Minutes and Calories Burned..

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BeautyAndStrength50
BeautyAndStrength50 Posts: 273 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I just found out that for every minute that you exercise it accounts for 8 calories burned in the range of 150 pound person. I didnt know that. Im in that range so I added mine up and it came out to the right number. You learn something new everyday.. :)

SusieQ

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  • cerysrhi
    cerysrhi Posts: 262
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    I'm wondering then if thats approx 2 cals per 20lb would I at 220lb burn 11 cals a minute???
  • caitlinclock
    caitlinclock Posts: 528 Member
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    It also depends what exercise you are doing.
  • rayne937
    rayne937 Posts: 16
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    I'm around 150 (+2-3) and I tend to burn 10 cals a minute on the elliptical. I biked for 3 hours today (some parts harder than others), and the exercise calculator said I burned 1765 cals. I checked another website and it said 1761. I would venture to say its pretty accurate. Like someone above mentioned, I think it depends what you are doing. But then again, that is why some exercises are labeled as light, moderate, and vigorous.
  • BeautyAndStrength50
    BeautyAndStrength50 Posts: 273 Member
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    It is almost correct. It does depend on the exercise...But it is pretty accurate with alot of the exercises.. :)

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