Originally Posted by
eugenek
You most certainly do. At an average rate of 1 ounce per hour (0.5 g/min).
It does not matter (much). If your heart rate is at ~65..75% of max, you burn fat while riding. If your heart rate is higher, you burn less fat and more carbs and some muscle, and later your body requisitions carbs and protein from the diet during recovery. In the end, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie.
The guy says he is strength training so that why I posted 65% because I didn't figure he would want to lose muscle. He would lose more weight and so would I if we kept our heart rate at 75-90% but I don't want to lose muscle and if he is strength training I wouldn't think he would either.