Burning 1,000 + calories during a workout

AlyssaJoJo

I burned 1376 cal this morning running 12 miles in 101 minutes. That's a little over 13 cal/min. I'm not all that heavy either at 178 lbs. You just have to be in decent shape and willing to put in the work.

How do you know you burned precisely this much?

That's what I'm not getting, how do people "know" this?

I don't know if it was exactly that much but it was what the garmin calculated using the (claimed) most accurate HRM method available right now. Secondly, if I calculate it using MET values (which have scientific support) I get a value of 1567 calories for that workout. FWIW - MFP calculates using the MET values.

So I feel pretty safe in assuming it was at least 1376 if not several hundred more.

Why is this important? Because if you are burning 1000 to 2000 calories each day running you need some metric to determine how much extra food to eat. If you eat way to much you gain weight. If you eat way too little your training crashes.

Unless someone wants to volunteer to accompany me on all my runs with a metabolic cart I'll have to stick to the garmin.

I'll have to look into that, because sometimes I log my workouts, see the calorie result, cry BS and cut it in half. I'm sorry, a one hour boxing work out is not 700 calories.

I'll have to check my HRM, I think it lacks that tracking ability. It is interesting, that there may actually be an accurate basis for the numbers provided.

You'd be surprise. My work out on Sundays is Bowling - I used just MFP to do it and called BS and cut off an hour of a half of it. The sunday after that I had my HRM on the full time and found that I burned over 800 calories in less than 3 hours. If you really want to know - get a HRM - I promise some of your work outs will really surprise you with how much you're burning.

toaster6

I use a treadmill that counts calories burned and if that is accurate, I can burn 1000 running about 9 mph on the highest incline setting in about an hour (I really like running so I do it)-- it's especially easy for me during summer since I'll run 40-60 and then go swimming for a few hours (MFP calculators say you can burn over 300 calories in an hour for "leisurely swimming"). I don't know if it's completely accurate but that's the best info I have and I assume that even if my counting is overestimated, it's not too big a deal as I've managed to lose weight the way I'm doing things and haven't had any adverse health affects. If you have time and like your workouts a lot, you can burn that much.

backpacker44

I burned 1376 cal this morning running 12 miles in 101 minutes. That's a little over 13 cal/min. I'm not all that heavy either at 178 lbs. You just have to be in decent shape and willing to put in the work.

How do you know you burned precisely this much?

That's what I'm not getting, how do people "know" this?

I don't know if it was exactly that much but it was what the garmin calculated using the (claimed) most accurate HRM method available right now. Secondly, if I calculate it using MET values (which have scientific support) I get a value of 1567 calories for that workout. FWIW - MFP calculates using the MET values.

So I feel pretty safe in assuming it was at least 1376 if not several hundred more.

Why is this important? Because if you are burning 1000 to 2000 calories each day running you need some metric to determine how much extra food to eat. If you eat way to much you gain weight. If you eat way too little your training crashes.

Unless someone wants to volunteer to accompany me on all my runs with a metabolic cart I'll have to stick to the garmin.

I'll have to look into that, because sometimes I log my workouts, see the calorie result, cry BS and cut it in half. I'm sorry, a one hour boxing work out is not 700 calories.

I'll have to check my HRM, I think it lacks that tracking ability. It is interesting, that there may actually be an accurate basis for the numbers provided.

You'd be surprise. My work out on Sundays is Bowling - I used just MFP to do it and called BS and cut off an hour of a half of it. The sunday after that I had my HRM on the full time and found that I burned over 800 calories in less than 3 hours. If you really want to know - get a HRM - I promise some of your work outs will really surprise you with how much you're burning.

800 calories from bowling? Did you run with the ball? Haha, thats crazy!

bailyc

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I box for an hour every day and my HRM reads between 850-950 each class. I am 5'4, 173, and female. It is definitely possible.

Sherriediva1

I am overweight and not in great shape but I have WILLPOWER! An Insanity workout, with a dog walk right after (walking the dog feels like nothing after Insanity) and then 1.5 hrs later....my martial arts class. That's a HRM calculated burn of almost 1200 cals. Then I sleep very well!!

