how many cals should i burn workin out???

tifsimmons91

i was wondering how many calories i should aim to burn during exercise if im eating 1500 cals a day? right now i burn burn between 300-450 cals depending if i do hip hop abs or turbofire... is that a good enough burn or should try to burn more?

higgins8283801

That seems reasonable to me. I burn roughly 400 running 5 miles twice a week.

Merkavar

I seem to get around 10-12 cal per minute. That's according to the machines.

20 mins on elliptical, 220 calls burned maybe a bit more.

970Mikaela1

I log 170 for 45 minutes or 100 minutes.

Capt_Apollo

aiming to burn calories is fine, just jump on the elliptical and do it.

but i aim to do miles, or go for time, and let the calorie burn be what it is.

savvyfantastic

That depends entirely on your goals and your body, if it's a normal part of your activity, etc. eg I eat 1400-1600 cals at the moment (which is very low for my energy requirements) and if I burned that many I'd be unconscious! haha. I jest but basically it completely depends on you.

Merkavar

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

aiming to burn calories is fine, just jump on the elliptical and do it.

but i aim to do miles, or go for time, and let the calorie burn be what it is.

Yeah I go for time, 20 mins for example. But I find no matter what machine the Cals are similiar.

20mins in eliptical 240 cal
20 mins walking 220 cal
20 mins bike 210 cal

So I go for 20 mins and then more if some how my Cals aren't high enough.