How are people burning so many cals?
amyclavey10
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hi,
So I'm fairly new to exercise. I've always danced and took to jogging last year, but at the gym I struggle. From a few PT sessions I've learnt some good weight exercises but even when combining these with cardio I'm still only burning 2-300 cals before I burn out or my hours up.
How are people burning 500+ ?
How do u calculate calories burned from weights? Am I just lazy?
So I'm fairly new to exercise. I've always danced and took to jogging last year, but at the gym I struggle. From a few PT sessions I've learnt some good weight exercises but even when combining these with cardio I'm still only burning 2-300 cals before I burn out or my hours up.
How are people burning 500+ ?
How do u calculate calories burned from weights? Am I just lazy?
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You aren't lazy...nobody burns the same. I average 400 calories in the gym and I'm overweight.0
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I depends on what I am doing but I average 300 -400 per session.0
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I don't try to estimate my calories burned from weight training. I only enter my cardio and I easily burn about 450 calories in a 30-40 minute session on the elliptical. The machine will actually say about 480-500 calories but I always subtract calories before I log them because the machines are never accurate and often over-estimate calories.0
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if you log it under weightlifting in MFP, it will still underestimate due to the fact that you're still burning. It's a really low number, but it gives me a reason to have a square of chocolate lol0
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When you see HUGE burns nearing the 1000 range, the answer would be... they're not burning that many cals.
It really depends on weight and height. But, is better to underestimate, than to overestimate your burn and eat back more than you should.
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A lot of people like to think they're burning a lot more calories than they really are. You'll never convince them the 15 minutes they leisurely walked on the treadmill didn't burn off 800 calories either. My advice - don't worry about what other people are saying they burn and just focus on your own workout. You'll just make yourself crazy otherwise. The results will show on the scale when you're posting accurate burns and eating back a reasonable amount of calories versus those who aren't living in reality....0
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amyclavey10 wrote: »How are people burning 500+ ?
On MFP? By over-exercising their imaginations, usually.
500 calories is a 250 pound person running 5k. Or a 180 pound person running 5 miles.
Scale for weight and fitness as per your realities...0 -
I burn about 200-300 a day. I run a mile or so (I am new to the whole running thing) then I do an ab work out. I also take me dog who can't run on a mile walk. It works for me! You shouldn't stress on burning calories, just focus on your workout! Have fun!0
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There are many factors when it comes to calorie burn. First and foremost it depends on the person and their body composition. Secondly it depends on how its being determined. Is it just being determined by a basic calculation or is a heart rate monitor being used in the calculation? Lots of factors affect this outcome and everyone is different. Pay close attention to your body and your scale. You will know and learn how your doing between your logging and activities.0
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It really depends on what that person is doing and what their weight is. My numbers can be crazy but I'm 5' tall, weigh 209 right now and am swimming 3500-5000 meters. I also don't use MFP numbers for that. There is a better calculator for swimming that uses your weight, the amount of time you swam and the distance to estimate how hard you actually swam. If I enter the same time and distance but subtract 20lbs, The calories burned is much less. It takes more effort to drag my not insignificant butt up and down the length of that pool than it would take someone that weighed 150. The numbers don't mean anything unless you know the data behind them so don't let them get you down.
I generally don't use MFP calculator for walking either. I have another app on my phone (that incorporates distance, time, my age, weight and actual measured length of stride so I manually enter those numbers into MFP. I have no idea how to enter calories burned from my weight workouts so I don't bother, I figure they just make up the difference in any inconsistencies.0 -
Focus on some serious weight lifting & you'll find your body morphe. If you want some nice calories burned, try swimming, running, cycling. Racquetball, tennis, and a good pickup game of basketball will kill those calories, too.0
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I usually walk 5-7 miles a day. I figure 100 calories per mile. thus 500-700 calories a day.0
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I burn about 600 calories a day, but that's between the 2 workouts I split in the day (cardio AM/weights PM)
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My Tuesday/Thursday WO:
15 mins stair treadmill 200 cals, 2000 steps
20 mins run 200 cals,
35 mins circuit or HIIT 400 cals
These are approximate but I think fairly close.
