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Calisthenics? Circuit Training? How would I log this?

kirstinlee
kirstinlee Posts: 152 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I've been using the Nike Training Club app, but I'm not sure what to log it under.
Here's on of the workouts that I've been doing:
2 Min - Light Jog
1 Min - Straight Leg Kicks
1 Min - Slide and Glide
1 Min - Walking Lunges
1 Min - Dips with Legs Straight
1 Min - Side Lunge
1 Min - Walk Outs
30 Sec - Mountain Climbers
1 Min - Russian Twists
30 Sec - Modified Burpee
1 Min - Recover
1 Min - Deadlift
1 Min - Crazy Ivans
1 Min - Modified Push Ups
30 Sec - High Knee Runs in Place
30 Sec - Plank
1 Min - Recover
1 Min - Walking Lunges
1 Min - Hip Lifts
1 Min Alternating Step Back Lunges
30 Sec - Knee Tucks
30 Sec - Opposite Arm/Leg Supermans
1 Min - Recover
2 Min - Around the World Lunge
1 Min - Russian Twists
30 Sec - 2 Feet Forward/Backward Hops in Place
30 Sec - Modified Push Ups
2 Min - Pretzel Stretch
2 Min - Standing Hamstring Stretch
1 Min - Lower Back Stretch

Replies

  • kr3851
    kr3851 Posts: 994 Member
    This is why I love my HRM.

    But if you don't have one, I'd log it as circuit training or calisthenics.
  • Hi I might be wrong but if you're moving from 1 exercise to another with little or no rest then I think that's circuit training :D
  • kirstinlee
    kirstinlee Posts: 152 Member
    This is why I love my HRM.

    But if you don't have one, I'd log it as circuit training or calisthenics.
    That's gonna be one of my first purchases once I find a job! Lol!
    It's just a tough choice between the two, because circuit training burns about twice as many as calisthenics... If I get crazy and do two of them, that's a difference of 300 calories and 600 calories... ugh! Lol!
  • kirstinlee
    kirstinlee Posts: 152 Member
    Hi I might be wrong but if you're moving from 1 exercise to another with little or no rest then I think that's circuit training :D
    That's what I figured, but I don't want to sabotage my weight loss by eating exercise calories that I didn't burn...
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    I would log it as circuit training, but only eat about 75% of the exercise calories back, and try to invest in an HRM!
  • kr3851
    kr3851 Posts: 994 Member
    This is why I love my HRM.

    But if you don't have one, I'd log it as circuit training or calisthenics.
    That's gonna be one of my first purchases once I find a job! Lol!
    It's just a tough choice between the two, because circuit training burns about twice as many as calisthenics... If I get crazy and do two of them, that's a difference of 300 calories and 600 calories... ugh! Lol!

    Why don't you log the smaller one then... that way you're not overestimating (and therefore overeating them back)
  • What I sometimes do is google the exercise then I see what some1 my size would burn. I take the lowest answer (2 be safe) and log that
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