Anybody what exercises like crazy 5-6 days a week (burn more than 2,000 cal daily)?
sueberlin
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Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete 
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I have a coworker what burns 1,000 cal daily....she lost like 100 lbs or so.3
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I average a burn of around 2300 in the summer with my active food service job and my 6 hours of exercise a week. Unless you mean JUST from exercise, then it's just 400-600 cal per session.2
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Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.2 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?0 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?
I wouldn't trust the number from MFP. Some people say they are accurate for them, but more people find that they are quite overestimated.3 -
Endurance athletes in training do, but they replace them as they aren't trying to lose weight. Unless you're in a weight loss television competition show, I doubt many workout that much on a daily basis. 2,000 isn't super hard. I averaged that on a daily basis that over 4 months last summer cycling. However, some days were a lot less and some days would be more at 5,000-6,000. 3,500 is a lot of daily work and would be too much for me to do every day.1
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Haven't calculated the accuracy of the fitbit reports yet but here is the latest.
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I could do 1500 from exercise alone a couple of times a week training for a marathon, but every day? Sounds insane. A good way to burn out and/or get injured...
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2000 calories a day would be ...
10 hours of walking @ 200 calories per hour.
5 hours of cycling @400 calories per hour.
While I do indeed cycle 5+ hours on weekend days fairly regularly, there is no way I'm doing that every day. As mentioned above, that would be a good way to burn out and/or get injured.
Also, when I am training for my endurance events and putting in a lot of exercise, I also eat quite a bit. I'm not in weight loss mode.
For example, in both March and April, I cycled over 1000 km each month (plus walking and stair climbing). But I didn't lose a single gram because I was eating enough to compensate for it.3 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?
If I remember the most often quoted formula for calculating running calories correctly, it's 0.63 x bodyweight x distance (miles). So even a 200 pound person would have to run around 8 miles in an hour (that's a 7:30/mile pace) to burn 1,000 calories.
I'd say the above quote of 440 calories per hour for weightlifting is overblown as well. Most weight lifting routines involve rest periods, and the heavier you're lifting the longer the rest periods usually are.
The biggest issue is that most people think they're burning a lot more calories in exercise than they actually are burning in reality. 2,000 calories of exercise a day is pretty intense and unless you're an elite athlete you're probably not going to be able to keep that up 5 to 6 days a week for long without overtraining and/or getting injured. Not to mention the fact that if you're in a calorie deficit, you're not adequately fueling those workouts in the first place.8 -
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The more overweight you are the more calories you burn, but I doubt that someone morbidly obese can e.g. run for a few hours every day, you need to build up your endurance to something like this.
I used to work out 2-3 hours per day in my late teens - early 20s. Like 1 aerobics-type class, 1 hour strength training, 1 hour running on average per day, every day. It did not happen overnight, it took me 1-2 years to get there, and my starting point was not completely sedentary (teenager, no car, walking everywhare, using a bike, participating in the occasional basketball game etc). Still, I am pretty sure my daily burns were not 2000 calories from exercise alone.
I was doing a couple of years ago every Saturday a TRX fast circuit followed by a Zumba class and I was estimating my total burns at about 800ish calories for the total of two hours. I was in very good shape at the time, and still was totally exhausted by the end of the second hour, I cannot imagine what burning 2000 calories would take!0 -
I burn less than 2500 running a full marathon. Too much work for too few calories.3
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I aim for 1,000 calories daily on my bicycle. 2,000 calorie burns happen, but they are more of a weekend thing and only when I have the time.0
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mmm, ran half marathon yesterday, and only burned around 1500cals. Would not even want to do that 5 - 6 times per week.2
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I wear a Garmin hr and I've had days where active calories are over 2000, that's total daily movement, not tdee, usually involves dance lessons, push scooter trips over 2 miles combined, walking my dogs etc. I'm approx 200 pds so that bumps up the burn rate.0
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Stupid question for clarification: do you mean only the exercise burns 2,000 calories, or a total daily burn of 2,000 calories?
My average TDEE is 2,000. My walking gets me about 800-900 calories.2 -
A half marathon or a century ride could do it, but I don't know anyone (outside of professional athletes) who do that multiple days per week--the rest of us have to go to work!5
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I burned a little over 1200 calories running 11 miles last Sunday - while half marathon training. I can't imagine doing that 5-6 days a week! I would injure myself by day 2.
Plus, exercising that much makes you mega hungry. I eat everything in site that's not nailed down after my long runs.2 -
I "burn" 3500 calories a day because that is my TDEE.2
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On a non-exercise day my tdee is 2500 Calories. On an "exercise" day which is 3-5 times a week, it's closer to 4000 Calories.1
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I exercise for about an hour and burn around 400 calories which bumps my calories up to 2,400. If I am more active throughout the day I can burn up to 2,600.1
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I EASILY burn that daily, but that includes my BMR.Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
People that say they burn 1000 calories a day in exercise are usually VERY VERY fit people who spend a couple of hours minimum doing it.
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It depends on a lot of factors, the most important one being your body weight and composition. Those that weigh more - either because they're looking to lose weight or those who have more LBM (or muscle) on them - will burn more. Are you talking that many calories in addition to your regular TDEE or that many calories total?