I am not sure how to get totally accurate counts.
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I burn roughly 250-300 calories in a 30 minute workout.
It all depends on how much you weigh, how fit you are, etc.
it's also very possible that people are overestimating how much they are burning.0 -
Cheerios0392 wrote: »I'm lucky to burn 200 cals from most of my workouts. I was honestly surprised when I got my fitbit and it indicated that, I always felt like I was working super hard and should be burning a lot. But no. Now I just stick to walking cause I can go longer and therefore burn more calories that way with little to no real strain on my body.
Um, a FitBit is basically a pedometer. It isn't going to be a reliable indicator of what you are burning for other workouts.0 -
3dogsrunning wrote: »Cheerios0392 wrote: »I'm lucky to burn 200 cals from most of my workouts. I was honestly surprised when I got my fitbit and it indicated that, I always felt like I was working super hard and should be burning a lot. But no. Now I just stick to walking cause I can go longer and therefore burn more calories that way with little to no real strain on my body.
Um, a FitBit is basically a pedometer. It isn't going to be a reliable indicator of what you are burning for other workouts.
Yesterday I saw someone logging a 4000(!!!!!!!) calorie burn because their FitBit told them to.
Madness.
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rhtexasgal wrote: »I don't try to estimate my calories burned from weight training. I only enter my cardio and I easily burn about 450 calories in a 30-40 minute session on the elliptical. The machine will actually say about 480-500 calories but I always subtract calories before I log them because the machines are never accurate and often over-estimate calories.
This still seems high to me...I mean I'm definitely not an expert and I'm sure it all depends on how you're doing it but that seems like a lot of calories in a short period of time.
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My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
Tomorrow is my 4 mile day, over 500 calories.
On Sunday I'll be walking 9 miles for around 1200 calories.
I am over 200 lbs, so that does tend to mean that I burn more.
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The only time I burn a huge amount (1000 + ) is when hiking several miles over a few hours. Rocky trails up and downhill with roots and sometimes larger rocks to get over.
I'm still very overweight and already my HRM is logging lower and lower burns on my runs. I run for 30 minutes and the first time was 281 cal burned....now after less than 2 weeks I'm down to 236 cal burned. I think I need to go faster but I'm building up slowly. Walking forget it lol my heart rate rarely even hits the "zone" even in my very hilly neighborhood. I'm lucky to burn 100 now walking the dogs for a decent distance.
If I log 500 in a day, it's a combo of several things and I have already adjusted calories lower so it's hopefully close to accurate. I'm losing steadily so something is right
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jenniferinfl wrote: »My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
You can't use an HRM for activity like that and expect accurate numbers. The only way to get that burn on that distance is to weigh 450 pounds. Since you're around 200 pounds, that's a 100%+ over-estimate!
There really needs to be a sticky for HRMs....
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jenniferinfl wrote: »My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
You can't use an HRM for activity like that and expect accurate numbers. The only way to get that burn on that distance is to weigh 450 pounds. Since you're around 200 pounds, that's a 100%+ over-estimate!
There really needs to be a sticky for HRMs....
Why not? Walking fast gets your heart rate up. I mean, I'm confused... can't use HRMs for intervals, can't use HRMs for lifting, can't use HRMs for steady cardio... then why bother with HRMs at all?
450 calories for 3.5 miles doesn't seem that crazy for a 200 pounds person, if she's walking fast, especially if there are hills etc.0 -
Don't worry about how many calories you burn!!
Work out your daily calorie in take, and work out as per your routine. You shouldn't be calculating your eating habits around what your workouts are like..
Also, calorie burning goes on after you leave the gym depending on what you do.
Personally, a 1 hour MMA training session burns around 700 calories for me. But I don't track this; I generally add it to my weekly's cardio requirements.
When I do heavy squats or intense leg days, I might only burn 300 calories in the 2-3 hours I'm at the gym, but calories burned through the day will be much higher, so .. essentially, it's impossible to tell how your body reacts to exercise.0 -
Yeah it's all just bullsh*t. You can't trust anything these expensive gadgets say...
