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sm2019

Is it true that playing chess makes you lose weight?

@sm2019 said in #1:

Is it true that playing chess makes you lose weight?

The brain consumes the same energy to a body at rest as it does to an active body and this accounts for a significant proportion of the energy expended during waking hours, hence relying solely upon a spatial problem solving game to normalise the body mass index discounts factors of importance to this end such as activity levels, diet and metabolism.

@sm2019 said in #1: > Is it true that playing chess makes you lose weight? The brain consumes the same energy to a body at rest as it does to an active body and this accounts for a significant proportion of the energy expended during waking hours, hence relying solely upon a spatial problem solving game to normalise the body mass index discounts factors of importance to this end such as activity levels, diet and metabolism.

Rashell29

#3

Don’t try to use chess to lose weight...

Not for me!

The fatter I am, the better I play. Now I call the rolls my strategic reserve.

Mennonite

#6

At OTB tournaments, many players end up grabbing fast food between rounds, especially if the rounds go long.

EvilPyrokar

#7

Why dont u ask Ben Finegold?

RDGPlaysChess

#8

@sm2019 said in #1:

Is it true that playing chess makes you lose weight?

Yes. Karpov lost 10 kg in the (terminated) 1984 World Chess Championship against Kasparov.

@sm2019 said in #1: > Is it true that playing chess makes you lose weight? Yes. Karpov lost 10 kg in the (terminated) 1984 World Chess Championship against Kasparov.

hisokaxhunter

#9

Can I laugh at this topic....

BlockMyPremove

#10

Watch alarm went off twice during a tournament because my heart rate went up so high. Lost a few pounds from a tournament once. The brain is your largest organ, move over squats, there is a new king of exercises ;)