Does lower intensity exercise make you more hungry
andyeb
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A little observation from a few years of training at different intensities - seems that medium length rides at a low intensity (heart rate zone 1 & 2) seem to make me more hungry than a short blast or a hard interval session on the turbo, even if the estimated number of calories remains about the same.
For example, if I take the long route to work (15 miles) at a low intensity, I'm hungry earlier in the day than if I go direct (10 miles) and ride hard. The effect seems to last into the next day.
This is also backed up from days when I've done walking in place of cycling - for example walking 2.5 miles to the train station to get to work rather than cycling; I get hungry much earlier in the morning.
This seems counter intuitive, as HIIT/interval training is supposed to spike your metabolic rate, so you'd expect that to make you hungry sooner surely?
For example, if I take the long route to work (15 miles) at a low intensity, I'm hungry earlier in the day than if I go direct (10 miles) and ride hard. The effect seems to last into the next day.
This is also backed up from days when I've done walking in place of cycling - for example walking 2.5 miles to the train station to get to work rather than cycling; I get hungry much earlier in the morning.
This seems counter intuitive, as HIIT/interval training is supposed to spike your metabolic rate, so you'd expect that to make you hungry sooner surely?
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I think I've read or heard that high intensity exercise has an appetite suppressing effect..0
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I think I've read or heard that high intensity exercise has an appetite suppressing effect..
Quick bit of googling reveals this to be true - thanks; always nice to learn/understand something new. Also sits with my own experience of getting back from some pretty savage group rides and not feeling like eating anything. I had always put this down to eating more on the bike, but perhaps a combination of factors, including appetite suppression?0 -
Yeah I'm always ravenous after a steady rude. Intervals or a race and I have to remind myself I need to refuel.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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Yeah I'm always ravenous after a steady rude.
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Yeah I'm always ravenous after a steady rude.
Is this the naked bike ride again?I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
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Yes the higher intensity does suppress your appetite although the lower intensity and longer ride will be using a greater proportion of fat as the energy source during the ride.0
