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Let's say I'm playing serious high level, tourneyfag style fighting, rts, or fps games and I concentrate on winning so bad that I begin to sweat heavily (not even because of the room temperature, mind you). Does this count as a workout?
>> rowerfag
no fatty, now do your squats
>> Anonymous
No, you're just losing water. Losing weight, but not fat. It's a minimal amount of water, so you're practically losing nothing. Go run, fatass.
>> Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
Christ.
>> Anonymous
>>61208
Depends. Are you really playing SC like in pic?

If so, what's your APM?
>> Anonymous
Focus, concentration, and learning all burn calories. Ever feel exhausted after a hard night of studying? Of you haven't, you guys are dumb as bricks.
>> Anonymous
>>61438
How many calories are we talking here? OP asks if it counts as a workout. I've never heard of learning so hardcore it replaces even a lighter workout.

But no seriously, interested in how many calories are burned in an hour of... godly studying.
>> Anonymous
>>61447
Negative calories. Knowledge is food for your brain.
>> Anonymous
>>61447
I read something about the topic. Very interesting.

Apparently, your brain consumes 25% of your overall energy, while only weighing 2% of your bodyweight.
Hard learning can increase energy consumption to 30%.
Energy is consumed in form of glucose, which can drain your body quite fast.
>> Anonymous
>>61453
Interesting, though I'm going to go ahead and assume that that 5% looks a little bit smaller in comparison to the % increase of energy used by implementing a regular physical workout of substantial effort and time... although if that information is accurate, the brain uses more energy that I figured anyway.
>> Anonymous
>>61453

A 5% increase of calorie expenditure from studying?! Impressive. So lets say if I ate 2000 calories in a day, that would be 100 calories burned in a study session (didn't say how long?).

Even though I think this is impressive, the real numbers are probably much higher. Hardcore studying has left me more exhausted then some of doing some of my workouts.
>> ?suomynonA?
I can sit and play video games and get a good heart rate going.

It's especially true if it's an online game and I have real competition.

Guidelines say to get your heart rate up at least once a day for thirty minutes, but somehow I think this doesn't count.
>> Anonymous
I'm gonna give up on this thread. While interesting, I'm not about to try and SC instead of cardio anyway. I know what you mean when you start playing and your heart starts pounding, but I'm not sure if that's like a "fear reaction", in addition to the heart rate up, the pupil's dilating and the lips stretching horizontally etc... I don't think your body is actually using energy because you're not doing anything physically daunting, but your body is actually preparing itself because it feels like it will have to do something very soon.

I think if heart rate goes up because of exercise, the blood is actually circulating energy and replenishment to muscles that are being worked... actually, I don't even want to think about this or talk about it anymo
>> Anonymous
The problem is probably, that your glucose reservoir is quite limited.
As far as I know, the liver can provide glucose for about 30 mins hard work.
After that, your battery is empty and needs refueling in form of carbs.
If you don't eat, you could get tired/ exhausted.
>> Anonymous
>>61468

Video games evoke an adrenaline response in some people, which describes everything you just said. Short term excitement or fear produces adrenaline which causes your metabolism to speed up, inducing weight loss. However, chronic stress CAUSES weight gain, so be careful with too much games there.