Calories burned

anonymous1210
anonymous1210 Posts: 22 Member
edited November 29 in Health and Weight Loss
I use a mini stepper 2 hours daily and my fitbit states that I burn about 90-100 cals every 15 minutes. My legs are usually hurting or numb after 45 mins or 1 hour so I guess I am doing some effort. But is it possible that I burn that amount of calories?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    why are you doing something that causes you pain?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    edited October 2018
    Your legs may be hurting or numb because that's not an appropriate exercise for you.

    What hurts?
    What feels numb?

  • vollkornbloedchen
    vollkornbloedchen Posts: 2,243 Member
    edited October 2018
    To answer your question:
    Yes, it is absolutely possible (and likely) that you burnt this amount of calories.

    While not exactly precisely measuring, modern fitness-trackers have become quite good in calculating the burnt calories (given that you chose the correct parameters (gender, age, weight, height, etc).

    Please take into consideration the questions of @TavistockToad and @Machka9 too.
    While it is widely accepted to feel tired after an intense workout and have a slight soreness of muscles on the next day, "Pain" and "Numbness" usually are no good signs for an efficient workout.
  • anonymous1210
    anonymous1210 Posts: 22 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    why are you doing something that causes you pain?

    It's not pain exactly .. its like the usual muscle ache after a cardio session
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    anonymous1210 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    why are you doing something that causes you pain?

    It's not pain exactly .. its like the usual muscle ache after a cardio session

    i don't get that, apart from after a race. sounds pretty miserable being sore every day though?
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    anonymous1210 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    why are you doing something that causes you pain?

    It's not pain exactly .. its like the usual muscle ache after a cardio session

    i don't get that, apart from after a race. sounds pretty miserable being sore every day though?

    You never get DOM'S? I'm sore pretty much every day due to bad hips/legs which run in my family too much exercise makes it worse but so does 0 exercise so I'm constantly walking a fine line trying to find a balance
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    angelsja wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    anonymous1210 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    why are you doing something that causes you pain?

    It's not pain exactly .. its like the usual muscle ache after a cardio session

    i don't get that, apart from after a race. sounds pretty miserable being sore every day though?

    You never get DOM'S? I'm sore pretty much every day due to bad hips/legs which run in my family too much exercise makes it worse but so does 0 exercise so I'm constantly walking a fine line trying to find a balance

    i get DOMS if i do something new, or don't keep up to my strength training, but i don't get it day to day from my normal running/cycling/lifting routine, no.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,681 Member
    edited October 2018
    Yeah, DOMS only happens if I do a whole lot more than usual.

    On Tuesday I ran 7 km for the first time since January ... no DOMS because I've been running regularly anywhere between 2 and 6 km for several weeks. But if I had got it into my head that I was suddenly going to run 15 km, I might have had DOMS!!

    In fact, I felt really good after that 7 km run. I felt like I'd done some exercise, but no pain or numbness.
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