The Original Bow-flex Machine// Question.

hayleejay

Does anyone know how many calories it burns in a 10-20 minute workout?

nokittyno

That would be really, really hard to say. It all depends on so many factors - your weight, height, age, the effort you put into it, your rest time, etc etc. Best thing(sorry to sound like a broken record) is investing in a good ol' Heart Rate Monitor. For the record, I recommend Polar FT4, it's a nicely priced piece of hardware with the important functionality of taking into account those I stated above and giving you an accurate depiction of calories burned, be it for a Bowflex workout or cardio.

BUT, if you want an estimate try entering into the cardio section of MFP: "Resistance Bands" as the act is similar, and varies some from free weights.

(Here's a Canadian Amazon.ca of Polar FT7 http://www.amazon.ca/Polar-Ladies-Heart-Monitor-Digital/dp/B001U0OFDM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1314294370&sr=8-2

American, Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Womens-Heart-Monitor-Bronze/dp/B001U0OFD2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314294365&sr=8-1

Or the actual site of, Polar: http://www.polar.fi/products/get_active/fitness_crosstraining/FT4

Walmart may even have a version, ..

Rae6503

there's a "strength training" entry in the cardio database.