How do you figure calories burned w/workout DVD?

michelle_816

Hi!
I have been doing workouts I find on Youtube. They are by Pop Sugar Fitness. The one I am doing today is a 40 minute metabolism boosting workout. I do not have a heart rate monitor, fitbit, etc... so what is the best way to measure and record calories burned from these workouts in MFP until I get one of these?

Thanks in advance!

deksgrl

Not sure what that workout is, is it a combination of cardio and strength moves? If so, I'd log that as circuit training.

michelle_816

Yes. Some cardio, some work with dumbbells.

TeaBea

Log under cardiovascular.....the number of minutes....the general category

General categories......

Aerobics (high impact, general, etc)

Circuit training .....this is a combo of cardio with some strength training

Strength training

Calorie burns are dependent on so many things; height, weight, age, gender, exertion level, and more. MFP is a guesstimate. Many items are "generous" ......so barring a HRM (decent for cardio) .....many MFP users manually lower the calories given....by 40% or so.

WinoGelato

I log mine as circuit training, I usually do a 30 minute recorded program from Discovery Fit and Health and on the commercial breaks I do jumping jacks, lunges, or run up and down the flights of stairs in my house. It might be a little generours with the calories burned, but I have a FitBit also so I figure that when the two systems talk to each other they will adjust accordingly. I haven't had any real concerns, ie, an unexplained plateau since I started logging them that way.

michelle_816

Thanks everyone!

I will keep the MFP generosity in mind when recording! Good information to have as I do not have a gym membership currently and the weather in Wisconsin has been crap lately, making outdoor workouts challenging! Can't wait for Spring to arrive