already burning 1000 calories per hour

The calories are being calculated by the machine.. after she enters her age and weight.. the maachine brand is HI.POWER
That also does sound impossible to me.. even at high resistance. . But still. . She could be going at it fast with a high rpm..

Is it recording her heartrate too? 1000 calories burn for one hour for somebody that is hardly out of breath is not possible.

The machine is taking it for granted that being on the highest setting the person using it will be knackered at the end of the exercise and giving the (what it considers) appropriate calories burned, but in your friend's case, if she is hardly breathing heavy at the end, that calorie burn is entirely different. I would put it at 500 calories to be honest.

Regarding is her enthusiasm and activity in the gym concerning, no it isn't, it is just novel for her, she will settle down in time.

So now I got a pic of her workout summary..  . This is how a 22 y o woman.. 126 pounds.. 5ft 7in... who just started working out .. burns 1000 calories in an hour on the elliptical

 

 

It has overestimated, there is no heartrate there.

It certainly seems it, but I'd recommend a more accurate reading with a good heart rate monitor & a follow up with a fitness professional. She may but going above her safe maximum heart rate & could be doing herself damage if that is the case.

That would be almost impossible for a healthy adult that age.

Folks, I don't think the 1000 cal/hr is the real issue here. This guy is concerned about his friend's health and well-being.

Going to the gym daily and burning whatever amount of calories and not replenishing fluids, nutrients, etc is dangerous no matter how many cal/hr you burn. If your friend is not refilling the tank daily, have a talk to her about her diet and what all this new exercising will do to her if she does not balance intake and use.

If she is a vegetation, research plant proteins. At 123 lbs and 5'7", she is already thin. Two weeks of this will have dropped her to the dangerously underweight area. The last thing anyone wants is to be forced to stop exercising due to body shut-down.

Get her educated on eating correctly, supplements and smart exercise plans. Get a book, get her on this site, add the mental aspect to the physical.

Cardio equipment always overestimate calories burned, probably to keep the users motivated :laugh: My stationary bike says I burn almost 900 cals in 45 minutes... a real number it's probably half than that

Well that is really overestimating.I just finished my 63 min hiit on a bike and according to my hrm I have burned 715 ccal (with intervals of 29 an 45 kmph) 4/1 min intervals.

So I’ve been motivating my friend to start hitting the gym and start exercising.. She finally got convinced,, she is 22 years old around 126 pounds..  She is vegetarian for most part and never been to the gym before,, she didn’t even know what an elliptical machine was… she used to live a normal lifestyle ..Her daily exercise used to be walking to the buss top and walking to classes in her university campus!... after only 2 days at the gym,, she now can burn 1000 calories on the elliptical machine in just an hour! She sets it at almost the highest resistance.. and when she is done,, she is not even feeling exhausted.. sometimes she doesn't leave the gym afterwards and continues on other machines.. She has been doing this every day for almost 2 weeks now (ever since she started hitting the gym).. is this normal?! Or most importantly, is this healthy?! I am kinda concerned for her 

1) Two DAYS or two WEEKS?
2) why are you so hot for encouraging an already healthy girl to do stuff?
3) why are you all up in her cookies? this is her business she's your friend not your pet project
4) is she unable to type or logon for her own answers for some reason?
5) do you have any interests in fitness for YOURSELF or only for this "friend"?
6) did you just sign up very recently, only post on this issue, fill out NO PROFILE info and have no friends on purpose?
7) is your presence on this site limited to a fact finding mission for your friend?
8) do trolls have a lower or higher metabolism than regular people?
9) what about hot girls who consume our thoughts?

Even if the machines are not accurate... still is it normal for a person who never worked out... to start scoring 1000 calories per our at the machine. ..i mean thats really astonishing .. ibe never expect something like that

David,

No, you do not have to worry ... yet.

Your friend is healthy, and either: already in good shape, or has the genetics to get in shape easily. That is not a problem at all (perhaps creating a bit of envy for those who have to work hard to get half that good, but not a problem).

You want to encourage a healthy, well rounded diet, easy to do with her food choices.

:happy: It is kind of you to be so considerate of your friend. You might consider introducing her to heavy weights next ... :glasses:

If the exercise turns into compulsion, that is a different story.

All the best.

Well,3 years ago I was going to the gym,I weighed around 120 lbs (5ft7.5),I was a bulimic and was "The Master Of The Eliptical" XD
And I did burn around a 1000 ccal per hour.Of course that backfired and I ended up losing my muscle mass and having the biggest yoyo of all times (gained 20 lbs in 3 weeks)

Please tell me how you POSSIBLY burned 1,000 calories in an hour at 120 pounds. You would have to be The Flash. Unless you have some super power, it isn't physically possible to do that.

It is pretty simple.You kill that f*cking machine! And I did not say exactly 1000,I said about 1000. I did burn 650 in 45 min.That would bring it to 866 ccal per hour. I have a stationary bike at home and I burn 700 per hour.I dont know how you exercise but that is the way it is for me.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, you didn't.

I said what it said I did.Weather I did burn that or not,neither of us knows.

What what said you did? The machine?

Read the thread. I can say that, not ever having met you, I KNOW you did not burn 1,000 calories in an hour, no matter what a machine said.