Health Care Financing Administration FIRST COAST SERVICE OPTIONS, INC. A HCFA Contracted Carrier & Intermediary Ambulance Fee Schedule At press time, HCFA has announced a delay in the implementation of certain components of the Ambulance Fee Schedule. Important information regarding this delay may be found on page 7.
According to the calorie calculator on the website HealthStatus, someone who weighs 175 pounds will burn 204 calories during a 45-minute weight-training session. During an identical workout, a 200-pound person will burn 234 calories. The ability to burn a couple hundred calories in less than an hour of light weightlifting might seem impressive but, compared with aerobic exercises, the number of calories you'll burn lifting weights is minimal.
A typical 180-lb. male needing about 2,700 calories per day would therefore require at least 3,200 calories. Furthermore, an hour of intense weightlifting burns 500 calories. Added up, this same person may consume as much as 3,700 calories on lifting days just to properly bulk up. Protein Consumption. Just as important as the number of calories is the composition of calories.