Tracking kettle bell exercises

snowsquall
snowsquall Posts: 54 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone know how u would put in the 30 min kettle bell exercise in with Bob from the biggest loser, its a huge sweat for me and just wondering how many cals for the 30 mins.

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Under cardiovascular .... circuit training

    If this is the right DVD .....collagevideo.com labels this circuit training 30 minutes/toning 20 minutes

    http://www.collagevideo.com/workout-video/bob-harpers-kettlebell-sculpted-body-5968

    If there is less cardio ...then use strength training (again under cardiovascular)

    These will just be estimates ..........MFP counts run high for many people.
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    I Am in to learn.

    I wonder if this is right...

    1. If you are moving continuously without stopping, then that is like doing steady state cardio with your arms. Then, you can use a HRM.

    2. If you are doing an intense exercise and resting.. then the HRM method won't work.

    ---- experts... is this right/wrong/off?

    ?Thanks?
  • monica_reinert
    monica_reinert Posts: 99 Member
    I have been dong the HasFit kettlebell workout on a youtube site. Great 20 min workout. I track it as kettlebell high intensity. For 30 min it show's you burn 457 calories

    Hope this helps.~
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    I have been dong the HasFit kettlebell workout on a youtube site. Great 20 min workout. I track it as kettlebell high intensity. For 30 min it show's you burn 457 calories

    Hope this helps.~
    You don't burn that much in 30 min. Half that maybe.
  • yogicarl
    yogicarl Posts: 1,260 Member
    when I used a HRM, my kettlebell routines burned around 300 calories per half hour. That was a routine including swings, cleans and presses and Turkish get-ups, and non KB things like mountain climbers and burpees, but mostly KB movements.
  • phjorg1
    phjorg1 Posts: 642 Member
    Hrms are not accurate for non cardio activities.
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    bump - curious for more info.. good stuff
  • VegasFit
    VegasFit Posts: 1,232 Member
    I put in my kettlebell class as cardio. I find that I can't wear my HRM during class because it gets in the way. I estimate between 3-4 hundred calories per 60 minutes.
  • yogicarl
    yogicarl Posts: 1,260 Member
    Hrms are not accurate for non cardio activities.

    ... not accurate for cardio either!
  • ummmmm84
    ummmmm84 Posts: 50 Member
    I find this thread interesting as I have been putting my workout as strength. As it involves a weight I was annoyed when it said no calories burnt
  • snowsquall
    snowsquall Posts: 54 Member
    There has to be some cal burn as zumba has over 900 cals for 1 hour, and when u r soaked doin 30 mins of kettle bells with a 20lb weight it would have to be 200 - 300 id think.
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    Snowsquall - I agree with you.

    I did an experiment today. I worked out with 18 lb kettlebells today and 6 lbs. I did not stop moving once in 20 minutes. So that would be like riding a recumbent bike with my arms.

    I kept my HR steady between 120 and 130 the whole time with HRM. It said I did 125 BPM

    Then I went to this site:

    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx
    figured out my gross and then plugged that number into here:
    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn-conversion-calculator.aspx
    got get my net.

    I estimated I burned just over 200 calories in 20 minutes.

    The variables:

    My weight
    My fitness leve (VO2 max)
    Power of exercise - (How much weight lifted, how high, how fast)

    I hope that this helps... I have not found anything definitive.

    ---- I am not claiming to the boards that I am right I am ONLY relating my own personal experience ---:smile::drinker:

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