circuit training

kittina

how does anyone calculate their burned exercise calories for circuit training? i weight about 190 and am 5'7 and have been doing circuit training once a week with a trainer, in a group class and by myself and i want to know how i should be calculating my calories burned. i was wondering how does anyone else do it?

thanks

mrsyac2

I wear a HRM- So I am not guessing how many calories I burn or relying on a website-

AlannaPie

I wear a HR monitor also, but there is an entry for it in cardio exercise. how much you burn really does depend on how much your exerting/your heart rate that day

vhuber

Hi Kattina! Under cardiovascular is circuit training. When you are circuit training, do you do a set of muscle lifting and then a cardio move then a muscle then cardio again like that for one full hour? That is how this circuit training is set for under the cardiovascular exercise! I was logging my weightlifting hour as a circuit because I would lift upper body then a lower body for one hour without stopping but I did not have the cardio in between lifts so my HRM read way lower than what the log in says on here! So I suggest you use a HRM to get the real deal! Keep it up whatever you do!!!

mrsyac2

If you have a HRM you can enter circuit training yourself-

Under my exercise I have one for spinning/weight training, one for gym-weights alone, one for spinning alone

I entered my own-

mrsyac2

I wear a HR monitor also, but there is an entry for it in cardio exercise. how much you burn really does depend on how much your exerting/your heart rate that day

that is very true some spin classes I burn 350 and some I burn almost 500- I push myself too but it also depends on the instructor as well

Azdak

It's impossible to give a single answer since there are so many different circuits that can be designed.

For example: a circuit that includes only strength exercises performed at low reistance levels (e.g. 40% of 1RM) and that includes upper body exercises will not burn as many calories as a circuit that includes aerobic intervals (and HRMs will significantly overestimate calorie burn as HR will increase much more than oxygen uptake).

A circuit that includes more dynamic, cardio-type movements might burn more calories during the workout, but not result in as much post-exercise "burn" or as much of an increase in strength or lean body mass.

A HRM is probably the best tool, since it will provide some personal reference--ie. if you do the same circuit, the difference in numbers will probably represent a real difference even if the number is an over- or underestimate. However, to be on the same side, I would undercount the calories from an HRM by at least 20%.

Tamishumate

I wear a HR monitor also, but there is an entry for it in cardio exercise. how much you burn really does depend on how much your exerting/your heart rate that day

that is very true some spin classes I burn 350 and some I burn almost 500- I push myself too but it also depends on the instructor as well

isnt that the truth about the instructors!! crazy how that is

lulabellewoowoo

that is very true some spin classes I burn 350 and some I burn almost 500- I push myself too but it also depends on the instructor as well

isnt that the truth about the instructors!! crazy how that is

And I discovered yesterday that for me it even depends on how many people are in the class. If there are a small number, I find I don't push myself as hard for some reason. Weird.