Board index › Coping in life › Health, Fitness, and Sports

Does Leg Shaking Burn Calories?

Page 1 of 1 [ 5 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

FunkyPunky
Deinonychus
Deinonychus

Joined: 14 Aug 2017
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 349

16 Dec 2017, 9:41 am

I just had a really weird thought. When I'm at work my legs are usually shaking. Can I burn calories like that?



Esmerelda Weatherwax
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 30 Sep 2017
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,749

16 Dec 2017, 10:15 am

Yes indeedy doo! Fidgeting has actually been RECOMMENDED for people who are stuck at their desks, as a way to burn calories. Here's a quick search - there's chaff in the results, but some wheat as well. I use Ixquick as default, hope it works for you.

https://www.ixquick.com/do/dsearch?quer ... ge=english


_________________
"I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!


Trogluddite
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Feb 2016
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,075
Location: Yorkshire, UK

16 Dec 2017, 2:11 pm

I think this, and stimming generally, probably has quite a bit to do with me always being so slim, even if I eat loads. You can also also burn energy just by being in a static pose that needs support from your muscles - for instance hunching up because you feel stressed out.


_________________
When you are fighting an invisible monster, first throw a bucket of paint over it.


Embla
Velociraptor
Velociraptor

Joined: 4 Oct 2017
Gender: Female
Posts: 490

17 Dec 2017, 5:37 am

Sure! Any movement (or use of muscle) at all burns calories. Just sitting up burns more than lying down.



League_Girl
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 4 Feb 2010
Gender: Female
Posts: 27,280
Location: Pacific Northwest

18 Dec 2017, 4:07 pm

Constant fidgeting can also be a sign of an eating disorder because people with it will do it intentionally to burn more calories. I saw this tip on a pro ana site about ways to burn more calories. Another overlap with ADHD, autism, and anxiety.


_________________
Son: Diagnosed w/anxiety and ADHD. Also academic delayed and ASD lv 1.

Daughter: NT, no diagnoses. Possibly OCD. Is very private about herself.