EPTAfter a very intense game you can end up sweaty as if you just had been running a mile
So my question is; does anyone know approximately how much kcal you burn while playing starcraft?
Starcraft and calories
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django_sc2
Sweden11 Posts
After a very intense game you can end up sweaty as if you just had been running a mile So my question is; does anyone know approximately how much kcal you burn while playing starcraft? | ||
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Hossinaut
United States453 Posts
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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Siphonn
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101toss
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trias_e
United States520 Posts
In this talk he mentions that chess masters can burn 6000 calories a day playing in tournaments! " ...[with] chess masters in the middle of a tournament, they are going through six to seven thousand calories a day thinking. [They are] turning on a massive physiological stress response simply with thought and doing the same thing with their bodies as if they were some baboon that’s just ripped open the stomach of their worst rival — it’s all with thought.” Serious, competitive SC2 certainly burns calories. How much, I have no idea. | ||
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django_sc2
Sweden11 Posts
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Fighter
Korea (South)1531 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:01 trias_e wrote: So check this out: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_humans.html In this talk he mentions that chess masters can burn 6000 calories a day playing in tournaments! " ...[with] chess masters in the middle of a tournament, they are going through six to seven thousand calories a day thinking. [They are] turning on a massive physiological stress response simply with thought and doing the same thing with their bodies as if they were some baboon that’s just ripped open the stomach of their worst rival — it’s all with thought.” Serious, competitive SC2 certainly burns calories. How much, I have no idea. I can't believe that you just made this thread interesting. But I guess SC2 could be comparable. If not mentally, then the physical aspect must make up for some of the loss. | ||
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PhxdB
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Although at the highest pro levels I'm sure the mental energy they put into this game can also become quite physically exhausting as well. | ||
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2575 Posts
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Lunchador
United States776 Posts
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Aberu
United States968 Posts
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mrafaeldie12
Brazil537 Posts
And you won't have any significant calories burned, you're not exercising your muscles not nearly as much, and mental activity is light on them calories. | ||
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sperY
Serbia444 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:07 mrafaeldie12 wrote: You sweat playing Sc2? You should look for medical help LOL. And you won't have any significant calories burned, you're not exercising your muscles not nearly as much, and mental activity is light on them calories. I sweat too sometimes. Mutas keep you stressed lol It completely normal. | ||
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Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
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SmackDiablo
United States49 Posts
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ref4
2933 Posts
trust me I have a PhD in broscience. | ||
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django_sc2
Sweden11 Posts
Does 5 hours of pure laddering burn more then like 200kcal? It doesnt sound too unrealistic to me... | ||
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PhxdB
14 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:13 SmackDiablo wrote: Why are people dumb? If you sweat while playing Starcraft....you need more exercise....and by more I mean A LOT more. Have you never had a close game that kept you shaking on the edge of your seat? Sweating is a natural stress response. You don't have to be physically exherting yourself to sweat. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10306 Posts
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JOJOsc2news
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 Thank you trias_e for posting that TED talk. Looks really interesting. | ||
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NOOBALOPSE
Canada802 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:03 Fighter wrote: I can't believe that you just made this thread interesting. But I guess SC2 could be comparable. If not mentally, then the physical aspect must make up for some of the loss. I think that you could burn more than like 500-600 calories, or maybe even a lot more while playing very intense SC2. | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
 and i gotta change shirts cause the armpit areas are all wet Sc2 not so much. | ||
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ColterTV
Argentina163 Posts
I sweat too sometimes.. it's normal when the game gets very intense Not sure if that translates to calories burned tho | ||
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Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:18 PhxdB wrote: Why are people dumb? Have you never had a close game that kept you shaking on the edge of your seat? Sweating is a natural stress response. You don't have to be physically exherting yourself to sweat. But the thread is about burning calories not sweating. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
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redemption
United States112 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:06 Lunchador wrote: Unless if you find yourself physically gasping for breath at the end of a competitive session, I honestly don't see the calories burnt being anywhere comparable to a physical workout. Seriously, how can this be possibly comparable to running a mile? Running a mile can make me throw up (If I'm trying to get the best time possible) and feel like I'm about to die. Starcraft? Probably more comparable to the physical strain of jerking off with the left hand while using the mouse with the right hand. Easy.... | ||
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Scio
Germany522 Posts
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django_sc2
Sweden11 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:32 Scio wrote: You probably don't burn many additional calories. While the brain needs quite a bit of energy (about 20% of your daily calorie input is used to supply your brain with energy) it does so while "resting" or not really working much just like muscles burn calories even when they don't work. But different to muscles the brain doesn't need much more energy even when working hard. Only when you are learning new stuff (playing Sc2 for the first time, trying a new race) the energy demand of the brain increases more since all the information needs to get memorized. But i assume your ladder session is more like a daily or weekly routine. Stress on the other hand can make your body burn quite a bit of calories and would also explain why you sweat a little when playing. Im talking about laddering for 10 hours a day | ||
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TeamBanished
United States301 Posts
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Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:22 NOOBALOPSE wrote: I think that you could burn more than like 500-600 calories, or maybe even a lot more while playing very intense SC2. I don't see how you would burn 500-600 calories sitting on your ass in an air-conditioned room doing nothing more then moving your fingers. | ||
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gKyoji
Brazil3 Posts
There was a game on StarCraft: Brood War, a few years ago, where JaeDong played agains Stork! I was watching live and, it was the first time i saw someone sweat so much playing a game! That game is awesome, very well played for both sides! :D And sorry, I dont know how to embed videos on TL.net >.< + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Scio
Germany522 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:34 django_sc2 wrote: Im talking about laddering for 10 hours a day Same stuff applies: stressfull games --> calories get burned non stressful games--->barerly any additional calories get burned | ||
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zocktol
Germany1928 Posts
A pro, like Polt at Assembly might burn a few more calories than normal but i don't think it would be highly significant. | ||
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merz
Sweden2760 Posts
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Imbu
United States903 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:38 gKyoji wrote: I know this is not StarCraft 2 but... There was a game, a few years ago, where JaeDong played agains Stork! I was watching live and, it was the first time i saw someone sweat so much playing a game! That game is awesome, very well played for both sides! :D And sorry, I dont know how to embed videos on TL.net >.< + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf6RysNq9I I was thinking of that game as well! There have been other times when players have sweated that much, but I can't even imagine all the things that are going though his head at the time. As for the topic, it should be possible to lose some calories via playing StarCraft, but I would imagine that would only be the higher end of the spectrum. Here's the video, you just list it I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijf6RysNq9I | ||
shiroiusagi
SoCal, USA3955 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:36 morevox wrote: If I remember correctly, Dreamhack had a heart rate monitor. I remember sometimes the players BPM would be over 130. If your heart is contiously beating at this level, you will burn calories..... But your overall physical body is doing squat, you're just sitting. (besides your hands.) Even if you could burn such a crazy amount of calories from it, I wouldn't think it is beneficial as real physical exercise. | ||
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Cokefreak
Finland8094 Posts
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Gustis
Lithuania70 Posts
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django_sc2
Sweden11 Posts
On March 14 2012 04:39 dignitas.merz wrote: Tbh if playing SC2 made you burn a noticeable amount of calories we'd all be skinny as fuck but we're not. Also, I really don't mean this in a bad way, but look at JulyZerg, that man has done his fair share of 10 hour practice sessions and he's not skinny at all. Do you know what he eats? | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
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HunterEX
United States4 Posts
I have no doubt that after 45 mins of hard macro and micro, you might be a little hungry. | ||
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