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My average daily ride with a Garmin HRM of 2 hours at 22-26km per hour, I will burn 950+ calories, using the Garmin calculations. I also tend not to use the MFP or Strava calculations as the tend to give much higher burns.0
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jenniferinfl wrote: »My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
You can't use an HRM for activity like that and expect accurate numbers. The only way to get that burn on that distance is to weigh 450 pounds. Since you're around 200 pounds, that's a 100%+ over-estimate!
There really needs to be a sticky for HRMs....
Why not? Walking fast gets your heart rate up. I mean, I'm confused... can't use HRMs for intervals, can't use HRMs for lifting, can't use HRMs for steady cardio... then why bother with HRMs at all?
450 calories for 3.5 miles doesn't seem that crazy for a 200 pounds person, if she's walking fast, especially if there are hills etc.
The algorithms are based on steady state moderate intensity cardio. I can't remember the exact definitions but I do not believe walking would fall under that.
But to your other point - why bother using them at all - for heart rate training. Hrms were meant for use as that. They are not calorie counters. They can give estimates but their degree of accuracy will strongly depend on how they are used.
This is why it bothers me so much when people tell new people they need to get a HRM.0 -
christinev297 wrote: »Yeah it's all just bullsh*t. You can't trust anything these expensive gadgets say...
Outside of a lab you can't trust any one method of calorie estimating. Every method, from the exercise tables to fancy gadgets have their strengths and their limitations. Understanding how they work will give help figure out where to start. Then following a method and tracking over a period of time will tell you how accurate it is.
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jenniferinfl wrote: »My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
You can't use an HRM for activity like that and expect accurate numbers. The only way to get that burn on that distance is to weigh 450 pounds. Since you're around 200 pounds, that's a 100%+ over-estimate!
There really needs to be a sticky for HRMs....
Why not? Walking fast gets your heart rate up. I mean, I'm confused... can't use HRMs for intervals, can't use HRMs for lifting, can't use HRMs for steady cardio... then why bother with HRMs at all?
IMO most people shouldn't be messing with HRMs at all. Heart rate and calorie burn don't correlate well except under very specific conditions. This has been covered at length on MFP, many many time.
Believing in HRM burn numbers is no different than believing in fad diets.450 calories for 3.5 miles doesn't seem that crazy for a 200 pounds person, if she's walking fast...
It's about double the real burn. Whether that's "crazy" or not depends on how someone views a 2x estimate.especially if there are hills etc.
Hills add about 1 calorie per 1kg (2.2 pounds) of body weight, per 1 metre of elevation change (going up only, no double counting). So if your walk has a 50m climb, and you weight 220 pounds, you can add another 50 calories.
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jenniferinfl wrote: »My Polar HRM said I burned 415 calories for my 5k walk this morning.
You can't use an HRM for activity like that and expect accurate numbers. The only way to get that burn on that distance is to weigh 450 pounds. Since you're around 200 pounds, that's a 100%+ over-estimate!
There really needs to be a sticky for HRMs....
Why not? Walking fast gets your heart rate up. I mean, I'm confused... can't use HRMs for intervals, can't use HRMs for lifting, can't use HRMs for steady cardio... then why bother with HRMs at all?
450 calories for 3.5 miles doesn't seem that crazy for a 200 pounds person, if she's walking fast, especially if there are hills etc.
I use my HRM to track heart beats to include how fast my heart rate lowers after periods of increased exertion such as running or cycling up a hill. That data is a constant across every app I send the file to. Calorie estimations for the same data file can vary by over 700 calories on my 30ish mile rides.
3.5 miles * 200 lbs * .3 = 210 calories ... a rough net expenditure based on a study reported in Runner's World.
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brianpperkins wrote: »3.5 miles * 200 lbs * .3 = 210 calories ... a rough net expenditure based on a study reported in Runner's World.
Also consistent with MET - a 3mph-ish walk on level ground has a net MET of 2.5, so ~220-ish.
All in the same ball park located a long way from 400+0
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