Figuring out calories burned

megstoo

I'm doing bootcamp style workouts but how do you figure out the amount of calories you are burning? There's days where we are throwing tires across a parking lot, sometimes it's weights, sometimes it's sprints... It varies each day.

FiverLagomorph

Start with these links and learn about METs.

Calculating Calories Burned From Physical Activity
http://www.mhhe.com/hper/physed/clw/webreview/web07/tsld007.htm

http://prevention.sph.sc.edu/tools/compendium.htm

https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/

Good PDF with lists of METs.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clc.4960130809/pdf

86_Ohms

Also, look into buying a heart rate monitor that gives you a calorie use feature. It's not 100% accurate but in a decent tolerance and spits out a number to go off of.

I'm not a fan of the more accurate ones that require the band to strap onto your torso along with the watch but to each their own.

lilmiss_sunshine29

recommend heart rate monitor.
i personally think it's most accurate