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Originally Posted by Skeptikal12
For an out of shape person, Im sure the effect of raised cortisol (if any, let alone any significant amount) will be FAR outweighed by the activity and exercise they are getting from playing sports. Its not even a point worth discussing.
If this dude was an Olympic athlete and training 15-20+ hours a week, we might want to consider it. Otherwise he'd burn more calories thinking about what cortisol actually is than miss out on (burning), because it was 'raised' due to his 2 hour bball run.
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Overweight individuals are malnourished and internally stressed. All exercise induces the release of cortisol and adrenalin from the adrenal gland because exercise IS a stressor and must be regulated as such. Too much cortisol and you become catabolic.
For individuals who are stressed, regulating exercise duration and intensity is important to preserve adrenal function and ensure that exercise produces an anabolic affect rather than a catabolic one.