Comment by masklinn
3 years ago
> A stationary bike at a steady 20mph pace is about 500 calories in 30 minutes. That's really significant. An hour will erase about a third of a normal person's diet.
That assumes a “normal person” will not compensate for the effort with a snack.
A “reward” pint of ice cream will re-add more calories than the hour of cycling. A “standard serving” will nearly match your half hour.
And that’s an hour at 20mph, which really isn’t in any way the norm.
> That assumes a “normal person” will not compensate for the effort with a snack.
You're also assuming the same normal person will not compensate for their healthy lunch with a snack.