Originally Posted by
Weatherby
I have been riding 250-350 miles per week recently compared to 150-225 at lower intensity. My volume and intensity is higher. I think I put a little muscle on if I can trust my skin fold caliper measurements. But, I stand by my view that losing weight is much easier on so many levels using lower intensity workouts.
People have different ideas about what is "easy".
You can lose weight by starving yourself, doing endless low intensity workouts and becoming a life long slave to cardio. For someone with a general aversion to weights and high intensity work, this might be easy. Or maybe you are lucky enough to have a spare 18 hours a week and like spending it on your bike (not everyone is so blessed).
But if you control your weight with a healthy diet, strength training, plenty of sleep, you really can eat whatever you want. For me, this is easy.