Is it really this simple to burn 100 calories?

Brandonalex15
Brandonalex15 Posts: 102 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
If you just simply look up how to burn a 100 calories there will be pictures everywhere that say you can burn 100 calories just by doing
40 Jumping Jacks
30 Crunches
20 Squats
& 10 Pushups.

Is it really this simple to burn 100 calories. Or am i being fooled by advertisement ?

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  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    Most people's max burn is about 10 calories a minute, for the obese it's more. So 10 minutes of high intensity exercise can burn 100 for most. I think I could finish that list in well under 10 minutes and some of those would be low intensity, so it wouldn't be 100 for me, I don't think.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    You're being fooled...no chance any of those burn 100 calories. Not even close...
  • Orfygirl
    Orfygirl Posts: 274 Member
    When I do cardio I can easily, on average, burn 100 calories in approx 10 minutes. Usually when I go for a 50 minute run I burn just over 500 calories. You have to remember that not everyone is the same.

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