HUGE Calorie Burns

jeniferclark

Okay..maybe I am missing something, but how in the world are people posting 2000 calorie burns. I run and do the eliptical etc. as well but have never seen such huge numbers. Someone shed some light for me?

hannahdiaz2

treadmill at a 15% incline at 4.8 miles an hour for one hour is approximately 1000 calories. then just do random activities at the gym until you get the other 1000.

rockylucas

Most of those 2000 calorie burns are probable men? And with large builds

kellyscomeback

Just remember that the larger you are the more calories you burn. For example my husband can burn over 1000 calories on a power walk for an hour and I'll only burn 550.

jgbigman

Most of those 2000 calorie burns are probable men? And with large builds

Agree

shelbym87

I would say MOST of those posted 2000 cal burns are grossly overestimated.

snookumss

The bigger you are, the more calories you expend to do the same things as small people. Its another reason they normally have to eat more to maintain.

vettle

Some people just have way too much time on their hands! (or lots of time to dedicate to their health, which is good). If you walked for 4 hours, you'd be surprised how much you burn. but who has 4 hours to walk?

that's all.

RedHotRunner

A lot of it depends on your weight. Heavier people will certainly burn a lot more than someone at their goal weight.

With that said, I will usually run 10-13 miles on any given saturday, burning 1000+ calories. On top of that, i'll spend my afternoon doing some sort of activity with my daughter (kayaking, bike riding, etc) to burn another 300-400.

A lot of people work out twice a day for an hour at a time. That would easily put you over 1000. And think of people training for marathons. That could easily put them within the 2000 calorie range.

jacksonpt

I can do 2000 calories with a good bike ride.

mltdown

When I was bigger I could easily burn 1000 calories in bootcamp classes at the gym

kimsciolino

Turbo Fire works for me, I don't burn 2,000 but I average over 1,000 calories burned then I join a challenge on this site. Right now I am following the Turbo Fire schedule everyday then I am doing the September Challenge with a 4 minute Tabata workout (you can use any tabata workout on youtube).
I probably average 1,400 calories burned a day.

Are you using a heart rate monitor that displays calories burned? They say that the ones on the machines are not as accurate. Not sure how true that is but someone posted that recently.

well I hope your ?'s get answered.
Good luck

GreatSetOfBrains

I post my work on weekends when I can't workout I work ten hours pulling pallets of soda around j normally only log three hours "moving furniture" and three hours "2 miles per hour walking" Rhys not ten hours by any means, but I don't wanna log ten hours. Just doesn't seem fitting, even if I'm on my feet.

ejohndrow

I would say MOST of those posted 2000 cal burns are grossly overestimated.

I would have to agree with this.

UsedToBeHusky

The bigger you are the more you burn. Plus, look at the times on those workouts. Those folks are usually spending 2 to 4 hours a day working out. I know I have burned 1000+ with 2 hours or more so its possible.

ninerbuff

treadmill at a 15% incline at 4.8 miles an hour for one hour is approximately 1000 calories. then just do random activities at the gym until you get the other 1000.

As long as you don't hold on. I RARELY see anyone doing 15% without holding on. That can reduce the resistance by 50%. Might as well set it 7% and not hold on.

mgmlap

well..if people are over estimating..they are only hurting themselves....cause if they are eating back those calories..they are probably over eating..which doesnt help the overall ideal of losing weight.

I know for me..I am at 9 pounds left to lose..I am lucky to burn 600-700 a day..

kevinlynch3

If someone is biking hard for an hour or doing a "real" bootcamp...then 1000 calories for an hour is quite legit.

Lots of the high calories are from machines like treadmills or ellipticals that estimate higher than reality. Wear a HRM for an hour on the same machine and compare and I guarantee they are 20% lower than the machine.

Burning 1000 calories in an hour walking even at an incline is I think ridiculous. I'd have to see if with a HRM to believe it given that 58 minutes of the toughest P90X cardio routine is not going to burn even 800 calories.

I would say you can burn about on average 350 calories a half hour unless you are a person of a very large frame.

significance

Occasionally on a weekend, I'll spend the whole day on my bicycle. That burns through quite a few calories.

maryloo2011

I average 10-13 calories per minute when I work my *kitten* off at cardio - so a 2000 cal burn would take around 3 hours! I don't think I could last that long. Nor do I have that kind of time

Agree with weight, though. Co-worker was surprised at how few cals I burn biking to work but it is because I am pretty lean already.

