• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    The caloric calculation is only based on the effort at time of exercise, you continue to burn afterwards for several hours as muscles recover and heal -all that takes energy, and energy only comes from burning.

    • fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Yeah and don’t forget that the newly built muscle needs more energy as well just to maintain.

      I have to eat painfully much… (I’m quite active, and even when not I eat a looot more than others…)