Martial Arts Calorie Burn Calculation...????

ClammyCupcake

How in the eff do you go about trying to calculate calorie burn? 4 days a week, I train 45 minutes of Tang Soo Do and 90 minutes Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. After like 6 months of counting calories I am still at a loss on how to add that up. I am either way overestimating burn or underestimating. I guess around 200-300 for TSD and 500-600 for BJJ? I'm sorry if this is a repeat topic, I am new to this group. How do YOU do it?

stephinpitts

How in the eff do you go about trying to calculate calorie burn? 4 days a week, I train 45 minutes of Tang Soo Do and 90 minutes Brazillian Jiu Jitsu. After like 6 months of counting calories I am still at a loss on how to add that up. I am either way overestimating burn or underestimating. I guess around 200-300 for TSD and 500-600 for BJJ? I'm sorry if this is a repeat topic, I am new to this group. How do YOU do it?

That's the million dollar question.

This website, and the majority of calculators on the web that I've used, seem to assume that each class is the most intense, non-stop class possible. 1,000+ calories per hour is something that I could see happening SOMETIMES, but each class? Heck no.

What I do is I use my heart rate monitor to count my calorie burn during other activities (since HRMs are not allowed during karate class). You get a feel for your calorie burn after awhile, and I try to estimate my cal burn based on the amount of time that I was active during the class.

I've also done some experimenting with how many calories I burn doing kata, and I've also used the HRM to count cals burned when using my punching bag.

It's far from a science and I wish that I could convince our sensei to allow me to use the HRM during at least one evening.

ClammyCupcake

I'll probably be allowed to use one so long as it doesn't beep, I don't see why they would say no. Thanks! I didn't know those things tracked calories too

Recovering_for_cupcakes

Personally I cut the count pretty much in half though if I've been doing nothing but sparring drills for an hour I might give it a boost. I figure I'm better of underestimating than over!

VirtuallyAmy

I do not log the entire class time. If it is pretty intense for most of the class, I log more. If it is a slower day, I log way less. Not exact but I use MFP exercise logging ballpark measure anyway so it has worked for me.

maxonehiphop

for bjj when it comes to the majority of the class where we are practicing technique w/out much resistance I log it as light aerobics and cut the time in half. I do the same for MMA or Muy Thai...the only thing I log as BJJ is actual rolling and then i still cut the time down although I believe the calculation for rolling is pretty accurate when logged as jiu-jitsu. I log a very small part of the mma/muay thai as sparring/boxing.

ClammyCupcake

for bjj when it comes to the majority of the class where we are practicing technique w/out much resistance I log it as light aerobics and cut the time in half. I do the same for MMA or Muy Thai...the only thing I log as BJJ is actual rolling and then i still cut the time down although I believe the calculation for rolling is pretty accurate when logged as jiu-jitsu. I log a very small part of the mma/muay thai as sparring/boxing.

Yea we only do about a half hour of rolling, half hour learning and a half intense warm ups

Dragonwolf

Personally I cut the count pretty much in half though if I've been doing nothing but sparring drills for an hour I might give it a boost. I figure I'm better of underestimating than over!

This is what I do.

I'll probably be allowed to use one so long as it doesn't beep, I don't see why they would say no. Thanks! I didn't know those things tracked calories too

If you do full-contact sparring, they might say no due to the chance of breaking it and/or injuring you and/or your partner. It depends, of course, on your style and dojo.