Well this is one explanation - but it sounds fair enough to me.
We here often attribute weight GAIN during the early parts of C25K as being due to muscle gain - that has always sat uncomfortably on me. But this explanation sounds right to me.
I think it is important to think about this - because I know there are many who become discouraged when they do not lose any weight when doing C25K -- it is probably after I completed C25K that I noticed weight loss.
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not SURE I believe in 'increase the storage of glycogen and water, all over the body, to process energy and cool you down. Your blood volume also increases.' ? (without any evidence quoted for it..) MY be true but don't think would explain weight gain myself...
Exercise ( even good cardiovascular such as running ) is NOT the best way to ' lose weight' - such has been known for ages... the initial ' weight gain' that people may experience I should guess is down to the well known facts that when people begin to exercise more they do TWO things..
a: EAT more.. ( often more calories than they expend)
b: rest more in between bouts of exercise ( so overall calories ' burned' can often decrease)
Once they ARE exercising regularly however , they feel they have more energy and so the need to rest more between runs decreases and they don't feel the need to ' snack' to top up reserves... and then they start losing weight with extra calories burned
seems a MORE likely explanation to me.. ( just saying)
Makes sense to me Bazza I guess the same would be true for weight training as you increase weights and your muscles become stronger they would also be fat burners
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