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**703dEdLee** · April 25th, 04:34 PM

i was wondering if playing paintball can make you lose weight.

for example woodsballers have to walk up and down hills and sometimes go up a mountain to get to the woodsball field (if you've ever played at hogback then you know what im talking about) but has anyone lost weight playing paintball?

EnergizerBunny · April 25th, 04:42 PM

No, unless you play it for a long time like 3 times a week and are on a diet.

**Mangobutter** · April 25th, 05:39 PM

well its like a full day of running but if you only do it 2 times a month it wont help you that much...

***freddieb321@hot*** · April 25th, 05:43 PM

yet it will help. all exercise will. and you make your heart healthier either way. just do whatever u can every day f ur worried about it. like run up the stairs instead of going on the elavator

***MeatIs4Beating*** · April 25th, 06:25 PM

No You dont play nearly enough to lose weight.

**bobide** · April 25th, 06:30 PM

maybe if u carry a A-5 and a steel 68/3000....

**PaintBallBob** · April 25th, 07:57 PM

if you burn more callories then you consume youll lose weight. So pb could make you lose weight but it all depends on your diet and other physical activity. However, i would not suggest pb as a sole way to lose weight unless you do it very often.

**HuNtS** · April 25th, 08:45 PM

yeah, it could help, but it all depends on how much you're playing, and like was mentioned before, your diet and such plays a role in if you'd lose weight or not...

**silentgun** · April 25th, 08:57 PM

if you played a couple times a week, had a good diet, then i think slowly but surely you would lose wight.

**bobide** · April 25th, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobide

maybe if u carry a A-5 and a steel 68/3000....

COME ON! Nobody's even going to lol at taht! U guys have no humor.

At best pb would only be like a cardo sport, helping some endurance.

**socalmike** · April 26th, 12:07 AM

ok time for me to step in on this one, yes it is possible to lose weight paintballing, but it also depends on the way you eat outside of paintballing. I think for me its something like i should have 2500 calories a day...well if you dont give yourself enough calories in a day your going to start losing weight(fast metabolism) even if its just 1 day of paintball from 9am to 4pm youll probably lose a pound or 2 if your not eating what you should be. If you like to eat alot though (like most of america) exercising after paintball and going every week will help but really it mostly comes down to what you eat along with exercise.

cynical · April 26th, 12:38 AM

whether paintball makes yu lose wheight or not, its still good excersize for your heart. and its alot better then not excersizing at all.

***Sir*** · April 26th, 02:54 AM

Facts to concider

1) Your supposed to reach your VO2 max three times a week, for at least two minuets just to remain at your current level of fitness.

2) Fat is stoted in fat cells. When the fat cells you have are full, your body will make more and this will sort of be like your default condition from now on. This will basicly mean that even if you lose fat, the fat cells will be filled up quicker! The only way to get rid of fat cells is limposuckion (proberly spelt that wrong).

3) Three months of physical training can be lost in one. (This applys to muscle and not fat).

Keeping all of this in mind you wouldnt lose weight due to paintball.

**txaggie08** · April 26th, 03:31 AM

it does depend on how much you do it. running all day 2-3 times a day is going to help at least.....

**Angered Fists** · April 26th, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sir

Facts to concider

1) Your supposed to reach your VO2 max three times a week, for at least two minuets just to remain at your current level of fitness.

2) Fat is stoted in fat cells. When the fat cells you have are full, your body will make more and this will sort of be like your default condition from now on. This will basicly mean that even if you lose fat, the fat cells will be filled up quicker! The only way to get rid of fat cells is limposuckion (proberly spelt that wrong).

3) Three months of physical training can be lost in one. (This applys to muscle and not fat).

Keeping all of this in mind you wouldnt lose weight due to paintball.

Could you please elaborate on where you got this misinformation?

You don't attempt to reach VO2 max for 2 minutes to maintain cardiovascular fitness. You aim to maintain a constant 60% of your max heart for 20 minutes twice a week.

Fat is stored in all cells.

Your third statement is accurate but your first two are misleading. Please only post advice if you are sure of what you are advising.

**sumsimpleracer** · April 26th, 08:10 PM

i bet you could if you were a front player in speedball, because you would be constantly on the move and changing from position to position

***NDjr.*** · April 26th, 09:37 PM

Paintball wont make u loose weight, or at least it wont be very noticible. Playing tourny ball(or if your in the woods) it might help condition you better for running and stuff.

**xxxfirexxx** · April 26th, 10:19 PM

Simple answer...No. Not even long woodsball matches. My friend and I played a long match of woodsball, I eventually took his base, *paintballs and all* then kinda chased him up and down hills before eventually shooting him dead in the ass. Only way he's lost weight now is that he works construction on weekends.

**Angered Fists** · April 26th, 10:56 PM

Paintball can help you lose weight provided you go about it in the right way. As was stated, weight loss occurs as a result of caloric intake < caloric expenditure. In order to lose a single pound your need to have a net defecit of 1500 calories. If you play a very active role when you play and are constantly on the move, then paintball could be a very good way to raise your caloric expenditure. If you are a 'bunker buddy' and just sit down and shoot at people when they come to you, you won't be burning many calories at all, over and above what you would burn sitting in front of your computer.

***Peace_Pipe*** · April 27th, 02:25 PM

Any excersize will help, though paintball most likely wont make you loose physical weight but it will mke you feel more healthy and you will be conditioned better.