[mrrawlinson]

You wont burn a lot of fat. You really start to burn fat 15-20mins into a workout, so you are finishing just as your body is starting to burn it.

It is great for your peace of mind though, but you should stop and recognise that you should be allowing more time for yourself, even if you could increase the rides to 45mins would make a great difference.

You will have much better results cycling for 60mins 3-4 times a week than 20mins every day.

:) Hope this helps!

Hi I am a male 22 yrs old 5'9 height and weigh 144lbs I have a bike in my room if I was to use the fat burn program on it for 1 hour will I burn calories ? I am on a diet of 500 calories a day ?will I lose more weight using my bike

[ScottGem]

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

If you use a stationary bike and do "spinning" for an hour a day, you will burn some calories. How much depends on how fast you pedal and what resistance you use.

[J_9]

500 calories a day is NOT a healthy diet.

[Eileen G]

Cycling on a stationary bike will burn about 500 calories an hour. And 500 calories a day is not nearly enough food, particularly if you are also cycling hard.

A 22 year old male of 144lb should be eating around 2000 cals a day even while losing weight. The very lowest you should go is around 1500. If you go lower than that, you risk losing muscle instead of fat, which will make you look worse and feel terrible.

Actually, if you are trying to look better, particularly without your shirt, then do some cycling, but also lift weights. Lifting weights will tell your body you need muscle more than fat, and will burn more calories. Eat a diet with plenty of good quality protein (fish, chicken, eggs, lean meat, green veg) and cut out all the junk. Think like an athlete, not a loser.

[mrrawlinson]

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone elses. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

If you use a stationary bike and do "spinning" for an hour a day, you will burn some calories. How much depends on how fast you pedal and what resistance you use.

Thank you
I am on the lighter lfe diet wich gives four food paks a day with 100% of my daily goodnesss I need to lose 8stone they say with this diet my body goes in to ketosis but I want to lose more fat on top of this diet any other tips

[Eileen G]

If you weigh 144lb, then you can't possibly have 8 stone to lose.

[mrrawlinson]

If you weigh 144lb, then you can't possibly have 8 stone to lose.

I am 22stone

[Eileen G]

Ah, okay, in that case, you can afford to drop calories a fair bit and cycle an hour a day.

[XOXOlove]

Do you do any other exercises besides cycling? Using the bike will burn a lot of calories, but you could also try other excercises as well to help tone your body and muscles like weight lifting, running, pilates, or yoga. You should also increase the amount of calories you eat. 500 calories is a very small amount. You should be eating at least 1500 calories a day.

[Eileen G]

For what it's worth, I used to be 19 stone at my heaviest, and went to 12, by cutting out sugar and refined carbs, and doing a lot of cycling. But I do mean a lot. I did the Maracycle (206 miles) twice.

Dig out a road bike and start cycling for transport. It's amazing how many miles you can put up without feeling like you are killing yourself (keeping track of all the morons on the road distracts you from the sweat rolling down your back) and how fit you can get.

[mrrawlinson]

Thank you for all your advice it will help a lot I will use my bike for 1 hour a 3 times a week on the fat burn program and I will let you no how much I have lost at the end of my dieting month

[Eileen G]

Keep me posted and good luck.

[mrrawlinson]

Its my first week in to the diet and I went for a weigh in and I lost 19lbs so that's good but that was mostly glycogin I'm in to my secondweek now and I'm down to 21 stone I'm joing the gym on Monday so I shuld loss more next week and advice on what to do the gym to loss more or my belly and I have fat on my back ?

[Eileen G]

Congratulations on that!

19lb is more than just glycogen. Even champion bodybuilders rarely most more than about 15lb of glycogen, and they would have a lot more muscle mass than you do.

Weight loss will slow a bit now, but what you lose from now on should be fat.

Do lots of cycling outside the gym. In the gym, do big compound lifts like squat, deadlift, bench press, military press, bentover rows, pull-ups (or pull-downs if you don't have an assisted pull-up), dips, stiffleg deadlifts.

ExRx (Exercise Prescription) on the Net is a great website to show you how to do the exercises. Google say "deadlift" and go to the exrx pick, and you'll see a tiny video of how to do it right.

You can't spot reduce fat. All you can do is consume less calories than you are burning, and try to build up your muscle mass so you burn more calories at rest. Also, more muscle will make you look better, even when you are still carrying extra bodyfat.