What exercise are you doing that burns the most calories?

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  • lulu012399
    lulu012399 Posts: 1
    pushups a 100 everyday burns 100 cals I do 4 sets. I also do 50 squats and 100 crunches then 200 of the abdominal twist . :smile:
  • ukulele2010
    ukulele2010 Posts: 126 Member
    Most calories per unit time: running
    Most calories per workout: cycling - I can cycle for a long time, 3+ hours.
  • Squiggs67
    Squiggs67 Posts: 178
    Biking. We have an awesome paved trail system here that runs between two towns and it's about 25 km.
  • ccckwalk
    ccckwalk Posts: 262
    I run intervals- solow end 4.0 mph - upper end 9mph duration 45-55 minutes...mega calories!! 540-740 ~Corina
  • RaeN81
    RaeN81 Posts: 534 Member
    Swimming freestyle (speedwork for an hour in cold water will definetely get you there), biking with 20 + hill accelerations and running at more than 6 mph. Whatever will get your heart rate up and keep it there.
  • jonielena
    jonielena Posts: 29
    Running, aerobics, SQUASH (so much fun and a great workout).
  • ks5392
    ks5392 Posts: 16 Member
    I'm assuming not many people realize how many calories you burn just by swimming. And I mean, doing laps in a pool, not just sitting there BSing with friends with a margarita in hand.

    Depending on how fast/vigorous your swim, you can burn close to 500 calories in 45 minutes or so.
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    My favorite burning calorie workout is bootcamp.

    I bike there and back. It gives me 500 calories burned.

    The best calorie burn is when I do my Triathlon training: 1km swim, 20km bike and 5km run = 1200 to 1400 calories. Takes about 2 hours.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I can burn 400-500 calories in an hour doing almost any exercise (strength training, running, elliptical, P90X, classes at the gym like zumba, or any combination of these) just gotta do whatever you do with intensity.
  • jzsor12
    jzsor12 Posts: 69
    running is not my favourite but it's definitely burns the most for me
  • Absonthebrain
    Absonthebrain Posts: 587 Member
    Running!!
  • Snerk13
    Snerk13 Posts: 5 Member
    Mountain Biking 2 days/week & circuit training with weights 5 days/week.
  • gators1378
    gators1378 Posts: 5
    incline on treadmill for 60 mins it works fast and i love it!!!
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    Burn about 470 cal doing 45 min treadmill workout walking it was in the fitness magazine. What a killer. If I don't have that much time I do 32 minutes of it.-still burn 350 cal. I also do either 30 DS or Ripped in 30 usually 2 days weekly in place of treadmill.
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
    Hiking, I burn around 750 calories an hour
  • denezy
    denezy Posts: 573 Member
    Kickboxing. Depending on my intensity, it's between 600-1000 in an hour.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    ^^this.
  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    Swimming. 2 miles in 1:20 kills 1400.
    I haven't done distance cycling for some time. At least ten years since I rode more than 10 miles.
    My feet can't take more than 30 minutes on a tread mill.
    Recumbent and elliptical get too boring after 30 minutes.
    I haven't gotten board swimming yet. I can change the muscle focus and emphasis by changing technique. and it doesn't bother any of the arthritic joints. :glasses:
  • jet221
    jet221 Posts: 70
    Hands down...RUNNING
  • CynGoddess
    CynGoddess Posts: 188 Member
    Cybex Arc Trainer -- It's like a super powered elliptical. I burn about 800 cals an hour on it!

    Love th Cybex Arc, I use hill intervals and burn 850-950 an hour. most days I get 420 for 30 minutes.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I have been too sedentary for far too long to be able to physically burn that many calories. My normal cardio has been the C25K. I am on week 6 and burning about 250-300 calories per workout.
  • derainey1
    derainey1 Posts: 2 Member
    Cindy, I am getting to be the same way, so I find myself doing the same things daily to reach the higher amount I use to get in less time. It took me a while to notice, but then I saw that I wa sat the gym for longer....and longer....and longer and I finally put two and two together. I don't know if I should be happy or jealous, LOL!
  • guardian419
    guardian419 Posts: 391 Member
    Swimming is GREAT. Pretty much something you can do that is either FUN, or that you can be distracted from. Watching a movie while at a slow jog (faster than walking, but long term sustainable) will burn a TON of calories. DO NOT TRY ON THE ROAD. Only on a treadmill :) I watched avatar and burned 1800 calories.
  • dimoul
    dimoul Posts: 137 Member
    spin class and cycling. 1045 cal in my 1 hour spin class today.
  • rwhawkes
    rwhawkes Posts: 117 Member
    Right now it's either elliptical or cycling on the road that, for my size, and according to this site, burns ridiculous amounts of calories.

    Once I lose a bunch of weight, it's going to be running as long as this old bod can stay healthy.
  • Tara1B
    Tara1B Posts: 78
    I can burn 450 cals in an hour long step class, which I think this is a lot for someone who is small! (5ft and 100lbs). My husband will burn 500+ in a 45 min Spinning Class.
  • BenChase
    BenChase Posts: 169
    i personally can burn right at 400 in just over 20 minutes running, but i can also do under 7 minute miles now, 3 miles at 7 each burned 399 for me, it's all about intensity, the excercise doesn't matter nearly as much as going all out on whatever it is, running, kickboxing, stair stepper, ect.... most everything like that burns high amounts when high amounts of energy is put into it :wink:
  • linz1125
    linz1125 Posts: 441 Member
    First, use a heart rate monitor with a chest strap so you get the most accurage calorie burn.

    I start by doing the elliptical, usually for 15 minutes to get my heart rate up. I usually set a goal of burning 200 calories doing that before I move on to weightlifting. My heart rate is up the entire time I am strength training, therefore burning more calories. You also burn more calories after lifting weights throughout the day.
  • aftergypsies
    aftergypsies Posts: 248 Member
    Running is the only workout I have found that I absolutely LOVE.
  • amycb03
    amycb03 Posts: 68 Member
    Boxing! Hitting the heavy bags for an hour....nearly 1,000 calories...it's tough stuff!
  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
    eliptical

    Once I got my bodmedia fit monitor I found I was burning less than half of what the machine was telling me, even when I was going hard for 30 minutes at level 7 and alternating forward and backward pedalling, dripping in sweat. I wasnt making much progress on the scale, and was eating back my exercise calories. Now, I dont eat back, I avoid the eliptical an try to run instead for my cardio and have broken my plateau :)

    sad, cuz I loved the elliptical. im trying really hard to learn to love to run instead :)

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