I weigh in at 245lbs, 5'10 with ~150lbs of LBM on me and I burn about 1,200 calories from a 2 hour session consisting of one hour of personal training and one hour of a boot camp class. I will burn about 500 calories from about 30 - 35 minutes of running, depends how hard I work. I could burn more I suppose but those numbers seem fairly normal to me and won't cause me to burn out. I do the 2 hour session once a week and run most other days - for a total of 5 - 6 days a week working out. I think those numbers are high, and you'd be spending hours of your day at the gym with some pretty high intensity workouts. If your body isn't used to it then you might burn out really fast.0 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?
If I remember the most often quoted formula for calculating running calories correctly, it's 0.63 x bodyweight x distance (miles). So even a 200 pound person would have to run around 8 miles in an hour (that's a 7:30/mile pace) to burn 1,000 calories.
I'd say the above quote of 440 calories per hour for weightlifting is overblown as well. Most weight lifting routines involve rest periods, and the heavier you're lifting the longer the rest periods usually are.
The biggest issue is that most people think they're burning a lot more calories in exercise than they actually are burning in reality. 2,000 calories of exercise a day is pretty intense and unless you're an elite athlete you're probably not going to be able to keep that up 5 to 6 days a week for long without overtraining and/or getting injured. Not to mention the fact that if you're in a calorie deficit, you're not adequately fueling those workouts in the first place.
Is your formula only for one hour? Or no matter how long it takes? I walked last Friday 5 miles in less than 2 hours. Does that mean according to your formula I burned about 866 cal? 0.63 x 275 x 5 miles = 866.25 Did I do that right?0 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?
If I remember the most often quoted formula for calculating running calories correctly, it's 0.63 x bodyweight x distance (miles). So even a 200 pound person would have to run around 8 miles in an hour (that's a 7:30/mile pace) to burn 1,000 calories.
I'd say the above quote of 440 calories per hour for weightlifting is overblown as well. Most weight lifting routines involve rest periods, and the heavier you're lifting the longer the rest periods usually are.
The biggest issue is that most people think they're burning a lot more calories in exercise than they actually are burning in reality. 2,000 calories of exercise a day is pretty intense and unless you're an elite athlete you're probably not going to be able to keep that up 5 to 6 days a week for long without overtraining and/or getting injured. Not to mention the fact that if you're in a calorie deficit, you're not adequately fueling those workouts in the first place.
Is your formula only for one hour? Or no matter how long it takes? I walked last Friday 5 miles in less than 2 hours. Does that mean according to your formula I burned about 866 cal? 0.63 x 275 x 5 miles = 866.25 Did I do that right?
That doesn't sound correct. About half that maybe.
And from the look of it, the formula mentioned is for running not walking.0 -
If I remember the most often quoted formula for calculating running calories correctly, it's 0.63 x bodyweight x distance (miles). So even a 200 pound person would have to run around 8 miles in an hour (that's a 7:30/mile pace) to burn 1,000 calories.
This isn't really here or there, but I think that formula should be taken with a grain of salt. When I started running, I used to bounce up and down a lot more, and I've improved my form over time, which means I'm wasting less energy on something that doesn't turn up in the math.0 -
Just wondering if some people go into extremes when it comes to burn your calories. Does anyone burn between 2000 and 3500 cal daily? I have never done it but I am wondering if it is possible. I guess it would be super tiring unless you are athlete
Weight lifting (vigorous effort) burns 440 calories /hr. If you want to burn calories fast, drink lots of water, jump on a treadmill (for no less than 1 hour) and get that incline all the way up, and go at at least 2.5 MPH. You can also use the stairmaster; all this in combination with weight lifting. This type of routine requires a high level of expertise. I'm always available to answer any and all questions.
MyFitnessPal tells me if I go on a elliptrical for 60 min I burn a little over 1,000 cal. I have been on the elliptical in the past and easy 2 hours...Not recently but I didn't know that I was burning that much. Can I trust the numbers from MyFitnessPal?
If I remember the most often quoted formula for calculating running calories correctly, it's 0.63 x bodyweight x distance (miles). So even a 200 pound person would have to run around 8 miles in an hour (that's a 7:30/mile pace) to burn 1,000 calories.
I'd say the above quote of 440 calories per hour for weightlifting is overblown as well. Most weight lifting routines involve rest periods, and the heavier you're lifting the longer the rest periods usually are.
The biggest issue is that most people think they're burning a lot more calories in exercise than they actually are burning in reality. 2,000 calories of exercise a day is pretty intense and unless you're an elite athlete you're probably not going to be able to keep that up 5 to 6 days a week for long without overtraining and/or getting injured. Not to mention the fact that if you're in a calorie deficit, you're not adequately fueling those workouts in the first place.
Is your formula only for one hour? Or no matter how long it takes? I walked last Friday 5 miles in less than 2 hours. Does that mean according to your formula I burned about 866 cal? 0.63 x 275 x 5 miles = 866.25 Did I do that right?
This formula at Runner's World has it in calories per minute or calories per mile for running or walking...
http://www.runnersworld.com/peak-performance/running-v-walking-how-many-calories-will-you-burn
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I mean it can be done, but really there is no practical reason to burn that amount of calories. You would have to eat an insane amount of food just to get enough calories to make up what you expend, and that isn't counting your BMR. So either you would have to eat a TON of food (think Michael Phelps), or you wouldn't be getting enough so your metabolism would slow down anyway.1
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