Can riding on the street help you lose weight?

[Prince]

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Unprocessed juices contain the enzymes to digest the sugars they contain. Drinks with artificial sugars or even drinks with natural sugars added do not. Plus the acids in unprocessed juices (citric acid) are natural fat burners. I'll take mother nature (or as close to her as possible) over Gatorade or Coke any day.

Excess sugar is stored by the body as fat regardless if it comes from a double double or an orange. Less artificial chemicals entering your body the better but the excuse of eating natural sugars is just another excuse to not watch what you eat.

 

[dragenn]

Put a passenger on the back and it can be a bit of a workout. A little thing l try from time to time is lift my butt slightly off the seat and hold for as long as possible using my quads while squeezing the tank. Also l use my core to hold myself up. With a tankpads this is a golden workout.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

Anything you lose is offset by the double-doubles.

 

[invictus43]

Are you sure you didn't just have a really REALLY big crap?? Cuz I feel at LEAST 5lbs lighter after that...

 

[W8INLINE]

You guys who don't agree can all be quiet!!!

Thank you OP for giving me a reason to tell the wife I need more riding time, less family time. It's good for my health damnit! Especialy since I gained some weight from quiting smoking....

 

[invictus43]

I think if you did this kind of riding you might lose some weight..ask Michael to give you some pointers..

 

[Spyug]

Thanks for all the input folks. I posed this question on several other forums and the consensus is that it is possible but as others have mentioned mostly if not all water weight. This does make sense.

The reason I brought it up is that such a large weight loss is unusual for me. Being a recovered heart by-pass patient and diabetic, I follow my body's ups and downs very closely. As I mentioned, I did eat a lot over the weekend and actually thought I would be over the 178 lbs. I was on Saturday but I was down to my fighting weight (175 or so) this A.M.

Thinking back on it, my Tshirt was fairly moist when I got back home so I don't doubt I was sweating it out.

Interesting how the human body works.

Cheers all.

 

[UJelly]

Yes it is somewhat true that when your riding you tend to eat like crap.

Hence why for me:
Summer = bulking due to being on 2 wheels (dat there dirty bulk nom sayin')

Winter = Cutting due to not being on 2 wheels + snowboarding/skating etc etc

 

[RockerGuy]

I'm also going to suggest that it was a loss of water weight. I know that I find myself dehydrating pretty quickly on longer rides. Even though motorcycling requires a certain amount of physical ability and endurance, there's no way that one can (truly) lose that kind of weight over a weekend, regardless of physical activity.

This is true!
I was on 2 long trip this summer and got a urinary tract infection. This is not prevalent in males, and I do not normally get it. One of the reasoning is that I did not replace the fluids I lost rapidly enough. The constant wind passing over your face can have a dehydrating effect

What if OP has a ridiculously high heart rate any time he jumps on a motorcycle? If, for some freak chance, he can have adrenaline pumping for 4 hours straight (although you might want to get that checked out, if that's the case )


Anyone else curious to see before/after pics? Do it!

Last week, I was nearly side swiped by 2 cars on 2 separate cases. I swear my adrenaline was always on high during that trip.

How the F can you not see a bike with Xenon lights?
Yes they were pointed down

Unprocessed juices contain the enzymes to digest the sugars they contain. Drinks with artificial sugars or even drinks with natural sugars added do not. Plus the acids in unprocessed juices (citric acid) are natural fat burners. I'll take mother nature (or as close to her as possible) over Gatorade or Coke any day.

Maybe that explains why people in the caribbean is so skinny. Lots of fruits with citric acid

 

[mcduf]

Hey.....If you are looking to lose weight then next time you are out riding and have to panic stop.....Grab a pile of front brake! That will make you ***** yourself! Then get on the scales and see if that helps

 

[S500K]

Hey.....If you are looking to lose weight then next time you are out riding and have to panic stop.....Grab a pile of front brake! That will make you ***** yourself! Then get on the scales and see if that helps :icon_smile:

Beat me too it, lol. But if you think about it, everyday you loose a few oz or lbs of ****, depending on the person when they hit the toilet.

 

[stevex]

That's almost as stupid (no offense) as weight lifting to lose weight. .

Errrrr... wanna explain that one a little better Mr. fancy shmancy health science degree?

