Treadmill Recordbreakers
fitbisi
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Hi guys, what is the highest number of calories you burn on a treadmill and within what time frame? My maximum so far is 971 cals in 65mins.
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No idea. I don't trust the calories on the machine and the ones at my gym shut off at the hour mark.3
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Hi guys, what is the highest number of calories you burn on a treadmill and within what time frame? My maximum so far is 971 cals in 65mins.
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I only do 20 to 30 minutes at a time, so definitely no more than 250. But I've done way higher with 3 hours of gardening.
I have a friend who does 1000 at a time but I don't remember how long it takes her to do it.2 -
the most i have burnt was around 1200 when i did a half marathon3
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The longest I've ever spent on a Treadmill is about 30 minutes, because they're boring as hel.
So about 4 miles, would be 400 calories.
Most I've burned would have been about 6000 calories on a trail Ultra.
fwiw I'd be very sceptical of a treadmill giving nearly 1000 calories in an hour. That would be 10 miles for me, which is pretty rapid.1 -
I went on a treadmill this morning because it's too dark for my normal outdoor run now. Even listening to a podcast I found the consistent pace and lack of scenery/change of terrain deathly boring.
MFP combined with my tomtom watch and fitbit tells me I burnt 245 calories in 20 minutes at 5.2mph on the treadmill plus a 5 minute run to the gym and back, just over 3 miles, which seems pretty high to me.1 -
I've done 10K on the treadmill a couple of times - at my state of fitness and weight at the time that'd have been over an hour and over 1000 calories.2
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10 miles when I was marathon training a couple of years ago, which took me 1hr26mins & burned approx. 1100 cals2
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You must be a pretty fast runner OP. the most I do is about 750 calories for 1 hour of slow running, keep in mind I'm obese, so someone who is lighter than me would need to be significantly faster than me to achieve the same burn.3
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I refuse to spend longer than 35 - 40 minutes on a treadmill and its only used in the winter months. I have burned approx 1000 cals in my outdoor half marathon.2
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The longest I've ever spent on a Treadmill is about 30 minutes, because they're boring as hel.
So about 4 miles, would be 400 calories.
Most I've burned would have been about 6000 calories on a trail Ultra.MeanderingMammal wrote: »fwiw I'd be very sceptical of a treadmill giving nearly 1000 calories in an hour. That would be 10 miles for me, which is pretty rapid.
Remember your weight depends on also how much calories you burn. The more lbs you have on, the more calories you will burn.
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I have spent up to 3 1/2 hours on a treadmill before. Don't like running in the snow and in the dark. I feel like there is to much chance for injury. I just put on Netflix and go. I think it builds mental toughness being on the treadmill that long. The funniest thing I ever heard is a guy that would often put long runs on the treadmill and to toughen up all he would do is stare at a white dot on the wall. If he wanted a bit of excitement he would change the color of the dot.5
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Remember your weight depends on also how much calories you burn. The more lbs you have on, the more calories you will burn.
Yes but the physics of it is still undeniable. To burn almost 1000 calories in an hour you are looking at clocking something on the order of 6:00/mi pace. Guessing you aren't doing that.
The more likely interpretation is that the treadmill is being VERY generous. I know my treadmill will easily report a 1000 calorie burn that is much closer to 500 calories in reality.
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I have spent up to 3 1/2 hours on a treadmill before. Don't like running in the snow and in the dark. I feel like there is to much chance for injury. I just put on Netflix and go. I think it builds mental toughness being on the treadmill that long. The funniest thing I ever heard is a guy that would often put long runs on the treadmill and to toughen up all he would do is stare at a white dot on the wall. If he wanted a bit of excitement he would change the color of the dot.
I have learned to embrace the suck. I don't mind doing my long runs on the treadmill anymore. Longest I have ever gone was 2:10 for 18 miles.4 -
don't use the treadmill much, but once did a charity marathon on one. wasn't bad. Fun atmosphere1
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I'm pretty light so I don't burn as much as a lot of people. My treadmill max is 14 miles (-40 temps outside when half marathon training...I'm another one who prefers to stay in the warm, well-lit gym and avoid dealing with ice and frostbite and just read a book or something) and I burn about 1200-1300 calories doing that at about a 9 min/mile or somewhere in the 6.7-6.9 mph range, just a hair over two hours. I'm not fast, obviously, either.1
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I stayed on a treadmill until it said I burned 1000 calories once. I went 8 miles in 85 minutes. My iPod died after 2 miles. It was an exercise in self-torture, and I've hated the treadmill since.
