My previous overview of metabolism touched briefly on the various components of our total metabolic rate. One of the components of our total metabolic rate is TEA, or thermal effect of activity, the calories you burn through activity. The study I’m going to comment on concerns itself with the TEA part of our metabolism but [...]
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My general feeling about weight training is that everyone should learn the basic barbell exercises. There is simply no substitute for the practicality of adding weight to a bar on exercises that train your body’s natural movement patterns. Once proper technique has been learned and a good base of strength has been established, incorporating other [...]
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The commonly accepted scientific explanation of weight gain is one of “calories in” versus “calories out”. It is often referred to as the energy balance equation. The equation reads: Energy In = Energy Out + Changes in Body Stores. This is based on the First Law of Thermodynamics which states that energy can be neither [...]
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Your metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that occur within our cells to support life. Add up all these processes and you get your metabolic rate. Your metabolic rate can be thought of as the body’s rate of energy output. In more familiar terms, we tend to talk about our metabolism as the amount [...]
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