Yeah, muscle weighs more than fat if that's what you're alluding to but to say lifting weight is stupid if your goal is to lose weight (look better, get into better shape, trim/tone/rip/shred/etc)... you're out to goddamn lunch.

 

[Sushii]

Errrrr... wanna explain that one a little better Mr. fancy shmancy health science degree?

Yeah, muscle weighs more than fat if that's what you're alluding to but to say lifting weight is stupid if your goal is to lose weight (look better, get into better shape, trim/tone/rip/shred/etc)... you're out to goddamn lunch.

+1.

And to the OP: I dont think normal street riding will help you lose a few pounds. Your not doing much.

 

[CruisnGrrl]

I went down a dress size riding a standard bike with no wind shield, lots of highway riding... abs tightened up a bunch.

 

[MacDoc]

Water weight loss - it was particularly nasty this weekend with the higher than normal temps for the year but hard to dress correctly for all day - was hydrating more than usual and still felt parched.

 

[油井緋色]

Errrrr... wanna explain that one a little better Mr. fancy shmancy health science degree?

Yeah, muscle weighs more than fat if that's what you're alluding to but to say lifting weight is stupid if your goal is to lose weight (look better, get into better shape, trim/tone/rip/shred/etc)... you're out to goddamn lunch.

Why would I want to explain something when you have to pay others to do it?

And by the way, muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. You don't drop 150 pounds of fat by 1 rep max workouts. Somebody made a comment about high intensity circuit training, the proper term slips my mind but yes that does work however you need a trainer for that; that's why they get paid.

I can tell by the way you type, by the way, that you're much older than me, you need to be able to separate fact from popular belief. One has scientific back up, and the other is just wrong information.

 

[MacDoc]

Well unsupported claims are worthless in either side of the issue and I can tell from your writing you are much less experienced at this kind of issue than me

Summary: Muscle density is 1.06 g/ml and fat density is (about) 0.9
g/ml. Thus, one liter of muscle would weight 1.06 kg and one liter of
fat would weight 0.9 kg.
In other words, muscle is about 18% denser than fat.
This should not be confused with the "energy density" of
muscle and fat, which may be where you got the 3x figure that you
mention in your question.

I have made a special effort to find credible sources for the answer.
Below I provide sources for the two numbers separately.

1. The density of mammalian skeletal muscle is 1.06 g/ml.
"... 1.06 g/cm-3 which is the density of mammalian skeletal muscle"

Source for quote: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological
Sciences and Medical Sciences 56:B191-B197 (2001)
Specific Force Deficit in Skeletal Muscles of Old Rats Is Partially
Explained by the Existence of Denervated Muscle Fibers
Melanie G. Urbancheka, Elisa B. Pickenb, Loree K. Kalliainenc and
William M. Kuzon, Jr.a,d
http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/full/56/5/B191#R23

Reference given by the authors: Mendez J, Keys A, 1960. Density and
composition of mammalian muscle. Metabolism 9:184-188.

2. The density of adipose tissue (fat) is about 0.9 g/ml
"...by multiplying the density of adipose tissue (0.9196 g/ml)"
Source: Association of adiponectin and resistin with adipose tissue
compartments, insulin resistance and dyslipidaemia
M. S. Farvid1, T. W. K. Ng2, D. C. Chan2, P. H. R. Barrett2 and G. F. Watts2*
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-1326.2004.00410.x

"...on the assumption that the density of adipose tissue is 0.9g/cm3"
Source of quote: Pediatric Research 55:437-441 (2004)
Distribution of Adipose Tissue in the Newborn
TRACEY A.M. HARRINGTON, ELIZABETH LOUISE THOMAS, GARY FROST, NEENA
MODI and JIMMY D. BELL
Source given by authors:
Ross R, Léger L, Guardo R, De Guise J, Pike BG 1991 Adipose tissue
volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging and computerized
tomography in rats. J Appl Physiol 70: 2164?2172

arrogance should at LEAST be backed by accuracy.

 

[mxs]

LOL .... you know the answer. No it cannot. If it did, don't you think there would as many motorcycles on the street as there's cars. But nice try ....

 

[油井緋色]

^and you just proved my point. Thank you. Try to find the exact phrase "muscle weighs more than fat" any where in what you just posted. Look up the definition for destiny vs weight.

 

[D23]

I lost 120 LBS riding in one day.


Then I circled back to ask her if she was OK and let her back on.

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