What exercise are you doing that burns the most calories?
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Swimming two or miles at a time.
Working with a personal trainer keeps my heart rate up the full hour, so it is really circuit training.
I have tried spinning. But it is too painful for me. Degenerative osteoarthitis (DOA) in my tailbone and left shoulder. I can't sit up to take the weight off my shoulder because then my ars hurts.
Swimming doesn't bother either of them because the rotation doesn't put pressure on the area with almost no cartilage.
Also have DOA in the first metitarsal on both feet. Had surgery on one already. So nothing that involves impact on the feet.
Stretching has helped my shoulder range of motion.0 -
Walking
I may start riding my bike again but my knees may cry " not this again".0 -
Kickboxing! I looooove Turbo Jam!0
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Backpacking uphill with a 35 lbs. pack burns about 1000 plus calories an hour.
Swimming leisurely burns about 600 which is awesome considering how easy it is to swim leisurely and add just a little oomph to your swimming and you'll burn about 1100 calories an hour give or take.
All these are estimates...0 -
Ultimate Frisbee! And it's so fun!0
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Cybex Arc Trainer and Zumba. When I don't know what to do, I always go for either of those.0
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Running!0
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treadmill highest incline of 30, speed walking at 3.9 mph....i burn 600 calories in 35 minutes0
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Running or some kind of high intensity interval training (HIIT) does it for me.0
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I love the stepper/stairclimber at the gym0
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the elliptical will TELL you it burns the most calories (as will MFP), but i've read in multiple sources that those estimates are up to 43% in excess of what you truly burn. Personally I've moved from the elliptical to uphill running (I do a bit of each every day), specifically trying to gain speed with HIIT running. Kickboxing, swimming, etc might be faster calorie-burners, but personally I find them to be hard to come by and expensive. I hope you find something you enjoy!!0
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Heavy weight training composed of mostly compound movements (deadlifts, squats, stiff legged dl's, bench press, etc) I do 4 sessions a week, each one lasts about an hour.
i also run 3 mi. 3x/wk0 -
Cybex Arc Trainer -- It's like a super powered elliptical. I burn about 800 cals an hour on it!0
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Zumba: I burned 1200 calories in an hour and a half. :happy:0
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Lifting weights is my main cardio0
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HIIT!0
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Kettlebell workouts and Step aerobics burn the most for me.0
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Bootcamp: 75 minutes running hills, stairs and sand (live near the beach) with pushups, jump squats, dips, burpees thrown in. About half the class is pushing a double jogger. Burn around 700.0
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Running, Insanity, Elliptical, and Zumba.
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Right now...
Walking thru my neighborhood, which is pretty hilly, no flat land. I burn over 800 calories in over an hour, hour and a half. That's with my HRM.
Like some have said, your efficiency improves so the HRM really is the only thing that you can really use to judge your intensity. I check it every few minutes or so to make sure I'm working hard. And of course, some days are better than others.
Once I start running, I can decrease that time.0
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