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Calories spent in sit-ups, pushups, and squats

Posts: 388 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I do about 30 minutes of these as part of my exercise routine. Do I spend calories? Where can I find details? Thanks--SNHA

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  • Posts: 258 Member
    I usually average about 1 cal/rep of a total body exercise or a rep of heavy weights. This compares closely to the calorie burn estimates on videos from Fitness Blender, so I think it's a decent gauge.
    As with most things, try it, give it a few weeks, tweak based on results. :)
  • Posts: 9 Member
    @snha as far as logging it goes, I log it under calisthenics. It does burn about 500 calories per hours for vigorous sit ups, squats, weights, etc.
  • Posts: 388 Member
    Thanks much guys. This is very helpful.
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