What is the BEST calorie burning exercise?

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  • cranberrycat
    cranberrycat Posts: 233 Member
    I just looked through the database and plugged in my stats and then looked up a few general exercises to see how the calorie burn compares.

    Walking was lowest, followed by curves circuit, then bicycling, aerobics (general), swimming, circuit training, and then kick-boxing.

    Obviously you would have to look up the exercises that you prefer to do, but I think that is probably the best way to approach it. Plug in your stats, and then look at some types of exercises that you like to do, and those that you would be interested in doing, to see how they vary in their calorie burn.
  • jenneyd
    jenneyd Posts: 308 Member
    I just did elliptical for 15 minutes and burned 330 calories! how's that for high burn in little time? =D of course I can barely breathe right now lol
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    No, no, no, no, no. Sorry if I sound like your Dad or something. You don’t want to use exercise as a way to burn off extra calories on the days you happen to go over. Remember exercise is for fitness, diet is for weight loss. It just so happens that the more you exercise the less strict (on calories) you have to be on your diet. The best route is a steady one, work out a exercise routine that you can stick to, everyday, every other day, mornings, nights, whatever, pick a schedule you can stick to the best. Yes things will come up and you may miss a day here and there, but make it a habit and you will miss it when you can’t exercise.

    1 lb a week. Remember a pound of fat takes 3600 burned calories to get rid of. So if you burn 500 a day, and eat 500 less calories a day (under your base line) you will lose 2 lbs a week, burn 1000 eat 1000 less = 4 lbs gone a week, and so on, you can figure it out from there, over simplified but you get the idea.

    As for the best exercise, burns the most calories, interval weight training is by far the best. You burn while you’re working out and there is a sustained burning of calories after the workout is done. Same with interval cardio, but not as much, and plane cardio pretty much stops burning calories as soon as you stop exercising.

    It’s a long trip but very worth it. You have come to the right place, just keep asking questions, read everything you can, educate yourself, and before you know it you will be wondering what happened to the old you.
  • amydcarlson
    amydcarlson Posts: 136 Member
    If you have access to a pool, swimming is awesome! Depending on your pace, if you take breaks, etc., you burn around 750 cals/hr. No impact, and it gets you entire body involved! It doesn't even feel like I'm "working out" when I do it! It feels fun and therapeutic.
  • sarahlauren18
    sarahlauren18 Posts: 128 Member
    Just be careful if your constantly going over even though your excersing it could stop your weight loss. if your going over make it one day a week where you can have treat or your favorite meal and then move on. I try to eat healty food and stay within my calories everyday even if I know I'm gonna burn them later.
  • MomsDaily140
    MomsDaily140 Posts: 116
    If one has limited time to work out daily, which exercise will burn the most calories the quickest? Besides running! :) I've never been able to run.

    I am not fond of running either... I had a motorcycle accident, I had a crush injury, and I can't anymore. So I find the best workout... Elliptical/Cybex machines, set on intervals I do at least 35 minutes..... you get the same caloric burn as running, but it's not as hard on the knees, feet, joints... also most gyms now are equip with 30 minute circuits, those are awesome.

    Good Luck!
    :wink:
  • outersoul
    outersoul Posts: 711
    I'm in for intervals too. I run all out for a minute (on the eliptical) and wak 2 minutes. I repeat that for about 20 minutes or so.
  • mayana2002
    mayana2002 Posts: 192
    YAY ZUMBA!!!
  • RCW79
    RCW79 Posts: 2
    I love Turbo Jam! Jackie Warner's video's are awesome as well.
  • Megooo19
    Megooo19 Posts: 199
    If your fond of riding the bike at the gym I really recommend a spin class. I just did one and it was AMAZING! I also recommend cardio kick boxing. In a half hour of that I can burn about 400 calories...it doesn't sound that great but for comparison the 30 day shread only burns about 250 for me in the same amount of time.
  • spicy618
    spicy618 Posts: 2,114 Member
    If you live in the warmer climates..... ROLLERBLADING!!! It's the most FUN too. I usually burn 300 + calories in about 25 minutes, depending if it's windy. :bigsmile:
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    I wear a HRM, and personally I dont think it matters what you do, as long as your heart rate is up for a certain amount of time you are going to burn the calories no matter what you are doing.
  • AbbiLindsey
    AbbiLindsey Posts: 7 Member
    Thanks, guys! I haven't gone over my calories and I've been working out. I think watching what I eat and being able to say no has shrunk my stomach. I've also noticed I eat when I'm bored.. not when I'm hungry. BLAH!

    We've been swimming and I found this awesome machine at the gym.. its like a mixture between an elliptical and a gazelle.. it definitely makes me sweat! :)

    I appreciate all of the input! So far I'm down 20! Only 70 more to go! :)
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