calisthenics as cardio

prioritizinghealth

hey guys, I was looking for advice tips? on calisthenics!
You can log them on MFP as cardio .. do they actually burn calories though? like, is it even worth it to log calisthenics, in your opinion?
by the way, the calisthenics that I do would be like, ab videos, crunches, push ups, squats etc etc!

thanks for your input !!!

prioritizinghealth

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melindasuefritz

calisthenics has it s own category unfder cardio put it under that

prioritizinghealth

thanks

kelsully

hey guys, I was looking for advice tips? on calisthenics!
You can log them on MFP as cardio .. do they actually burn calories though? like, is it even worth it to log calisthenics, in your opinion?
by the way, the calisthenics that I do would be like, ab videos, crunches, push ups, squats etc etc!

thanks for your input !!!

I do them all the time and log them as I can get my heart rate up quite nicely. I will do squats, burpees, pushups, walkouts, planks, standing ab work, stair plyometrics, jumping jacks...lunges etc. I will create a circuit of 4-6 exercises and do 10-30 reps of each one...and then repeat the circuit 2-3 times...great body weight exercising...When I am wearing my HRM I can burn more doing a circuit like this than cycling.

wswilliams67

it's all about intensity. phoning in burpees and jumping jacks will get you no where. ;-)

prioritizinghealth

thanks for the input

any other tips ?