Effort to burn 500 calories 60 min

poohpoohpeapod

What would you rate your effort level 1-10? 10 being soaked in sweat tired, when you verify you have burned 500 calories in one hour? I use a HRM and am sweaty and tired after burning 450 calories, yet I see others talk of burning 600 calories walking in one hour.

annette_15

Id say Im at a 7,5 or so

happy_vegan

not sure how it works but maybe if you are severely obese you might get your heart rate up that high because you aren't used to the exercise. it's the eternal problem - the more in shape you are - the harder it is to burn...

happy_vegan

and yes. i have to be soaked in sweat and had my heart rate around 155 the whole time to get near 500 an hour. not possible at walking (115ish)

kimosabe1

Every weekday I do Treadmill "hill option" and put the level at 20 and burn 535 calories in one hour 5x a week-

Gr8ChangesAhead

I did the dreaded elliptical for 30 minutes and was dripping sweat don't know specific cal count cause I did a core class, then did a mile but the elliptical made me drip

rhubarboo

I use a HRM, and have just done 133 minutes of cross country interval training, in a very hilly area, and burned 1085 calories. I am tired and sweaty, but also feel great!! Now I do need shower.....ewww!

hixona

Yes, I would be sweaty. I work with a PT and burn about 800+ calories in 60 to 90 minutes. My hair is wet when I leave.

Gracerrr

Sure, I can burn that much "walking" on a treadmill but only on a steep incline. I'd say the effort is about a 7 on a scale of 1-10 for me, but I also have quite a lot of weight to lose, so I burn calories easier than some. I definitely sweat (hair will be wet, sweat dripping on face), but it's less effort that some other exercises that I enjoy.

michellekicks

I can burn about 800 an hour running, but then I weigh almost 160lbs.

I get more like 450 for an hour of Insanity or Les Mills Combat... even less for cycling. Walking is maybe 200 for an hour for me. It is quite dependent on your weight and your heart rate.

jackiecamarena

It depends how I burn them. I like to run on the treadmill. If I put a really high incline and go about 3mph, I am not sweaty at all and get about 510 calories. But if I stay at a zero incline, I have to bust my *kitten* and run really hard and get sweaty and I am lucky if I get to 500. Usually 460.

jzammetti

I burn about 90 calories per mile when I run at 5-6mph (which would be about a 7 for me as far as all sweaty but still able to speak). I could never burn over 500 in an hour since I only run about a 11.5-12 minute miles.

My friend who is considerably bigger than me (280ish - I am 125) burns 500+ just walking 2 miles.

becky6m

Must be nice. I can have my elliptical on the highest tension level averaging 13mph and only burn 400 calories, per my hrm.

DavPul

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

michellekicks

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

Truth.

mockchoc

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

Truth.

Please explain the better way.

SweetSailor

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

Second this.

I work out at a personal 10 unless I'm sick or injured and even then, go big, or go home. And don't worry about what other people burn.

P.S. I was already dying on the elliptical today (I'm working through a knee prob, otherwise I'd be running) and my trainer walked by and cranked my resistance up and kept me on for an hour. This is why I love/pay her.

poohpoohpeapod

not what I asked, and not even why I was wondering, dont like hamsters THX!

LCgymnast

I have HRM also, and yes I'm completely sweaty after about 400 calories burned. Sure, if I'm doing a HIIT workout I can still burn lots even though it's a shorter period of time. However, I agree burning lots of calories requires lots of work from me.

poohpoohpeapod

Thank you for allthe good perspective. Nice to get the input!

CandaceHoweth91

It takes me about 1 hour and a half to burn 500 and that include the elliptical, treadmill,and weights. I am usually dripping sweat from my eyebrows by then. It's probably an 8 or 9 for me. Sometimes I feel like I want to puke afterwards.

3dogsrunning

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

I agree but I do judge my calories estimates by how hard I feel I worked.
The average for running is about 100 calories per mile. Smaller people will be under, heavier over.
So for me, 500 calories in 1 hour would be about a 5 mile run. A decent effort, but not all out.

The issue with comparing your burns to others is calorie burns depend on weight and intensity. So someone who weight more can burn more calories during a walk than I would and vice versa.

Sweat for me is not an indicator. I joke I sweat if I think to hard. In reality, I sweat more than others who are doing the same thing. I am not burning more.
ETA - a hour on the elliptical for me is not the same as an hour of running if the elliptical tells me 500 or more, I don't believe it.

scottb81

500 cal is about 40 minutes of pretty easy running if you are in decent shape. (male - 173 lbs).

billsica

I can burn that much running. Sweating and wanting to vomit at the end. .. walking not so sure unless your really obese.
What about burning 1200 calories, or 2000+ that's like 2 dozen chicken wings.

In the end, why does it bother you?

Sincere24

I have to agree with everyone, it takes quite a bit of effort for me, maybe a 7 if I pace myself while running. But usually it's more like 70 mins ( tend to take breaks in between). This i think is merely due to my size, don't have much to loose and really near target, so that can definitely account for variations as some have mentioned

If anything if you're looking to meet a 500 calories burned exercise routine you could try breaking it down through out the day so it's not a tedious effort. I can't imagine burning 500 everyday though tbh. So 20-30 minute intervals if you have the time might work.

RunningMannn

My treadmill display reads 1100 calories burned in one hour. I've done this twice. I'm drenched in sweat. Now this is an incline treadmill that goes up to a 40% incline..I mix it up with high incline walking and low incline jogging and 0 to -3% decline running. It probably is an exaggeration of the calories burned..But the number motivates me and that's all that matters.

effort level..9-10

michellekicks

I don't workout in an effort to hit a calories burned number. It's an extremely inefficient way to plan exercise. And when you combine it with the mfp plan of eating your calories back to net zero, you're putting yourself on a hamster wheel for no reason at all

Truth.

Please explain the better way.

By simply eating at a deficit to whatever activity you do. MFP will set your calorie target so you have a caloric deficit and will lose weight even without exercise. Rather than kill yourself with cardio (remember, MFP will add those calories for you to eat back since you already have a built-in deficit), most people who have been here for some time will tell you to eat at a modest deficit and lift heavy weights. The strain on your body of lifting heavy weights will at the very least allow you to retain lean muscle mass during a deficit and, if you have high days i.e. over maintenance/free days/binge days etc. your body will use those days to build muscle tissue if you're lifting. The more muscle mass you can build, the more calories you'll burn just doing nothing. Cardio is, in essence, inconsequential.

I'm a runner and I love to compete... so I run anyway. But weight loss is certainly harder when you add mass amounts of endurance cardio to your life. It's easier to just eat less.

SnazzyTraveller

If I put in a 9 for effort, in 60min I could burn ~750 cals running

ashlinmarie

I walk at 4 MPH up and down hill and burn about 600 calories in an hour. I don't really sweat, but I will be a little damp after that. Of course, the burn might be a bit high but my HRM will finally be here on Tuesday and then I'll know how accurate that is.

Zumaria1

I can burn that in 60 min of Zumba Core on my Wii. Effort prob an 8, my headband is soaking wet, and I am tired, but not excessively so. It feels good afterwards. Depends on the level of intensity of the class, one class was 630 cal for 60 min workout for me. I'm 5'2" and 149 lbs.

Jessb1985

I burnt 587 calories in just over an hour this morning when I walked the dog to the dog wash in town, it was 32'c (89'F) however and I needed a bath as much as the dog when I was finished! My average heart rate was 142 beats per minute.

Jillian Michaels workouts also do it for me, I burnt 480 calories yesterday in 40 minutes with her intense workouts!