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P90X Question

JennS19
JennS19 Posts: 642 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
When your trying to log in your exercise burn for the day when your done with your day, what do you log it under. I tried typing in P90X but nothing came up to choose. How do you log in your exercise for the day?

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  • joyfulrc
    joyfulrc Posts: 3
    I also want to know the answer to this.
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.
  • JennS19
    JennS19 Posts: 642 Member
    A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    If you don't have a HRM you could log the resistance training days as "Circuit Training" and you can log Plyo and "aerobics, High Impact". These will just give you rough estimates a HRM is the best way to estimate caloric burn.
  • ambercole
    ambercole Posts: 426
    You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.

    Yep. What he said!
  • JennS19
    JennS19 Posts: 642 Member
    Great!! Thanks so much!
  • NavySailor
    NavySailor Posts: 84 Member
    A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!

    P90X is a pretty good program, I did it twice and I did see results. With regards to a heart rate monitor, if you have a target in your area they sell a watch in the sports/athletic section called Sportline. It is a regular watch with a HRM built in. What I did when doing P90 was every 5 minutes or so hit the button and it automatically takes a heart rate...It will keep track of the approx total calories burned while exercising. It is around $50.
  • H_82
    H_82 Posts: 418 Member
    You have to go to the "cardiovascular" section of the exercise section and add it in manually. You will need a HRM with a "calories burned" function to know how much you burned.
    This is what I did too.... And I love my HRM, then there's no guessing how many calories you've burned (during any exercise). I just did P90X last night for the first time with it.
  • leslieheb
    leslieheb Posts: 45 Member
    I do Zumba and I researched how many calories on line you burn per hour and that is what I use for my calorie count
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    A HRM monitor eh??? Well I might not be able to get one until christmas, I spent all my $$ on the P90X system :laugh: But good to know where to put in my Calories burned. Thanks!

    P90X is a pretty good program, I did it twice and I did see results. With regards to a heart rate monitor, if you have a target in your area they sell a watch in the sports/athletic section called Sportline. It is a regular watch with a HRM built in. What I did when doing P90 was every 5 minutes or so hit the button and it automatically takes a heart rate...It will keep track of the approx total calories burned while exercising. It is around $50.

    I have the Sportline and I got it at Walmart. No complaints here. I think mine was under $40.
  • mrsyac2
    mrsyac2 Posts: 2,784 Member
    before I got my HRM I low balled my calories burned anywhere from 200-275 calories per workout. My dog ate my chest strap and I recently just bought my FT4 Polar for 89 on Amazon. Now I know what I am burning. But I enter everything in P90x Chest and Back (click add exercise not listed) ect... then it will be there for you
  • mrsyac2
    mrsyac2 Posts: 2,784 Member
    I do Zumba and I researched how many calories on line you burn per hour and that is what I use for my calorie count

    remember thats just estimates especially if you eat those calories back. I did insanity and it said you burned 1000 calories Um not a chance when I wore my HRM it was just 250-300 for 45 minutes. Same thing with P90x they advertise you burn so many last night in an hour of plyo I just burned 575.

    I want to take a Zumba class simply because I like to dance might have to go on a Saturday morning to do it.
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.
  • mrsyac2
    mrsyac2 Posts: 2,784 Member
    I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

    Shows exactly that everyone burns differently. I used to be able to get my Heart rate up with no problem and the fitter I get its even harder cause my resting is getting lower. I was huffing it last night too and still only burned 575.
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

    Wow. There's obviously a big differences in what people burn. Granted I am a shorter guy - 5'8" & around 144lbs.

    I use a HRM (Bowflex) and I consistently burn about 250 for resistance P90X workouts, about 300 for Plyo, & about 75 for ARX. In fact, I now do running for 45 minutes instead of Kenpo because I can burn around 400 doing that & only about 200 during Kenpo.
  • BR1986FB
    BR1986FB Posts: 1,515 Member
    I've typically burned between 550-900 calories for a 40 minute Insanity workout and 1100 for a P90X Plyo workout. THe weight workouts usually burn between 500-600. This is using a HRM.

    Wow. There's obviously a big differences in what people burn. Granted I am a shorter guy - 5'8" & around 144lbs.

    I use a HRM (Bowflex) and I consistently burn about 250 for resistance P90X workouts, about 300 for Plyo, & about 75 for ARX. In fact, I now do running for 45 minutes instead of Kenpo because I can burn around 400 doing that & only about 200 during Kenpo.

    I'm about 6"2" and 250.
  • H_82
    H_82 Posts: 418 Member
    No kidding! (such a difference). I just did P90X-Plyometrics w/ my HRM for the first time last night & burned 558 calories. (And p.s., not cool that you're the same height & weight as me - tharrop) :wink:
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