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Easy Way To Calculate Calories Burnt?

mamaisis09
mamaisis09 Posts: 143
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I know I burn a lot of calories doing interval training, HIIT training, P90X training and other things, however some things I do aren't in the exercise database. How do I easily (and without shelling out hundreds of dollars) calculate the calories I burn doing a specific activity/exercise?

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  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    HRM if you want to be accurate.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    HRM - heart rate monitor. They have inexpensive one's at Wal-mart by Sportline for under $30. There are more expensive ones that tell you the alignment of the planets, but to start out with one Wal-mart is a good place to check.
  • LotusF1ower
    LotusF1ower Posts: 1,259 Member
    There are more expensive ones that tell you the alignment of the planets...


    !!!!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :flowerforyou:
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    10 cals a minute is usually a good base rate to start with (100 cals every 10 mins, and so on)
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    There are more expensive ones that tell you the alignment of the planets
    What? Man, I knew I shouldn't have gotten mine from the guy with the trench coat. I was so surprised when he flashed me, I would have bought anything. eek3.gif
  • Chiquita_Banana
    Chiquita_Banana Posts: 500
    There are more expensive ones that tell you the alignment of the planets
    What? Man, I knew I shouldn't have gotten mine from the guy with the trench coat. I was so surprised when he flashed me, I would have bought anything. eek3.gif

    LoL =P
  • erikaj819
    erikaj819 Posts: 123
    lol you guys are funny!


    the ones at walmart are they pretty accurate????
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
    There are more expensive ones that tell you the alignment of the planets
    What? Man, I knew I shouldn't have gotten mine from the guy with the trench coat. I was so surprised when he flashed me, I would have bought anything. eek3.gif
    lol you ain't right.
  • Sporty98
    Sporty98 Posts: 320 Member
    10 cals a minute is usually a good base rate to start with (100 cals every 10 mins, and so on)

    Is that true?! I hadn't heard that.....I know it's weight and fitness related, too....BUT, MFP tells me that I'm burning about 415 for a 54 minutes Circuit Training work-out.....If it's 10 cals/min then I'm burning closer to 540 cals/min! Anybody have any thoughts?
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