11/07/2022
Should you use calorie targets?
I’ll keep this short and sweet
If you’re using calorie targets assuming that you’ve burn that exact figure of calories, then no, you probably shouldn’t be using them.
Without getting technical, the accuracy is completely off, based on numerous factors. That’s all you need to know about that
So, if you go over your daily allowance by 350 cals, then jump on a bike and ‘burn’ 350 cals…. You’re likely going to end up in trouble
Not to mention, training purely to burn the cals you’ve abused is just S**T, you end up with a workout that you can’t stand
However
If you’re using the calorie burn as a reference point, for example
10 cal assault bike
Or even 500 cal row and you aren’t trying to convince yourself that you’ve just burnt off last nights cheat meal, it can be an excellent target over time or distance.
Loads of the people I speak to that are trying to ‘burn off the cake’ don’t even know their actual calorie allowance
They may not even need the crappy drawn out calorie focused cardio
Do you know yours?
I have a free calorie and macro calculator if not…. Link in my bio