99clmsntgr

Most of those 2000 calorie burns are probable men? And with large builds

My hour run last night was ~950 calories, I've gone on longer runs on the weekend that are just over an hour and a half and burned close to 1500 calories. I would not say I'm a "large build." (Not any more, anyway and "omg, can't believe I wrote that...") 5'11.5", ~191 pounds.

2000 calorie burns are entirely possible, just takes a lot of time constantly moving. I would think any of the long distance runners who are in full-on training mode would be able to hit a 2000 calorie burn easily and regularly.

jamesdelong

just got a HRM and tonight's bike ride I went at it with 70% average heart rate for 50 minutes and burned 850 calories. Next time I will do 60 minutes which will put me in the 1000 calorie mark. Also I did 30 minutes of walking during lunch so I was at 1100 calories for the day.

MMBeling

I always wondered if there was a difference when holding on to the treadmill. I just started to let go and noticed a huge difference in my heart rate. I agree, better to not hold on! Thanks for sharing!

Learning as I go!

caitbait

My bike rides usually set me up for 2k-3k cal burns- I bike anywhere from 28mi-40mi at a time and I wear a heart rate monitor. Back when I used to swim on a team, I'd burn ~2k a practice (2hrs).

Low impact for longer duration = higher cal burn

NiciS72

Most of those 2000 calorie burns are probable men? And with large builds

So NOT TRUE. I run about 1000/hour on my bike rides. So when I do a 2 hour one it's 2k plus. Oh and I wear a HRM.

Pebble321

A big person or a long workout.

The most I've ever burnt in one session is about 900 cals and that's for about 90 mins running.

Don't worry about other people, as long as you are exercising you are doing well. I think it would be hard to eat enough to burn that much and stay healthy anyway, so don't sweat it!

babygurl48

I can burn over a 1000, but I have to work out close to 2 hrs.

Banks01

If someone is biking hard for an hour or doing a "real" bootcamp...then 1000 calories for an hour is quite legit.

Lots of the high calories are from machines like treadmills or ellipticals that estimate higher than reality. Wear a HRM for an hour on the same machine and compare and I guarantee they are 20% lower than the machine.

Burning 1000 calories in an hour walking even at an incline is I think ridiculous. I'd have to see if with a HRM to believe it given that 58 minutes of the toughest P90X cardio routine is not going to burn even 800 calories.

I would say you can burn about on average 350 calories a half hour unless you are a person of a very large frame.

Before I bought an HRM, I'd get all kinds of questionable results from the DB here or the machines In my home despite them being programmed to my specs. I've noticed the bike was way over and the dread mill was way under actual burn tracked by HRM

There's a couple of things I do that cranks up the burn:

Yesterday I did P0 express fat burning, but I pause it at the high cardio spots and double the exercise (high knee kicks, cross knees, etc). I did that for 30+ min and burned 535

Before that I started with weight training that I use short rests and keep moving. I did a total of 270 reps and burned 333

Then I got on the dread mill for 60 minutes. Avg speed is 3.8, incline never below 4 but what really gets the heart going, is I use 10lb free weights while walking. I do curls or individual shoulder presses at least three sets but usually five. Calories burned 781

I finish on the stationary bike on a high tension program also using weights, usually curls. Burned 678

Add the morning dog walk through a nature trail at my house, 244 burned


Total burn yesterday, 2551

Yes that was a lot of time, and my legs feel it today, but adding those extra things really gets the heart going. (no, I don't always have that much time but some days I'm motivated to break a certain number or lose a certain amount by a certain date )

songofserenity81

I wear a HRM and on a good day I will burn 700 to 1000 cals in a 2 hour walk in a circuit of the village I live in. I'm about 8 lbs from the Doc's target of 147 lbs for my 5'4.5'' height.

Coltsman4ever

I'm 6'-2", 250 lbs and ran 3 miles at about 5.5 mph and then walked 3 miles at around 3.5 mph and according to my HRM I burned 1295 calories. It took me 1-1/2 hrs to do those 6 miles.

engineman312

238 here, and after a 75 minute intense bike ride, my HRM said i burned 1400 calories. however, i use what mfp estimates it at so that i'm under counting my bruned calories.