First workout above 1000 calories

bodyrollin
bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
edited January 2 in Fitness and Exercise
According to my HRM today's burn was 1,117 calories. First time over 1,000 and I'm exhausted!

I'm 6'5" and currently 265 (was 293 on the day I joined, and 323 at the beginning of this year) the work outs have varied all the way from mid 400s to damn near 900 but never this high, so I feel like its a hell of a milestone, and just kinda wanted to brag a bit...that is all...you may now return to your regularly scheduled programs.
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  • Cheval13
    Cheval13 Posts: 350 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
  • nphect
    nphect Posts: 474
    sounds like you want to loose like when you were first loosing lol
  • jhartram
    jhartram Posts: 165
    That's great! I love the feeling of over 1,000 cals burned... LOL all too rare for me, but I always feel so good about myself! Keep up the great work! =D
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)
  • Elizadolots
    Elizadolots Posts: 178
    Amazing! What workout did you do? :flowerforyou:
  • Melaniec78
    Melaniec78 Posts: 259 Member
    All in one time period. I'm curious to know what you were doing too so I can look into it.:drinker:
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    The one time I burned that many calories (via HRM) I had raked leaves and weeded gardens for 4 hours. Since then the closest I've gotten is 970 at the gym. So hard to eat enough on those days.
  • nphect
    nphect Posts: 474
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)

    thats inspiring man well done, knock that insanity out.
  • mlwatts2
    mlwatts2 Posts: 244 Member
    GO YOU!!!
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    AH, THIS IS PERFECT. I POSTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS EARLIER.

    That's AWESOME if you burnt that many calories (provided you can adequately fuel up after).

    But what would MPF say you'd burn doing all that? I did strength training for 60 minutes today (first time wearing HRM) and it said I burnt 458 calories... when MFP would say I'd burn 160-170ish for my age/weight/height.

    Trying to figure out if HRM isn't as accurate as I thought they were supposed to be?
  • this1bigdog
    this1bigdog Posts: 350 Member
    that is awesome! it feels good to do huge burns. .
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    sounds like you want to loose like when you were first loosing lol
    actually I've been pretty happy with the rate of loss, in fact I increased my calorie intake to compensate for it, I was just stoked about the raw number, even though I know it's not healthy o focus so much on the numbers, I was just happy to see this particular one.
  • withchaco
    withchaco Posts: 1,026 Member
    But what would MPF say you'd burn doing all that? I did strength training for 60 minutes today (first time wearing HRM) and it said I burnt 458 calories... when MFP would say I'd burn 160-170ish for my age/weight/height.

    Trying to figure out if HRM isn't as accurate as I thought they were supposed to be?
    HRMs aren't designed to estimate calorie burn for strength training. They're generally better with sustained cardio.

    MFP isn't very accurate either!
  • selfmedicated2
    selfmedicated2 Posts: 37 Member
    I just had my 1,000+ workout day yesterday!!! Don't you feel like a superhero? I did! :-)

    I did 65 minutes on the elliptical at the gym, and then recovered a bit while I did a quick stop to get some groceries. I got home, had half a protein shake, and then went into Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred.

    What a great day!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    AH, THIS IS PERFECT. I POSTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS EARLIER.

    That's AWESOME if you burnt that many calories (provided you can adequately fuel up after).

    But what would MPF say you'd burn doing all that? I did strength training for 60 minutes today (first time wearing HRM) and it said I burnt 458 calories... when MFP would say I'd burn 160-170ish for my age/weight/height.

    Trying to figure out if HRM isn't as accurate as I thought they were supposed to be?

    Unfortunately HRMs don't accurately measure calories burned for strength training.
    Explanation here
    http://www.sparkpeople.com/community/ask_the_experts.asp?q=75
  • nphect
    nphect Posts: 474
    AH, THIS IS PERFECT. I POSTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS EARLIER.

    That's AWESOME if you burnt that many calories (provided you can adequately fuel up after).

    But what would MPF say you'd burn doing all that? I did strength training for 60 minutes today (first time wearing HRM) and it said I burnt 458 calories... when MFP would say I'd burn 160-170ish for my age/weight/height.

