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hokagenoob
hokagenoob Posts: 78 Member
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Would doing 3x25 at-home-squats burn alot of cals a day? Any suggestions

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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    Look into a structured program. I don't know what you're goals on but I don't see why you'd want to do that many squats.

    Nerdfitness.com, You Are Your Own Gym, and Convict Conditioning are good bodyweight programs. Darebee also has quite few challenging programs as well (all mostly bodyweight exercises).

    Strong Curves offers programs for beginners and advanced and for both weights and bodyweight.

    If you have access to a gym or equipment, you could look into Stronglifts or ICF 5x5, Starting Strength or Allpros.

    Other ones you might think about looking into are Fitness Blender or Daily Burn.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
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    The calorie burn isn't that much, but they have other benefits along with other bodyweight and resistance exercises.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    nope
  • hokagenoob
    hokagenoob Posts: 78 Member
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    arditarose wrote: »
    nope

    Dem fighting words
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    3x25 squats with just body weight? About 10 calories...
  • ar9179
    ar9179 Posts: 374 Member
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    smnarine624 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    nope

    Dem fighting words

    Honest ones usually are. 3 sets of 25 reps, bodyweight won't burn much at all. It IS a good avenue for getting up the gumption to try strength training, though. Unfortunately, not a lot of calorie burn there, either. Strength goals aren't about that, though. Cardio will burn a lot, and strength training will preserve muscle, in a deficit.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    Hornsby wrote: »
    3x25 squats with just body weight? About 10 calories...

    Sounds about right.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,695 Member
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    I'm gonna say 11 calories.

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  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I'm gonna say 11 calories.

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    Optimist.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    If you're primarily concerned with burning calories, you will probably want to focus more on straight cardio. Having said that, squats are a great exercise.
  • BodyByBex
    BodyByBex Posts: 3,685 Member
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    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    If you're primarily concerned with burning calories, you will probably want to focus more on straight cardio. Having said that, squats are a great exercise.

    25 squats and 25 glute bridges every day and my booty looks FAB in leggings now. :grin:

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