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400 Calories in 4 Minutes - WDYT?

asunnysnowman
asunnysnowman Posts: 56 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you think it can be true?
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  • AmandaBroun
    AmandaBroun Posts: 126
    I'm guessing no.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    If this is true I am in. Let me know.
  • soccerella
    soccerella Posts: 619 Member
    no way
  • BOATS52
    BOATS52 Posts: 46
    My Knees are already shot maybe when i was young and in the Army !
  • DL121004
    DL121004 Posts: 214 Member
    Not a chance.
  • AnninStPaul
    AnninStPaul Posts: 1,372 Member
    I'd say BS
  • MrsLehman24
    MrsLehman24 Posts: 204 Member
    too good to be true.
  • KarateGoddess
    KarateGoddess Posts: 93 Member
    Oh how I would LOVE to have a body like the girl in the pic however I don't think she got it doing this 4 minute workout. LOL
  • agleckle
    agleckle Posts: 235 Member
    No way at all.
  • jenhelle
    jenhelle Posts: 14 Member
    Honestly, I think thier claims are a little reaching, but they may be factoring in the fact that it is like a weight training session in that you continue to burn calories after the workout is done.
  • PBmaria
    PBmaria Posts: 854 Member
    Maybe if you're 300lbs?
  • Rielyn
    Rielyn Posts: 150 Member
    There is no way you could burn 400 calories in 4 minutes. I do HIIT workouts and in 15 minutes I burn around 200 calories, it is true though that you're metabolism keeps burning calories at a higher rate over the next 24-36 hours after a HIIT workout. The afterburn is probably what they are referring to.
  • McKristy
    McKristy Posts: 53
    That's a great workout and that set should be repeated a few times. But no. That 4 minute workout will NOT burn 400 calories.
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    Sure - if you repeat this workout at least 10 times maybe... you cannot burn 400 calories in 4 minutes though.
  • tappae
    tappae Posts: 568 Member
    More like 30 calories?
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    maybe is you were a 450lb man. I would guess between 14 and 22 cals/minute depending on intensity and your stats. So that would be 56 to 88 cals in 4 minutes.
  • cNhobbes
    cNhobbes Posts: 235 Member
    only if you were 600lbs. if i did it, i bet it would be MAX 40 cals.
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    Dont think so but one way to find out is do it and wear and HRM to see.
  • bed2883
    bed2883 Posts: 92 Member
    I'm going to say no way. Insanity has a lot of jumping jacks, mountain climbers, etc and it took me 40 minutes to burn 500 calories.
  • deja_blu
    deja_blu Posts: 359 Member
    Put it to the test. Put your HRM on and do it and see what happens.

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  • heyghoge
    heyghoge Posts: 153 Member
    i could eat 400 calories in 4 minutes, lol.
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    No way. I do that for 40 minutes when I do Insanity and then I'm just getting 400-500 calories.
  • embersfallen
    embersfallen Posts: 534 Member
    There is no way you could burn 400 calories in 4 minutes. I do HIIT workouts and in 15 minutes I burn around 200 calories, it is true though that you're metabolism keeps burning calories at a higher rate over the next 24-36 hours after a HIIT workout. The afterburn is probably what they are referring to.

    I agree... I did a HIIT myself last eve, and burned about 220 in 16 mins...and was kicking my booty.... 400 in 4 mins sounds pretty impossible!
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    If your wearing the right outfit.

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  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    My only guess is that you burn that 400 calories during and AFTER the workout. It appears to be HIIT which claims that you burn more calories after your done-sometimes up to 24 hours after the workout. But of course, this is all speculation.

    That is where the "burns as much as a run" claim comes from. Because with running your body stops burning once you stop running.
  • asunnysnowman
    asunnysnowman Posts: 56 Member
    Figured. I looked it up and a couple websites were like "No, scientifically proven!"

    I kept thinking.. ****.. the elliptical is the fastest way I burn calories and so far the max I've gotten is like 15/min.
  • EDesq
    EDesq Posts: 1,527 Member
    Do you think it can be true?
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    I thought you meant EATING 400 Calories in 4 minutes! LOL...I was gonna say HECK YEA, heck 1200 in 4 min (3 Donuts...) LMAO
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    I can eat 400 in half that :D
  • eedossa
    eedossa Posts: 54 Member
    I do one of those Tabeta types workout every morning, but only because I find it helps me stay focused during the day. I still do a "regular" workout after work.
  • lordbyron46
    lordbyron46 Posts: 12 Member
    absolute nonsense !!!!
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