RoseTears143

HIIT will crush calories if you can keep up. But the heavier a person is the harder they have to work and burn more calories in general because they are larger. Various Insanity workouts for me range from 300-600 cals depending on which one I'm doing.

And thanks to the people that mentioned Fitness Blender! I'm checking it out

Sheila_Ann

bumping to read later!

Lauran845

I just walked 30 min on my lunch break and I burned 577 cal. I am also very tall and "solid". My shorter, lighter friend burned 235 cal. Tonight I am going to go for a 45 min bike ride and that usually burns 750 cals. I use Endomondo and it calculates for me.

wilsoje74

Go running (at a descent speed) for an hour and its pretty easy to burn 1000+ cal

I ran for 75 min last weekend and only burned about 750.

wilsoje74

I just walked 30 min on my lunch break and I burned 577 cal. I am also very tall and "solid". My shorter, lighter friend burned 235 cal. Tonight I am going to go for a 45 min bike ride and that usually burns 750 cals. I use Endomondo and it calculates for me.

577 seems very high for a 30 min walk. I run for 30 min and only burn 200 something. Seems very high for the bike ride as well.

PamelaGatorMom

I'm over 200 pounds and like others I use a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) with chest band.
Yesterday I did a 60 minutes Bodypump class and it was 485 calories burned (this was actually lower than normally because they did a new routine and I was unable to do part of it)
I then did 40 minutes on the elliptical machine burned 462 calories and 20 minutes swimming laps in the pool for 244 calories.
That is a total of 1,191 calories burned, it did take me 2 hours to do it.

BrunetteRunner87

I just walked 30 min on my lunch break and I burned 577 cal. I am also very tall and "solid". My shorter, lighter friend burned 235 cal. Tonight I am going to go for a 45 min bike ride and that usually burns 750 cals. I use Endomondo and it calculates for me.

577 seems very high for a 30 min walk. I run for 30 min and only burn 200 something. Seems very high for the bike ride as well.

Goodness I rode my bike an hour yesterday and only burned around 290. Maybe I'm not trying hard enough!

DiamondHC

I am entering the exercises I do daily and all the calories I am eating and although I am not using up all the calories I am not losing weight help what am I doing wrong!!

Tomhoffman84

I just walked 30 min on my lunch break and I burned 577 cal. I am also very tall and "solid". My shorter, lighter friend burned 235 cal. Tonight I am going to go for a 45 min bike ride and that usually burns 750 cals. I use Endomondo and it calculates for me.

Say wha? Even at 184lbs, if I run for 35 minutes at 8:30 pace mph that would barely get to 560....some funky math there

BrunetteRunner87

I don't know, I ran 11 miles Saturday and only burned around 700.

How do you know?

HRM...I know you can't always trust them but I always get around the same result for that amount of time/miles on two different monitors.

mortyfit

How are people accomplishing this? The only way I am able to is by going on hikes for hours.


I think maybe people are just lying to themselves?

Weight and average heart rate both make a big difference.
Any run of 7+ miles at my normal training speed will put me over 1,000 cals burned.

mortyfit

I do it just about everyday. I have also burned 3000+ cals in one continuous workout(4 hours). Lots of handwork, effort and time. I use an HRM and subtract 10% off of that to get my burn. No lying to myself here.

Most recent time was a few weeks ago when for charity I took 4 one hour spin classes in the same day and burned over 3000 cals. I actually did 19 spin classes that week and burned 18000 cals for the week.

Damn, man. Impressive! Your legs had to be quivering, jellyfied messes by the end of the week!

jaygreen55

Takes me about 80 minutes on the elliptical to burn 1000 calories. On Sundays during football season I spend the whole game on it for 21/2 -3 hours burning about 1800-2200 calories. SUnday I watched Django Unchained from start to finish on the elliptical for the same burn. It's just a question of building up your endurance

FromHereOnOut

running about 9 mph on the highest incline setting in about an hour

Dang girl!! I *want* your fitness level!!!

contingencyplan

Circuit training. Not JM workouts but ACTUAL circuit training. Jump rope.

backpacker44

I just walked 30 min on my lunch break and I burned 577 cal. I am also very tall and "solid". My shorter, lighter friend burned 235 cal. Tonight I am going to go for a 45 min bike ride and that usually burns 750 cals. I use Endomondo and it calculates for me.

