Calories burned in personal training

CorrinaG74

Can anyone guide me on how many calories are burned in varied personal training for 30 minutes? I'm 135 kilos right now, and I train with a personal trainer twice a week. The training is very varied, between squats to steps and upper body workouts and I'm finding it difficult to find how many calories I would typically burn. The sessions are an hour long, but I always try to calculate 30 mins to allow for breaks and other interruptions.

rainrain83

i just asked the same question.
i was told to add up individiual exercises.
let me know if anyone gives you a different answer ;-)

EvgeniZyntx

http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist3.htm see links, extrapolate for weight.

About 650+ per hour, depends on intensity. Just use aerobics, general.

EvgeniZyntx

i just asked the same question.
i was told to add up individiual exercises.
let me know if anyone gives you a different answer ;-)

Don't add individual exercises. Waste of time.
It's weight dependent.

aylajane

Honestly, I would figure it out for 2-3 different sessions using individual exercises or perferably a fitbit or HRM or something else that is somewhat objective (all a guess anyway), come up with a conservative average estimate, then just reuse that number every time. SOmetimes it might overestimate a bit and other times it might underestimate a bit. But I would rather log 300 calories even though I burn 500 sometimes (consider it a bonus) than have to try to work it out every time. If you want, you could come up with a scale like "easy" days are 200, "hard" days are 400, then rate yourself accordingly after each workout and pick. ALways try to pick less than you really think though.

Most of the time, I do not bother at all with the calories burned there. I consider it a full bonus, not accounted for in my weekly "burn" so it goes straight to my deficit as a buffer in case I miscalculated my food or other workouts. I eat usually 1800-2000 usually without it anyway, so its not critical enough for me to need it to get enough food. As long as you are feuling yourself enough that you have the energy to get through the workouts, you dont have to count those particular sessions.

kellster111

Might be worth getting a Heart Rate monitor as it will be totally dependent on weight, activity and intensity.
I usually log mine as circuits and for an hour session I would log 45 mins to allow for breaks etc.

DR2501

A HRM is the only way to be fairly accurate about this.

Water_Gal

I was told that most exercise will burn 7-10 calories per minute and depends on your weight and the intensity. This article may be of help: http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/fitness/printableStory.jsp?storyid=/templatedata/fitness/story/data/1177951651111.xml

Good luck!

workout_ninja

to get an accurate burn, i would definitely invest in a heart rate monitor. You get some dead fancy ones that do the average for you and tell you how many calories you burned - i myself have this little cheap thing with chest strap and every few minutes, I write down my heart rate, then average it out and calculate calorie burn at the end

brianpperkins

HRMs are only reasonably accurate when calculating certain steady state cardio activities.

JeralynSh

Honestly, I would figure it out for 2-3 different sessions using individual exercises or perferably a fitbit or HRM or something else that is somewhat objective (all a guess anyway), come up with a conservative average estimate, then just reuse that number every time. SOmetimes it might overestimate a bit and other times it might underestimate a bit. But I would rather log 300 calories even though I burn 500 sometimes (consider it a bonus) than have to try to work it out every time. If you want, you could come up with a scale like "easy" days are 200, "hard" days are 400, then rate yourself accordingly after each workout and pick. ALways try to pick less than you really think though.

I completely agree with underestimating the exercise, and I would add in overestimating the food!

LauraFouhse

I have a personal trainer and had same question so wore a heart rate monitor for a couple of sessions. I am 145 yrs and 140lbs. In one hour I burned 340 calories. I am currently in the "fat burn phase" which means I'm doing alot of high intensity cardio (burpees, fast steps, jumping jacks) mixed in with lower weight weights at higher reps. When I start on "muscle build phase" in a couple of weeks, I will wear the monitor again for another read

Azdak

I have a personal trainer and had same question so wore a heart rate monitor for a couple of sessions. I am 145 yrs and 140lbs. In one hour I burned 340 calories. I am currently in the "fat burn phase" which means I'm doing alot of high intensity cardio (burpees, fast steps, jumping jacks) mixed in with lower weight weights at higher reps. When I start on "muscle build phase" in a couple of weeks, I will wear the monitor again for another read

And it will be inaccurate both times. (But likely on the low side).

Azdak

Can anyone guide me on how many calories are burned in varied personal training for 30 minutes? I'm 135 kilos right now, and I train with a personal trainer twice a week. The training is very varied, between squats to steps and upper body workouts and I'm finding it difficult to find how many calories I would typically burn. The sessions are an hour long, but I always try to calculate 30 mins to allow for breaks and other interruptions.

Any reason why you don't just ask your trainer?

jakicooke

HRM is the only way to get anything like a realistic reading