Thinks of it as a gift that keeps on giving. The calorie burn of rigorous workout apparently doesn't stop with a cooling shower. The L.A. Times reports on a study published in the ampersand heavy Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, in which 10 healthy men, age 22 to 33, exercised vigorously for 45 minutes while researchers measured the calories burned. The 45-minute workout on a cycle ergometer burned an average 519 calories, but wait, there's more: In the 14.2 hours following the exercise, calorie expenditure was higher than it was on days when the men did not work out, burning another 190 calories.
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Thursday, October 16, 2025
Great news, thanks for sharing this Sportsgeezer! I love figuring out how many calories I burn in any workout I do (currently mostly squash and running), but now I realize all those bonus calories really add up!