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Calorie burn / P90X / Or any other exercise DVD

1LoveChips
Posts: 260 Member
How do you know how much you are burning? Sorry to be a simpleton... just did my first ever workout in front of the tele. There was a lot of sweat!
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I think P90X would be considered circuit training. The most accurate way is to get a heart rate monitor and see how much you burn then make it a custom work out to enter in MFP.0
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I wear a heart rate monitor.0
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I dont have a heart rate monitor so I find the closest possible activity and use that.
I dance on the wii and xbox with my sons so I find "dancing" and type in the amount of minutes....0 -
I wear a heart rate monitor.
Honestly, I would use the below calculator to figure out your caloric needs. If you want to track exercise, just changed calories burned to 1 calories.
http://www.teambeachbody.com/eat-smart/nutrition-tools/caloric-needs0
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