What exercise are you doing that burns the most calories?

bga008
bga008 Posts: 90
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm always seeing people that I am friends with burning 400-500 calories doing some type of exercise. How are you achieving such high calorie burns? What is your favorite calorie burning workout?
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  • MandyThinkThin
    MandyThinkThin Posts: 1
    eliptical
  • Valdeezie
    Valdeezie Posts: 42 Member
    Running or Insanity. I strongly recommend you get at Heart Rate Montior. That's how you know exactly how many calories you are burning which is always more or less than what MFP says you are burning.
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Hands down, running.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,994 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
  • DevonW32
    DevonW32 Posts: 67 Member
    the treadmill on a incline burns cal much faster in a hour
  • betrayalunknown
    betrayalunknown Posts: 63
    STAIRMASTER on at least 85+ steps per minute for 30 minutes straight. Not impossilbe but it will kick your butt.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    400-500 calories would be 4-5 miles of running for me.
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    Kickboxing.

    (Zumba burns less for me)
  • MissNations
    MissNations Posts: 513 Member
    Hiking. Going up/down a mountain with a backpack on burns LOTS of calories. Last weekend we did 3.2 miles in about an hour and forty minutes. 900+ calorie burn for me.
  • NakedLunchTime
    NakedLunchTime Posts: 559
    400-500 calories would be 4-5 miles of running for me.

    Pretty much the same for me.
  • kairisika
    kairisika Posts: 131 Member
    rock climbing.
  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
    stair master
  • Duckz1
    Duckz1 Posts: 145 Member
    Running for sure, no equipment required and you can do it just about anywhere.
  • LANIECE1
    LANIECE1 Posts: 78 Member
    ZUMBA CLASS, WITH A GREAT INSTRUCTOR!!!
  • sionnain
    sionnain Posts: 96
    Rollerskating burns a ton and it's not boring like running (at least for me) so I can easily go to open skate for 2 hours and burn 500 calories.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    The one that you do at the highest intensity will burn the most cals. So it'll likely be different for everyone.

    Personally, it's mountain biking. If I'm going hard I can top 1000 cals in an hour.
  • StephannieL
    StephannieL Posts: 198 Member
    Running and hiking for me! =)
  • emmie0622
    emmie0622 Posts: 167 Member
    Jazzercise for me! :heart: :heart:
  • SARgirl
    SARgirl Posts: 572 Member
    Spin class! This morning I burned 515 calories in 60 minutes.
  • joakool
    joakool Posts: 434 Member
    400-500 calories would be 4-5 miles of running for me.


    Ditto
  • ParaSempreAmor11
    ParaSempreAmor11 Posts: 105 Member
    treadmill for 60 minutes incline around 8 - 10 and doing 5.5 to 9 on the speed its more high intensity but burns ALOT of calories
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Whatever gets the HR up there the highest for longest period of time.
    Usually biking or spin class because it's not hard on the joints and can maintain high HR for extended time.

    And can do something the next day.

    Running can get up there too, but much harder pounding, so can't do it as long, and if that intense, can't do it the next day.

    Walking at stupid high incline actually can too, and much better recovery time, but treadmill only for that.
  • frankensteen
    frankensteen Posts: 75 Member
    Kickboxing! <3
  • Sharyn913
    Sharyn913 Posts: 777 Member
    Cybex Arc Trainer -- It's like a super powered elliptical. I burn about 800 cals an hour on it!
  • klamberts
    klamberts Posts: 1
    bodyrock - it is interval training that is high intensity for a short time. Check it out - it is always free! They have a brand new work out every day that you can follow and if you can't keep up, they provide modifications.

    www.bodyrock.tv

    Great website!!
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    HIIT on an incline bike.
  • Magdaz70
    Magdaz70 Posts: 2
    definetly kick boxing 800 cals an hour & trust me where I go... it works
  • CherylLouise1994
    CherylLouise1994 Posts: 33
    cycling and dancing for me
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    treadmill for 60 minutes incline around 8 - 10 and doing 5.5 to 9 on the speed its more high intensity but burns ALOT of calories

    High intensity = high calories. It's the only thing you have control over that will affect calorie burn. Unless you start carrying weights around with you I guess.
  • TropicalFlowerz
    TropicalFlowerz Posts: 1,990 Member
    dacing for one hour !!!!! burns 300-400 cals!!! and sooo much fun!!!

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