30 Day Shred

Most people put it in as circuit training:) & that's how I do it as well!

I am currently doing the 30 Day Shred and I have started Level 2. I am 45 years old, 5'8, and weigh 144 lbs. My HRM shows I burn approximately 380 calories.

hello, I'm new to fitness pal. What is an HRM? I have seen that term used before. I am doing the 30-day shred as well and wasnt sure how to add that into my exercises to calculate calories burned.

hello, I'm new to fitness pal. What is an HRM? I have seen that term used before. I am doing the 30-day shred as well and wasnt sure how to add that into my exercises to calculate calories burned.

A heart rate monitor.

hello, I'm new to fitness pal. What is an HRM? I have seen that term used before. I am doing the 30-day shred as well and wasnt sure how to add that into my exercises to calculate calories burned.

Heart Rate Monitor...you can get them to just measure heart rate or some also show an approximate calorie burn

Hi i'm also doing 30 day shred and if you have an iphone or ipad there's an app you can get that calculates how many calories you would burn for each level depending on the weight that you are which is what I use because I don't have a HRM either. Hope this is helpful. Feel free to add me

Sophie

I have been doing some days of 30 DS I weigh 158.. 5'6" and I burn between 420-500 cals

I entered it as circuit training general for 18 minutes. I didn't include the warm up and cool down time to be conservative. I am 5'8.5" and 202 pounds and it was calculating about 220 cal. I just got a HRM and let it calculate calories the whole 25 minutes and it came in at 246. So, pretty close, IMO. I'm glad I was conservative in how I did it without the HRM because 25 min would have given me 306, which is intuitively too high.

Log as Curves Circuit Training on MFP if you do not have a HRM.

If you log as "Circuit training, general", you will most likely not get the correct burn for your age and weight. There is a HUGE difference between both categories..

E.g. for a 171lb 22YO woman, Curves Circuit Training burns 152 for 24 minutes. Same age, sex and weight logging as Circuit Training general burns 250. Big difference and not worth messing up your hard work by logging too many calories than what actually got burned.

Please, if you want accuracy without having a HRM, log as Curves Circuit Training. It's fairly close to what one would burn while wearing HRM.

Hey! We're pretty close in stats- I'm 5'0" and 115lbs. I exercise regularly, and usually burn around 125 calories per session (level 2 modified with tougher moves) and Level 3 of the Shred. It's a great DVD! Have fun!

But yes, my advice would be to invest in an HRM to calculate how much YOU burn depending on your fitness level. You won't regret buying it, and you'll see how quickly you improve, and how it affects your HR! And you can use it when you do any cardio, making things so easy to log on here....

Good Luck!

Thanks....I've been using the Jillian DVDs for several years now but no matter how much I do them or go to the gym the center of my stomach will not flatten so I'm trying to watch my food intake and track calories burned...can you suggest a good HRM...I was looking at the Polaris Ft4

Hey!

I actually have an older version of exactly that one- I have a Polar F4.... which I got off of a Used site for 30$, cuz the chick selling it upgraded to a GPS one. It's worked wonders for me.

The equivalent one would be exactly the one you mentioned- The Polar FT4. Don't go too fancy, cuz you'll spend boatloads of money on ones that will give you more stats than you need at this point.

That one is all you need, and Polar is very reputable :-)

I'm sure others have asked in the past but I'm wondering how many calories I burn doing 30 day shred or any of the Jillian DVD's for that matter. I don't have a HRM yet...still shopping around. I'm 5'0" and 110 lbs......how do I calculate it?

Polar is all I've ever used. If you're willing to spend $100 (or less if you can find one on Ebay or Amazon), go for it! They are great!