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Try getting into biking. I burn 1500-2000 calories (I'm not a small dude) in like 2 hours of road cycling. It's relatively easy on the body compared to running as a bonus.
Are you sure about that number?
According to my tracker, I burn about 1000kcal per 60km, and I'm an normal dude. You probably won't average 50km/h over 2h or something.
Given weight and road grade plays a role, they don't need to average 50km/h necessarily. Still, 1kcal/hour seems quite intense for a regular exercise for me, but similarly large professional-level endurance athletes probably burn far more during serious training or competitions. 750kcal/hr seems manageable to me as a non-athletic person (supposedly I've burned 2340 calories over 2.7hours once... but I was totally wiped out afterwards IIRC). 1K/hr isn't something I could maintain for more than about 1.5 hours even on the best of days.
The key here is elevation. I'm 183 cm and weigh 95 kilos, and I live in the Alps. For sure, I'm not always hitting those numbers, but throw a couple of big climbs in there and it starts to make sense.
Yes cycling is the absolute best endurance sport, and it’s fun. Swimming is also great but very few people can swim to work or swim to the bar or swim to the grocery store.
And fuck running. Your knees and ankles will thank you for cycling.
Those numbers seem to be a bit on the high end, but otherwise I generally agree about cycling being awesome.
This sounds great but what if you can't cycle at 55mph for 2h? These numbers are nutty.