21 Day Fix Exercises

emilyhowler

How do you guys record your activity after completing a workout from the 21 Day Fix?
I just finished Cardio Fix and I don't know how to log it so that it's accurate.

ashleypetrie4

I just did cardio fix too! I just do 30 minutes of strength training.. I know it's probably low for most of the fix workouts, but I'd rather underestimate. The best way would be to get a heart rate monitor, but I'm broke lmao

deneenn

It's difficult to assess how many calories burned, because it's based on your weight and length of time you exercised - you'll only get an estimate. You can google a calorie burn calculator - for example, www.shapefit.com has one. There's a list of general/generic exercises, that will give you an approximate amount of calories burned based on your weight and exercise time. You may need to choose "aerobic exercise" as it's the closest match to Cardio Fix.

Maxematics

It depends on your body type. I use a Fitbit Charge HR, but if I didn't have one, I'd choose aerobics for cardio, but scale back the time a bit. I'm not sure what your stats are, but I'm 5'3" and 130 pounds and here are my calories burned thus far if it helps any.

• Day 1 - Total Body Cardio Fix: 189 calories, Day 8: 169 calories
• Day 2 - Upper Fix: 115 calories
• Day 3 - Lower Fix: 175 calories
• Day 4 - Pilates Fix: 69 calories
• Day 5 - Cardio Fix: 205 Calories
• Day 6 - Dirty 30: 136 calories
• Day 7 - Yoga Fix: 40 calories

terbusha

You can use a heart rate monitor to track calories burned if you like. Personally, I never track the calories I burn in exercise. I exercise hard, and eat at a calorie level that lets me make progress towards my fitness goal (lose, maintain, or gain weight).

Here's an example for you. What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to make good progress towards your goal. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~1600 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for 2 weeks. If you lose 1-2 lbs/week, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few cycles, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

If you're doing the container system, go for 3 weeks in the bracket you're in. If you don't make appropriate progress, move up or down to the next calorie bracket and go for another 3 weeks.