P90X Question

JennS19

When your trying to log in your exercise burn for the day when your done with your day, what do you log it under. I tried typing in P90X but nothing came up to choose. How do you log in your exercise for the day?

joyfulrc

I also want to know the answer to this.

BR1986FB

You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.

JennS19

A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!

erickirb

If you don't have a HRM you could log the resistance training days as "Circuit Training" and you can log Plyo and "aerobics, High Impact". These will just give you rough estimates a HRM is the best way to estimate caloric burn.

ambercole

You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.

Yep. What he said!

JennS19

Great!! Thanks so much!

NavySailor

A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!

P90X is a pretty good program, I did it twice and I did see results. With regards to a heart rate monitor, if you have a target in your area they sell a watch in the sports/athletic section called Sportline. It is a regular watch with a HRM built in. What I did when doing P90 was every 5 minutes or so hit the button and it automatically takes a heart rate...It will keep track of the approx total calories burned while exercising. It is around $50.

H_82

You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.

This is what I did too.... And I love my HRM, then there's no guessing how many calories you've burned (during any exercise). I just did P90X last night for the first time with it.

leslieheb

I do Zumba and I researched how many calories on line you burn per hour and that is what I use for my calorie count

BR1986FB

A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!

P90X is a pretty good program, I did it twice and I did see results. With regards to a heart rate monitor, if you have a target in your area they sell a watch in the sports/athletic section called Sportline. It is a regular watch with a HRM built in. What I did when doing P90 was every 5 minutes or so hit the button and it automatically takes a heart rate...It will keep track of the approx total calories burned while exercising. It is around $50.

I have the Sportline and I got it at Walmart. No complaints here. I think mine was under $40.

mrsyac2

before I got my HRM I low balled my calories burned anywhere from 200-275 calories per workout. My dog ate my chest strap and I recently just bought my FT4 Polar for 89 on Amazon. Now I know what I am burning. But I enter everything in P90x Chest and Back (click add exercise not listed) ect... then it will be there for you

mrsyac2

I do Zumba and I researched how many calories on line you burn per hour and that is what I use for my calorie count

remember thats just estimates especially if you eat those calories back. I did insanity and it said you burned 1000 calories Um not a chance when I wore my HRM it was just 250-300 for 45 minutes. Same thing with P90x they advertise you burn so many last night in an hour of plyo I just burned 575.

I want to take a Zumba class simply because I like to dance might have to go on a Saturday morning to do it.

BR1986FB

I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

mrsyac2

I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

Shows exactly that everyone burns differently. I used to be able to get my Heart rate up with no problem and the fitter I get its even harder cause my resting is getting lower. I was huffing it last night too and still only burned 575.

tgh1914

I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

Wow. There's obviously a big differences in what people burn. Granted I am a shorter guy - 5'8" & around 144lbs.

I use a HRM (Bowflex) and I consistently burn about 250 for resistance P90X workouts, about 300 for Plyo, & about 75 for ARX. In fact, I now do running for 45 minutes instead of Kenpo because I can burn around 400 doing that & only about 200 during Kenpo.

BR1986FB

I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

Wow. There's obviously a big differences in what people burn. Granted I am a shorter guy - 5'8" & around 144lbs.

I use a HRM (Bowflex) and I consistently burn about 250 for resistance P90X workouts, about 300 for Plyo, & about 75 for ARX. In fact, I now do running for 45 minutes instead of Kenpo because I can burn around 400 doing that & only about 200 during Kenpo.

I'm about 6"2" and 250.

H_82

No kidding! (such a difference). I just did P90X-Plyometrics w/ my HRM for the first time last night & burned 558 calories. (And p.s., not cool that you're the same height & weight as me - tharrop)