    Trying to figure out if HRM isn't as accurate as I thought they were supposed to be?

    probably because MPF defines "strength training" as lifting weights and you were jumping around doing stuff for your "strength training"
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    Excellent!!!
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    Congratulations!
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)

    Sweating because of excess heat in your environment does nothing to help your workout. All it does is make you more likely to become dehydrated. If anything, I'd bet you'd work *harder* if you weren't in an environment that started out uncomfortably hot.
  • denjohnson
    denjohnson Posts: 2
    Awesome!!!!! Keep up the good work. You have done a tremendous job on your weight loss. Doesn't it feel great?
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)

    Sweating because of excess heat in your environment does nothing to help your workout. All it does is make you more likely to become dehydrated. If anything, I'd bet you'd work *harder* if you weren't in an environment that started out uncomfortably hot.
    it's not uncomfortably hot, because of the orientation of my house the sun doesn't hit the garage until mid afternoon, and it does get really hot then...but I'd say it's probably about 80-82 degrees in there when I do them, and I have a big carpet dryer fan so I don't overheat, I just really have a problem when I'm in air that is too cool and dry, when I start breathing heavily, my throat burns pretty bad, and I'll stop...this environment helps me to keep going and never get that rawness to my airway.
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    Awesome!!!!! Keep up the good work. You have done a tremendous job on your weight loss. Doesn't it feel great?
    Yeah, it really does. :-)
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)

    Sweating because of excess heat in your environment does nothing to help your workout. All it does is make you more likely to become dehydrated. If anything, I'd bet you'd work *harder* if you weren't in an environment that started out uncomfortably hot.
    it's not uncomfortably hot, because of the orientation of my house the sun doesn't hit the garage until mid afternoon, and it does get really hot then...but I'd say it's probably about 80-82 degrees in there when I do them, and I have a big carpet dryer fan so I don't overheat, I just really have a problem when I'm in air that is too cool and dry, when I start breathing heavily, my throat burns pretty bad, and I'll stop...this environment helps me to keep going and never get that rawness to my airway.

    So basically a complete reversal of your initial statement.
  • sunshinesquared
    sunshinesquared Posts: 2,733 Member
    Awesome job!!!
  • 916lude
    916lude Posts: 305
    Great job on the lost weight so far!

    Yeah, those MAX workouts can get you there for sure. I remember my 1st +1000 cal burn was when I did the MAX cardio conditioning, MAX sports training, and Insane abs all in one session. You must have been pushing hard to clear 1000 cals. I'm guessing you were doing the MAX Interval circuit vid.

    Wait 'till you push out to 2000+ cal burns. I've done that once. Recovery took three days :)

    Oh and hey Chris, I love my pitbull and love to cook as well, but I'll take my 4th gen Prelude over an Integra LOL (actually love both cars)

    Good job!
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    That's awesome. :) What were you doing?
    It's gonna sound cliché but it was the first "max" workout of insanity (day 1 week 6) I live in a very rural part of Florida an while I'm close to 2 major cities, the nearest gym is about a half hour drive...so went with the home workout program, but I do it in the garage were the heat and humidity of south Florida really ramp up the sweat factor lol (I figure if you're comfortable when you're working out, then you're not going as hard as you could)

    Sweating because of excess heat in your environment does nothing to help your workout. All it does is make you more likely to become dehydrated. If anything, I'd bet you'd work *harder* if you weren't in an environment that started out uncomfortably hot.
    it's not uncomfortably hot, because of the orientation of my house the sun doesn't hit the garage until mid afternoon, and it does get really hot then...but I'd say it's probably about 80-82 degrees in there when I do them, and I have a big carpet dryer fan so I don't overheat, I just really have a problem when I'm in air that is too cool and dry, when I start breathing heavily, my throat burns pretty bad, and I'll stop...this environment helps me to keep going and never get that rawness to my airway.

    So basically a complete reversal of your initial statement.
    what are you a political geek that likes to twist stuff out of context? No, not a complete reversal...I'm not working out in 120+ degrees (not too uncommon for a garage during the hot months in Florida, I do it at a time where it's more comfortable, that said its still humid, and it's not the dry air conditioned 72 degree comfort of my living room, erego...uncomfortable...troll much?
  • melissacocker
    melissacocker Posts: 1
    that's AWESOME
  • ismiseciara
    ismiseciara Posts: 211 Member
    well done :)
  • bodyrollin
    bodyrollin Posts: 215 Member
    Great job on the lost weight so far!

    Yeah, those MAX workouts can get you there for sure. I remember my 1st +1000 cal burn was when I did the MAX cardio conditioning, MAX sports training, and Insane abs all in one session. You must have been pushing hard to clear 1000 cals. I'm guessing you were doing the MAX Interval circuit vid.

    Wait 'till you push out to 2000+ cal burns. I've done that once. Recovery took three days :)

    Oh and hey Chris, I love my pitbull and love to cook as well, but I'll take my 4th gen Prelude over an Integra LOL (actually love both cars)

    Good job!
    thanks man...as for the effort it was literally as much as I could do, but I think my size has a lot to do with calorie burn...it takes more effort for someone my size to do a push up than someone smaller...just more effort required...and in the closing statement, I love the ludes too, but I heart my DC2 lol
  • c53204
    c53204 Posts: 35 Member
    After reading this, I realise how inaccurate Digifit's calories calculations must be! Several times (3hr brisk walks) it has reported I have burnt more than 1000 calories. when I enter the walking speed/duration on MFP, I get a figure around 800 - which seems more believable.
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