How many calories does this burn?

capriqueen
capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I circuit train at the gym, which consists of 60 seconds of working out 80-85 % THT followed by 40 seconds of recovery. The time interval varies and we do the whole thing for 30 minutes, warm-up and cool-down included. Is it safe to assume I burn 180-200 calories during this? I'm 143 pounds and 5'6.5

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  • capriqueen
    capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
    Bump?
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    Don't worry about about tracking individual exercises. The list would be endless if this were the case. Just note that moderate intensity exercise (such that you can't hold a conversation) burns about 7-11 calories for every 10 minutes or so.

    So if you worked out for 60 mins, you're burnt about 420-660 calories from moderate activity; for your 30 minutes, just half the result.
  • capriqueen
    capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
    Oh this is my routine for the day. I mean I am trying to add another half-hour of exercise but right now it's all I've got.
    So I do need to count, dont I?
  • carolyn0613
    carolyn0613 Posts: 162 Member
    In the MFP database there is an entry fro circuit training. Why not just use that?
  • capriqueen
    capriqueen Posts: 976 Member
    It seems like an overestimate.
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,660 Member
    I circuit train at the gym, which consists of 60 seconds of working out 80-85 % THT followed by 40 seconds of recovery. The time interval varies and we do the whole thing for 30 minutes, warm-up and cool-down included. Is it safe to assume I burn 180-200 calories during this? I'm 143 pounds and 5'6.5

    Approximately 250 calories OP, so if you put down 180-200 I would say you are definitely safe!

    Circuit training is a superb calorie burner!

    The website below may interest you for approximate calorie burns:

    http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calories_burned.asp?exercise=64

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