(My real calorie burn was probably 700-800 cals.)1 -
Zero. Ask about outdoors, though, and the answer changes drastically.1
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chocolate_owl wrote: »I stayed on a treadmill until it said I burned 1000 calories once. I went 8 miles in 85 minutes. My iPod died after 2 miles. It was an exercise in self-torture, and I've hated the treadmill since.
(My real calorie burn was probably 700-800 cals.)
I've had my bluetooth headphones die on me within the first few miles. It's enough to make me question my sanity after staying on all the way through 8 miles...2 -
MeanderingMammal wrote: »
It was a few years ago and I can't remember exactly what the treadmill read, but it was over 1,000 for an hour of running. I keep it on a 2.0 incline, and the total distance was a little over 7 miles. I'm 5'10" and a little over 200lbs, so I'm guessing the weight thing is what boosted the count.2 -
As a sanity check for running you can estimate your net calories expended using the following formula (courtesy of Runners World)
.63 x weight in lbs x distance in miles
eg: a 200lb person would expend about 126 cal / mile (assuming relatively level terrain)2 -
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MeanderingMammal wrote: »
My husband weighs twice what I do and runs at the same pace as me, so he usually gets almost twice the burn on a treadmill counter. Running calculators say he burns 1.5x what I do instead of 2x. So while the treadmill readouts aren't really accurate, heavier people do burn significantly more...1 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »As a sanity check for running you can estimate your net calories expended using the following formula (courtesy of Runners World)
.63 x weight in lbs x distance in miles
eg: a 200lb person would expend about 126 cal / mile (assuming relatively level terrain)
I did this test on a 5 mile run (outside I might add) and according to this my 5.0 mile run would have burned 346 calories, my forerunner hrm came to be 395.. so pretty close..1 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »As a sanity check for running you can estimate your net calories expended using the following formula (courtesy of Runners World)
.63 x weight in lbs x distance in miles
eg: a 200lb person would expend about 126 cal / mile (assuming relatively level terrain)
Do you have a source for this? I don't doubt you, but I was in a debate on a bike forum with somebody who insisted that walking and running burn the same number of calories for the same distance, kept saying that running only gets it over with more quickly. I pointed out that running involves jumping and is more physical work, but to no avail. Being able to cite this would have been useful.1 -
Dreadmill... *shivers*1
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chocolate_owl wrote: »My husband weighs twice what I do and runs at the same pace as me, so he usually gets almost twice the burn on a treadmill counter. Running calculators say he burns 1.5x what I do instead of 2x. So while the treadmill readouts aren't really accurate, heavier people do burn significantly more...
As highlighted upthread, bodymass and distance are the key points.
For me, at 160lbs, I'll need to run 10 miles to burn 1000 cals. My best 10 mile time is 80 minutes.
If I were 320lbs then it would only take 5 miles to burn 1000 calories. Having never been 320lbs I've got no idea whether running 5 miles in an hour is realistic at that weight.
Wouldn't disagree that some treadmills might display that figure, it's just not credible though.0 -
NorthCascades wrote: »BrianSharpe wrote: »As a sanity check for running you can estimate your net calories expended using the following formula (courtesy of Runners World)
.63 x weight in lbs x distance in miles
eg: a 200lb person would expend about 126 cal / mile (assuming relatively level terrain)
Do you have a source for this? I don't doubt you, but I was in a debate on a bike forum with somebody who insisted that walking and running burn the same number of calories for the same distance, kept saying that running only gets it over with more quickly. I pointed out that running involves jumping and is more physical work, but to no avail. Being able to cite this would have been useful.
Running burns roughly double the number of calories compared to walking the same distance.
runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-many-calories-are-you-really-burning2 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »BrianSharpe wrote: »As a sanity check for running you can estimate your net calories expended using the following formula (courtesy of Runners World)
.63 x weight in lbs x distance in miles
eg: a 200lb person would expend about 126 cal / mile (assuming relatively level terrain)
Do you have a source for this? I don't doubt you, but I was in a debate on a bike forum with somebody who insisted that walking and running burn the same number of calories for the same distance, kept saying that running only gets it over with more quickly. I pointed out that running involves jumping and is more physical work, but to no avail. Being able to cite this would have been useful.
Running burns roughly double the number of calories compared to walking the same distance.
runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-many-calories-are-you-really-burning
You could also point the guy to a MET values diagram. Running MET is roughly double that of walking.1 -
I'm using the Polar H7 hrm along with the Polar Beats app and my 45 minute treadmill run tonight calculated at around 750 cals. I was varying my incline but ended up with a 156 bpm average. Sound about right?3
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