can you burn 1000 cals?

iRebel

is it possible to burn 1100 cals in 160 mins. of general aerobic?

Is that an overestement?

jcruzhen

This very possible. In fact, you can burn that amount a lot quicker than 160 minutes.

cramernh

The best way to validate it would be with the use of an HRM to be honest...

I wont refer to MFP's calculations to be honest as I find some of them are incredibly 'inflated'... the equipment I use at the gym, I will use those numbers because they are more realistic - at least until I can afford a good quality HRM....

SaraTN

Fundamentally it depends on your current weight and the effort you put into the workout. For example, on the weekend when I do my long runs I burn 1000 plus calories. During the week I do a lot of interval training for 60-75 minutes and burn between 500-700 calories.

WickedGarden

I was able to burn about 860 calories after an hour of kickboxing.

cramernh is right, get a HRM to get an accurate number for calories burned. MFP guessed that I burned 662 for that same hour last time...that's a 202 calorie deficit...that's a BIG difference!

if you cannot afford a HRM right now the at home way is to figure out your target heart rate (THR):

*Go to: http://www.shapefit.com/target-heart-rate-table.html and follow the chart for your fitness level you do not want to go over the maximum

*then in the middle of the workout (or 20-30 minutes into the workout), place your fingers on your neck/wrist to locate your pulse, count the beats for 6 seconds (use a stopwatch/analog watch) and add a zero this is your (current) heart rate.

EXAMPLE: if you counted 16 beats in 6 seconds, your HR is 160

THEN:

*go to: http://www.calories-calculator.net/Calories_Burned_By_Heart_Rate.html and input your info, you will need to have kept up the intensity for the entire period to get an accurate number of calories burned.

or just get a HRM