This is what you need to do to train off that slice of pizza
A fries on the couch on Friday night, that tasty Hema-hotdog between shopping on Saturday afternoon and on Tuesday around four o'clock, that favorite (and ultraslanke) colleague casually puts a piece of red velvet in front of you. Nothing wrong with that of course, life should also be fun, but sometimes it's wise to pause and think about how long you actually need to exercise to burn off all those treats. I have the answer for you. Don’t get me wrong, not all fast food is the same and that pizza from your favorite Italian on the corner can be significantly more calorie-dense than the one from the fresh department at Appie. But for convenience, the American Buddy Loans has taken a number of favorites as examples. So don’t take it too literally.
Small (or half) pizza
682 calories
If I let myself be tempted by a delicious pizza, it has to be one that is generously topped. With truffle, arugula, and parma ham for example, or soft gorgonzola. A ball of burrata as the cherry on top? Joe joe. Too bad, because to burn off a plain boring pizza margarita, you need to spend about 70 minutes on the treadmill or an hour and a half in the gym. For men, that number is slightly lower with an average of 60 minutes for cardio training and 80 minutes for strength training.
Large fries
460 calories
To burn off a large portion of fries from McDonald's - and we both know that at least two containers of fries sauce come with it - a woman needs to do an average of 50 minutes of cardio training or 64 minutes of weight lifting.
Hamburger
490 calories
And let's just do a Big Mac right away; a woman needs to do an average of 50 minutes of cardio for that or 70 minutes of strength training.
Chocolate bar
237 calories
To burn off a small piece of chocolate or one-fifth of a Tony, a woman needs to do an average of 25 minutes of cardio training or half an hour of strength training.
Beer
245 calories
Half a liter? Twenty-five minutes jogging through the park or 35 minutes squatting in the gym...
Can of soda
139 calories
A cola? Think again. To burn off one can of cola, you need to run 3 kilometers or spend 20 minutes lifting weights.
Small to medium chocolate cake
1710 calories
Do you remember that delicious chocolate cake that I shared with you? 180 minutes on the cross trainer or over THREE hours lifting weights. Oops...
Fried chicken
726 calories
To burn off a portion of fried chicken wings from the big K, we need to run for at least an hour and a quarter or almost two hours sweating it out among the muscle heads.
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