Highest calorie burning exercise

jellybaby84

I've heard spinning is the best.

Have to say I'm sceptical of some of the very high burns reported though - 1000 calories for a Zumba or a Jam class - nah, highly unlikely in my opinion.

For me (I'm a small, reasonably fit female) my burn rates are approximately:
Running - 600 calories an hour
Body Attack - 450 calories an hour
Calisthenics - 400 calories an hour
Body Step - 400 calories an hour
Body Combat - 380 calories an hour
Body Jam - 300 calories an hour
Zumba - 280 calories an hour
Body Pump - 280 calories an hour
Body Balance - 250 calories an hour

doo1963

If you are already near your goal weight you won't lose the amount of calories someone with 200lbs to lose will no matter what you do, also as your fitness levels improve you'll find it harder to burn.

I used to be able to burn 600 - 800 calories in a session if I really pushed, now I am lucky to get 300 - 400 for the same sort of thing!

I can vouch for this. It gets a little frustrating when you read about the "500 - 1000" calories burns that people are getting. The better shape you are in the longer it takes (and harder you have to work) to get your heart rate up.

dad106

Two things make me burn the most:

Walking on the treadmill at a high incline without holding on.. that shoots my heart rate right up there and in 45 min, I burned like 500 calories.

The other is my personal trainer.. it's easy to quit or go easy on your self, but when you have someone pushing you and telling you to keep going, you want to show them that yes you can do this and you're not going to quit.

MzMiller1215

The amount of calories you burn is all dependent on how much you weigh. I know that the smaller I get, the less calories I will burn during my workouts.

bizco

Scientists rate the intensity of exercise according to METs, or metabolic equivalents. The cutoff line between "moderate" and "vigorous" exercise is 6 METs, or the point at which your body is using six times as much energy as it would at rest. Serious strength training is considered a 6-MET activity, as is cross-country hiking, doubles tennis, and heavy duty construction or landscaping work.

It's not particularly useful to think of exercise in terms of categories such as "cardio" or "weight lifting." It makes more sense to look at the total amount of exercise you get in relation to the amount of effort it takes to perform that exercise.

Here's a list that gives you an idea of the average estimated effort involved in some popular activities. Remember that two people doing the same workout, playing the same sport, or taking the same exercise class might put in different levels of effort.

Stretching/Hatha yoga = 2.5 METs per hour
Walking 3.5mph, level surface = 3.8 METs per hour
Bicycling, 10-11.9mph = 6 METs per hour
Basketball (full court, game conditions) = 8 METs per hour
Bicycling, 12-13.9mph = 8 METs per hour
Running, 5mph (12-minute miles) = 8 METs per hour
Swimming laps (freestyle, 50 yards per minute) = 8 METs per hour
Tennis (singles) = 8 METs per hour
Mountain biking = 8.5 METs per hour
Racquetball (game) = 10 METs per hour
Running, 6.7mph (9-minute miles) = 11 METs

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I get my high burn on doing step aerobics. There's just something about it that I can do harder than running.

katschi

Skipping rope.

Chiqui74

It also depends on how you are calculating the calories burned. Plugging in a time and weight on a website is wildly inaccurate and nearly always overestimates by a whole lot. A heart rate monitor is really the best way, IMO.

ckmama

Walking burns the least amount of calories for me. I can walk for an hour and only burn about 400 that's at 3.5 MPH. And I weigh 245.

I've burned the most calories with spinning Or mowing my yard with my push mower.

Walking up hill 15 incline on the treadmill at 3 MPH, burns a ton but I can't breath or last an hour.

Circuit training also burns calories fast, or HIIT.

I use a POLAR HRM for all my calorie burns.

lildevil968

I go hiking on the weekends. Depending on the length of the trail, hills, and how much I carry on my back I can burn anywhere from 1,000- 2,500 calories.

ckmama

I've heard spinning is the best.

Have to say I'm sceptical of some of the very high burns reported though - 1000 calories for a Zumba or a Jam class - nah, highly unlikely in my opinion.

For me (I'm a small, reasonably fit female) my burn rates are approximately:
Running - 600 calories an hour
Body Attack - 450 calories an hour
Calisthenics - 400 calories an hour
Body Step - 400 calories an hour
Body Combat - 380 calories an hour
Body Jam - 300 calories an hour
Zumba - 280 calories an hour
Body Pump - 280 calories an hour
Body Balance - 250 calories an hour

I did zumba wearing my HRM and it was kicking my hiney, not a good dancer, and I only burned 450 calories in 55 mins at 247 lbs. So I agree.

JennsRAQ

kickboxing/turbo jam are my 2 high calorie burning exercises!!

evilbanks

For me personally it's 4-5 hours on the mountain bike that really burns some serious calories, especially if I can get in around 5,000 feet of climbing per session.

Serenifly

My spinning class is what I burn most calories doing 500 - 600 calories (depending on how much I work) and these are actual HRM calories burned, not a machine that would tell me I've burned 1400 cals

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Erica_theRedhead

Freeform sports are the best since they work all muscle groups and you can usually perform longer than doing just straight cardio. I play 2-3 hours of tennis and I burn something like 2500 cals. Also boxing is spectacular. I do a class which is 30 minutes of circuit weights and cardio followed by 30 minutes in the ring and you can hit 1000 cals easy.