30 days, zero rest days
Shane has exercised every day for 30 days straight with no rest days during his calorie competition, challenging conventional rest-day wisdom.
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Getting Jacked, Getting Tan, and the Calorie Competition
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Shane is visibly more muscular since Matt last saw him ten days ago, which leads to the calorie competition revelation [1] — Shane Gillis "Shane and two neighbors are competing to burn the most calories in June. He's on pace for 35,000 and has had zero rest days in 30 days. He …" 1:03:38 [2] — Shane Gillis "35,000 calories burned in June: Shane is on pace to burn approximately 35,000 calories in June as part of a month-long calorie-burn competi…" 1:03:54 . Shane and two neighbors agreed to whoever burns the most total calories in the month of June wins. Shane is on pace for 35,000 calories burned, has had not one rest day in 30 days, and checks his competitors' workout alerts obsessively — 'I check my enemies every day.' He had at least one 3,000-calorie day, which he half-jokes is why he worries about having a heart attack in the pool. He acknowledges the competition is unfair because his neighbors have regular jobs that limit their workout windows while he can block out multi-hour sessions. His conclusion: rest days might be completely unnecessary, and he challenges exercise physiologists to prove otherwise while insisting he is definitely very healthy and will not die.
The 30-Day Calorie Competition With Neighbors
Shane and two neighbors are competing to burn the most calories in June. He's on pace for 35,000 and has had zero rest days in 30 days. He monitors neighbors' workout alerts like enemy dispatches and worries daily about dying in the pool.
35,000 calories burned in June
Shane is on pace to burn approximately 35,000 calories in June as part of a month-long calorie-burn competition with two neighbors.
3,000-calorie single workout day
Shane had at least one day where he burned 3,000 calories in a single day, which he says nearly caused a potential heart attack scare.
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