577 seems very high for a 30 min walk. I run for 30 min and only burn 200 something. Seems very high for the bike ride as well.

Totally. I cant even hit 300 when I'm on a treadmill doing walk/run intervals with a high incline. Same with the bike, I always burn the fewest calories on that piece of equipment even though I'm totally givin it.

swagnificent3

It definitely depends on the exercise. I did a duathlon and burned over 1,000 calories in 2 hours. Yesterday I did 60 min of spin and burned over 500 calories. I normally average between 400-500 calories doing spin. On days when I do spin, weights and sauna or work out twice a day burning 1,000 calories or more is a breeze. You can burn a lot doing 30-40 min of insanity or P90-X. If you have a heart rate monitor you get a more accurate account of the calories you're burning than you do with the machines at the gym.

mrsg2006

I can burn up to that if I do multiple workouts. Last night I burned 505 during one TurboFire workout. That was with a HRM. If I do that and a run over the course of a day- I get pretty close to 1000

swaymyway

I'm short, don't weigh a massive amount and am fit so it would take me around 100 minutes running at full whack with my heart rate right up at 160+ to burn 1000 cals (I usually burn about 600 in 70 mins running)!! 0_o

fluffychicken7

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I'll have to look into that, because sometimes I log my workouts, see the calorie result, cry BS and cut it in half. I'm sorry, a one hour boxing work out is not 700 calories.
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I box for an hour every day and my HRM reads between 850-950 each class. I am 5'4, 173, and female. It is definitely possible.
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It really depends on the quality of the workout. If you're punching, ducking, and diving then its quite possible. if its just punching a punching bag then I can see why its a no.

SpecialSundae

It's not hugely unusual for my daily burn to be 800-1000 and I sometimes do epic Saturday workouts (30 minute warm-up, 90 minutes heavy weights and plyo, and 60-90 minutes cardio) for 1500-1700 calories. As I get fitter, I can push myself harder so whilst my weight and resting heartrate are going down I can still work at 10 cal/min on average.

I use a Polar Ft7, a FitBit and track my calories in and out over the long term with spreadsheets. My actual weight lost vs calculated weight lost is correct to around 250g over 4 months (which is easily accounted for with human error and water weight).

TheWinman

I do it just about everyday. I have also burned 3000+ cals in one continuous workout(4 hours). Lots of handwork, effort and time. I use an HRM and subtract 10% off of that to get my burn. No lying to myself here.

Most recent time was a few weeks ago when for charity I took 4 one hour spin classes in the same day and burned over 3000 cals. I actually did 19 spin classes that week and burned 18000 cals for the week.

Damn, man. Impressive! Your legs had to be quivering, jellyfied messes by the end of the week!

Yes, but I paid the price about a week later. I took off 4 days after the 19 spin class thing and then got back to my normal spin schedule. During one class my left foot started hurting, dummy me, I kept pushing through the pain for the next 30 minutes of spin. Turns out I strained a tendon and it's been 3 weeks since then and I'm still out of commission from spin, plus still not walking normal yet. I don't think the injury would have happended if I had not done the insane charity thing.

schmeckpeper

After two and half months of wearing a body media monitor I have come to the conclusion that all those inflated calorie burns are bogus. I can do the Cardio 1 DVD from Body Revolution and it puts me at a 180+ burn for 30 minutes. I laugh to myself when people think they burned thousands of calories based on calculations from this site or even their HRM. I put 100% effort in and get that burn at 5'4" 154. I think Body monitors are the only true way to get a somewhat accurate number.

toaster6

running about 9 mph on the highest incline setting in about an hour

Dang girl!! I *want* your fitness level!!!

Run and you'll get it haha. When I started I could only do maybe 4 mph for about 40 minutes with very little incline and I'd be huffing. Got my resting heart rate to drop from around 70 down to 58 over the past year.

cmccorma

I just got my HRM. I thought I was burning maybe 500 during an hour bootcamp or an hour of jogging. Nope. 360 at most! I need to pick up the pace or add some HIIT to my jogs!