Do you burn more calories/fat running in warm temps. vs. cold temps?

Question

If you run indoors on a treadmill or around a track and sweat, do you burn more fat than running outdoors in the cold without sweating?

Answer 1

You burn more calories standing still in cold temps because your metabolism has to work harder to maintain your core body temperature. If you are running, the difference is negligible.

Answer 2

First of all, do not be worried about the climate. It will do what ever it wants to regardless of what we do. It has done so in the past, and will do so in the future. I do not believe the founder is suing Al Gore. He mentioned it during a speech he was giving. Saying something and doing are 2 different things. No one can say whether this years weather is the start of colder weather or a break in the warmer climate. Let's hope it is only a short break. However, the sun is very inactive right now which is probably why it is colder. If the sun does not enter its 24th cycle soon, then we can expect continued cold (this is not good). As for global warming, it is true the earth is warming. It is a complete lie that we are the cause. There is no scientific evidence that we are the cause or even significantly contributing to warming. The global warming topic has now become a political issue, not scientific. Whatever you hear on TV these days is probably either not true, or embellished to make it appear worse. Enjoy global warming, for when the climate is warmer, humans and all life forms on earth have flourished. Things get bad when we enter a cold spell, similar to the mini ice age which just ended in the late 1800's.

Answer 3

No. However if you run in warm temperatures, you will lose more water and can dehyrate faster. You need to make sure you stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water while running. If you don't stay hydrated, you will burn muscle tissue instead of fat. Your body will do whatever it needs to keep hydrated. Calorie burn is the same. It is the action, not the temperatures that determine calorie burn.

Answer 4

actually you burn the same amount of fat when you run in both temps. except when you are in warm temps you sweat more and you lose water weight but eventually you gain the weight back you don't want to be to dehydrated so running in cold temps and warm temps with plenty of water will let you burn fat the same.

Answer 5

even in the cold, I think you will sweat and I am pretty sure that it does not matter because you are doing the same activity.
Now, if outside, you were running on some kind of hilly street, than that will burn more calories but just a track, being home is the same thing.

Answer 6

Wrestlers shed pounds by running in clothes that make them sweat more. Fat is full of water, if you sweat a lot while running, you will burn fat. Run wherever you sweat a lot, but running outside is always better, simply because you have to actually propel yourself forward which uses more muscles than you use on a treadmill.

Answer 7

I'm on a diet to and if you run outside you burn more fat because when you sweat you burn calories. But you also sweat on a treadmill so it really doesn't matterwhich one. Keep it up!

Answer 8

When you are cold you get the chills in order to warm up your body. This is involuntary muscle contractions which use up a lot of stored energy in an effort to create heat/warmth. This process uses considerably more energy than sweating.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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