Jillian Michaels Frontside workout?

misslilylou

Does anyone else use the Jillian Michaels Frontside for beginners workout DVD? I've been using it, and it's circuit training. It lasts about 40 minutes, and when I plug 40 minutes into MFP, it says I've burned about 570 calories. To me, it seems like it's a lot! Is it just me or does anyone else think that? Do you think it's pretty accurate?

rattler0812

I would recommend getting a heart rate monitor to measure your calorie burn just to have something to compare against. Or borrow one from someone you know. Once you know if there is a difference between what MFP is marking and what the HRM is showing, then you can get a baseline idea of your actual workout. When I run on the treadmill, I have to use the HRM to compare against what the treadmill calculates my calorie burn is. Sometimes it's close enough. Other times, no.

swellen

I do that DVD and log it as "aerobics, low impact". 40 minutes comes in at about 240 calories, which seems closer to the mark. I can't afford a heart rate monitor so I have to make my best guess sometimes!

rabbitherder

I have been logging mine as calestenics at home. I get about 300 cal burned.