a medium pace for a minute can help you burn 20 or 30 calories. Why? It depends on your weight. On the other hand, no matter whether you weigh 80 pounds or a hundred and twenty, if you consume 500 calories it's still 500 calories inside you now. However, a heavier person could burn off more calories in the same duration of time.
- This isn't even a question but a belief. We've often heard people complain t'was quitting the gym that was responsible for a sudden weight put on. Had they been asked how does the process actually work, they wouldn't've had an answer. Briefly synopsizing the facts, it's not the gym that's the culprit but a change in lifestyle. Let's try to understand this through an example. Why not put things around yourself and think? What happens when you join a gym and decide to keep it all clean and healthy? You fix your diet to say XYZ calories a day. Then you go to the gym, exercise and burn say 200 calories in an hour or so. After doing this for a month or more your body sets on a higher metabolism and you're kind of habituated to sustain at (XYZ-200) Cal/day. After quitting the gym, you fall careless about your diet and keep consuming XYZ calories everyday without burning those 200 calories which is of course a mild caloric surplus per day. To add to this, your metabolic rate starts declining slowly and eventually you find yourself heavier by the days. This situation can be avoided by simply keeping a check on what and how much of it are you eating.
- This one is not very different from the previous question. It's often heard and told that lifting heavy, be it the weights in the gym or any heavy object elsewhere, can cause hindrance to optimal height growth in an individual. Let's mix some facts and some science into our analysis and try to understand where did this weird piece of advice pop out from. The first question to deal with is 'How does your height grow'? The answer is as simple as it could be, it's your bones that grow longer till you hit a particular age where no further growth is possible. Of course not all the bones in your body could be responsible for how far you reach vertically. This has something to do with the spine and the epiphyseal plates. Now what for science's sake is that? Nothing too difficult to understand. Remember that a bone grows out from a cartilage (soft bones you can say). Cartilage tissues keep adding on to themselves and get converted into bones on maturation. Epiphyseal plates are those sites on your bone where cartilage tissues reside. There is also another site called the articular cartilage that helps the bone to grow. For simplicity, let's assume they are both the locations of osseous growth. Your growth maybe be hampered in case these cartilages suffer damage or even if your body is subjected to a state of nutritional deficiency. The biggest fear of lifting heavy weights comes from the idea that an individual may cause damage to the cartilage in attempt to lift heavy weights but let me help you with some additional clarification. Now you may worry about the compression of epiphyseal plates of the spine. Frankly, any downward pressure on the spine (specially squatting heavy or pressing over the shoulders) can cause spinal compression but to relax it's not permanent. A few minutes of compression cannot do the damage if you're taking enough rest and sleep. Anything apart from spinal compression is not even in the list of things to discuss. No other exercise be it training your chest, back, arms or whatever can cause any sort of trouble specially when it comes to an optimal height growth.
- Is it possible to escape the consequences after feasting on a cheesy pizza or a pack full of french fries? Well that's something that needs to be addressed urgently. People out there consider strolling out for a night walk after having taken a heavy dinner. This may help you escape the guilt but unfortunately not the consequences. If we talk facts, we would have to agree that a 14" regular crust pizza weighing in around 850 grams would cost you somewhere near 2200 K Cal. If you don't have an idea on how big the count is let me help you come up with some statistics. This can be the maintenance calorie for a 25 year old male, 170 cm tall, weighing in around 70 kg i.e. to maintain a weight of 70 kg a 25 year old should consume 2200 K Cal throughout the day, of course with a moderate level of exercise at least 3 days a week. As soon as I say this, the next question comes rushing to the mind and what's that? Apparently, there must be a way to get rid of the calories no matter how big the count is. So, is there a way? First of all, you need not worry about burning 2200 K Cal entirely in a go, provided its only a pizza you're going to sustain the whole day on. Your body has it's own way to get rid of'em. (NEAT = non-exercise activity thermogenesis; TEF = thermic effect of food; EAT = exercise activity thermogenesis;) Practically, burning 2000 plus calories in a session, running or working out is something that not an average person should even attempt unless they want to do it at the cost of fainting and collapsing. Having said that, let's bring down the calorie count for the sake of discussion. Even then you can't answer the question straightaway. For example I cannot tell you that running at a medium pace for a minute can help you burn 20 or 30 calories. Why? It depends on your weight. On the other hand, no matter whether you weigh 80 pounds or a hundred and twenty, if you consume 500 calories it's still 500 calories inside you now. However, a heavier person could burn off more calories in the same duration of time.
By this, we come to the end of the post. Next five questions shall follow in the next post of the FAQ series. Keep reading to learn more. As always use the comment section to address concerns if any.
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