P90X Calories?

alaskagirl5

Hey, what does everyone log their P90X workout as? Btw- P90X is kicking my butt lol! I only started yesterday, but I have that, along with adjusting to a higher altitude to deal with!

erinhale

Get a HRM. YOu burn dependign on who you feel, what you have eaten, how much effort, your hr, exct.... Invest in a hrm . http://www.amazon.com/Timex-T5G971-Unisex-Personal-Monitor/dp/B000P8VWQS/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1305646510&sr=1-1 is the one I reccomend to my clients

spyopticabby

you have to get one of those polar watches (FT7) that keeps your heart rate and tell you how many calories you burned.

HungryTuna

Hey There! :flowerforyou:

I use a heart rate monitor that connects to my iPhone (Digifit transmitter and a chest strap). I wear it during my workout, and since I've recently started over on my P90X Lean program, now I can calculate calories burned.

My Stats:
5'9, 173 lbs.

Sunday I did Core Synergistics for 58 minutes and burned 520 calories.
Yesterday I did Cardio X for 45 minutes and burned 372 calories.

Granted, since I'm still new to the program, that's not an incredible burn. I took 2 weeks off so coming back into it isn't easy!

Hope this gives you an idea!
xoxo

HungryTuna

Note: When I log my workouts, I "create a new exercise" and then add it to my journal.

Jessaamine

Wow... I am way more lax. I just log it as "aerobics, high impact" and call it a day. Not as accurate as a heart monitor, of course, but much faster to imput!

alaskagirl5

Would it be considered circuit training as well??

Jessaamine

Possibly, but I think you get more cardio with P90X than you would with circuit. I'm thinking that would be a low-end calorie estimate, but you might want to go for that if you want more motivation. As I said before, my main concern is adding it quickly. My P90X workout are interrupted by children and laundry so if I don't log quickly, I'll forget >.<

ljrain

I am looking at getting a DigiFit and Garman HRM, are you still happy with yours?