silly question but...

"Temp3st" <[email hidden]>typed

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do you burn more calories when out on a really cold day?

Probably not if you're cycling :-( as the 'waste heat' soon warms you up :-).

If you stand at a bus stop shivering, you probably do. Shivering definitely burns calories, as does
stamping feet. Swearing about the bus service will make no significant difference to overall caloric
consumption[1]

[1] Unless you can generate a *really* good belly laugh in a whole queueueueue of passengers...

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Temp3st said:

do you burn more calories when out on a really cold day?

Yes - I've only ever bonked (no jokes please) on cold days.

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Yes - I've only ever bonked (no jokes please) on cold days.

Killjoy :-)

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Zog The Undeniable must be edykated coz e writed:

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Temp3st said:

do you burn more calories when out on a really cold day?

Yes - I've only ever bonked (no jokes please) on cold days.

No way, this is just too much of a target demanding to be hit, is your other half an Eskimo?

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Yes - I've only ever bonked on cold days.

Whatever keeps you warm chap, whatever keeps you warm.....

Pete

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do you burn more calories when out on a really cold day?

probably only until the point when you start to sweat.

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do you burn more calories when out on a really cold day?

I try not to argue with people who probably know better (e.g. Helen Vecht) but I believe you do:
although the exercise creates heat there is enough windchill to take up some energy. I'm not sure
how much. I definitely find that riding on a cold day without stoking up first will lead to
disaster, whereas on a warm day it usually won't.

I recall one trip home late at night in mid-December when it had turned really cold during the day;
I was exhausted and shivering when I arrived home despite being a reasonably hardy sort (I once went
for a walk in Copenhagen in the last week of December, in shirtsleeves, and short sleeves at that).

So, I could be wrong, but I do get the impression that I am burning fuel keeping warm.

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