what exercise to do to burn 500 calories

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  • EvilDollee
    EvilDollee Posts: 386 Member
    INSANITY.

    Now this is based on my stats (5'9/24/160) and my heart rate monitor but I burned almost 800 calories doing Max Interval Circuit this weekend. It's 60 minutes of pure sweaty hell.

    Even with some of the shorter 30-minute workouts, I burn around 350 calories, depending on which one it is.

    Yep, Insanity burns a lot in a short amount of time. Swimming laps burns a lot also.
  • quill16
    quill16 Posts: 373 Member
    Walk or run 5-6 miles. I run 7 miles 5 days a week in 65 min. If you can't run then you can still burn cals by walking 5-6 miles ,but it will just take more time.
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    I've heard that purposeful exercise burns calories. I don't have any peer-reviewed studies to back this up though.

    hahaha yes.
  • gmandolyn
    gmandolyn Posts: 3
    You might try this website: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calories_burned.htm . You put in your age/height/weight and how many calories you want to burn, and it spits out a whole list of activities you could do and how long you would need to do them. I've been using it and it's really helpful when I have a specific target range and am bored with my current routine.
  • smccully88
    smccully88 Posts: 36 Member
    I do Zumba and Spinning in both of these I burn at least 500 calories in an hour class!
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    Muay Thai !!!!
  • mikkimomof3
    mikkimomof3 Posts: 224 Member
    It depends on your height and weight--but looks like you have some really good suggestions here! I am doing Insanity and always get a good calorie burn...a 4 mile jog would get me 500 calories as well. :)
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Run for an hour...depending on speed you can burn about 500+
    Zumba...you burn a lot in an hour
    P90X Plyometrics DVD
  • lenniebus
    lenniebus Posts: 321 Member
    I burn the most calories running outside according to my HRM. A 40 minute run would burn 500 calories for me.
  • kregerems
    kregerems Posts: 100 Member
    Beachbody's Insanity. 500 to 1000 calories in 40 to 60 minutes.
  • Skiing914
    Skiing914 Posts: 27
    Elliptical machine - 500 cals in 45 mins. if you use random setting. The higher the resistance, the quicker you will burn cals.
  • ShannaB83185
    ShannaB83185 Posts: 441 Member
    I burn about 700 cals per my HRM doing 60 minutes at the gym. I do the treadmill, bike and elliptical machine.
  • grillingirl
    grillingirl Posts: 81 Member
    I burn about 550 calories in a 60 minute elliptical session with probably a 7 on the exertion scale.
  • dawnsjourney
    dawnsjourney Posts: 80 Member
    Im doing this challenge and need to lose 500-1000. what exericeses do i do to get this kind of burn, without spending the whole day at the gym?

    40-50 minutes of low impact aerobics works for me. I do Leslie Sansone's walk away the pounds.
  • droneofvelvet
    droneofvelvet Posts: 290 Member
    A non stop moderate pace for about an hour of just about anything will get rid of 500-700 calories. I like to do elliptical, dancing, body weight cross training, etc.
  • Bootjockey
    Bootjockey Posts: 208 Member
    I did a 4.5 mile walk at lunchtime and burned 780 calories...it's not to hard...just takes a little effort...

    -BootJockey
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    You jump rope, of course. Nothing burns calories like jumping rope.
  • RepsnSets
    RepsnSets Posts: 805 Member
    It wouldnt take all day to burn that many calories depending on how hard you worked out. I can do an hour of just walking quite briskly and burn just under 500.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    Run for an hour. Jump rope for 30 minutes. Zumba for 70 minutes.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    By doing a 15 min HIIT workout followed by 15 of heavy lifting, you could probably do it in 30 min.
  • BereniceB
    BereniceB Posts: 3
    Hi!
    I have a question now, i do zumba too, but i can't find it in the list. I started with My fitness pal last week and i just put it like " dance" . Is this ok?
  • CoachGwenna
    CoachGwenna Posts: 24
    Beachbody's Insanity. 500 to 1000 calories in 40 to 60 minutes.

    Yes, that and Turbofire is about the same burn
  • swinski
    swinski Posts: 1
    Try running stairs if you access to a tall building. It's way up there on calories burned/hour.
  • al369
    al369 Posts: 170 Member
    It takes a HARD workout for me to get over 500 cals burned. I usually get 300-400 burned with an hour of Zumba , hour of spinning, or 30 minutes running. I don't have a HRM though, so maybe I'm underestimating?

    It depends on your body though. Height and weight.
  • jktin08
    jktin08 Posts: 62 Member
    Step Aerobics using 6-8 " step or just running up and downs steps for an hour. Burns at least 500 calories or more but depends on your weight. You can use calorielab to figure the calories burned ( http://calorielab.com/burned/ ). Put the word "step" in Step 2 after you put your weight in Step 1.
  • Kimberly3013
    Kimberly3013 Posts: 78 Member
    Roller skating for an hour burns 600 calories.
  • WhataBroad
    WhataBroad Posts: 1,091 Member
    Lift heavy. Run fast.


    Simply put! =)
  • skyblu263
    skyblu263 Posts: 91 Member
    On average, people burn 100 calories every 10 minutes. The bigger you are, the higher your heart rate during exercise, and the more calories you burn within that 10 minute time frame. But a good and fair average is 100 calorie burn every 10 minutes of high impact exercise. I burn 500 calories in about 45 minutes doing 20-30 minutes of cardio then the rest weightlifting. I burn around 300 calories when I take my 30 minute tennis lessons. So, just do something high impact: running, speed walking on incline, racquetball, weightlifting, spin, etc.
  • CrystalWalks
    CrystalWalks Posts: 84 Member
    Tennis is a fun and great way to easily burn 500 calories....you can easliy burn about 500-700 calories an hour depending on your weight.
  • wmoomoo
    wmoomoo Posts: 159 Member
    One hour of kick boxing burns 600 for me.

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