Calories Burned Doing Squats - Database Shows ZERO

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  • MaxVonMagnus
    MaxVonMagnus Posts: 10
    Hi, new member here and I've been looking to have this question answered for a while. In fact, it's one of the reasons I registered. I'd like to know what weight to use when calculating calories burned for exercises like renegade rows, stationary cycling, rowing machine etc.? I'm 230 lbs but my body fat percentage is 28. So do I input my lean muscle mass (~165) or my total weight (230) in the online calculators? And btw, how bad is a VO2max of 30 for a 24 year old male?
  • sweetmarisa
    sweetmarisa Posts: 1
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/315265-how-many-calories-do-you-lose-from-100-squats/

    I found this on LIVESTRONG.com - it seems much more realistic.

    Calories Burned Formula
    How Many Calories Can You Burn From 100 Squats?
    Add weights to increase the intensity of your workout - a fitness website, explains that you can estimate the number of calories you burn during exercise with this formula: (METs x 3.5 x weight in kilograms ÷ 200) x duration in minutes = calories burned. METs, or metabolic equivalent units, represent your intensity level.

    How Many Calories Can You Burn From 100 Squats?

    The Compendium of Physical Activities Tracking Guide, developed by Stanford University professor William L. Haskell, is a list of activities and MET values. Squats have a MET value of 8.0, if you are working out rigorously — like doing 100 squats in just a few minutes. If it takes you more than 10 minutes to do 100 squats, your MET value will be closer to 3.5.
    Metablic Equivalent Units

    If you weigh 135 pounds and do 100 squats in five minutes with a METs value of 8.0, you will burn about 43 calories. If you do 100 squats in 10 minutes, while weighing 135 pounds, with a METs value of 3.5, you will burn 37 calories.
  • mariepotpourri
    mariepotpourri Posts: 1 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/315265-how-many-calories-do-you-lose-from-100-squats/

    I found this on LIVESTRONG.com - it seems much more realistic.

    Calories Burned Formula
    How Many Calories Can You Burn From 100 Squats?
    Add weights to increase the intensity of your workout - a fitness website, explains that you can estimate the number of calories you burn during exercise with this formula: (METs x 3.5 x weight in kilograms ÷ 200) x duration in minutes = calories burned. METs, or metabolic equivalent units, represent your intensity level.

    How Many Calories Can You Burn From 100 Squats?

    The Compendium of Physical Activities Tracking Guide, developed by Stanford University professor William L. Haskell, is a list of activities and MET values. Squats have a MET value of 8.0, if you are working out rigorously — like doing 100 squats in just a few minutes. If it takes you more than 10 minutes to do 100 squats, your MET value will be closer to 3.5.
    Metablic Equivalent Units

    If you weigh 135 pounds and do 100 squats in five minutes with a METs value of 8.0, you will burn about 43 calories. If you do 100 squats in 10 minutes, while weighing 135 pounds, with a METs value of 3.5, you will burn 37 calories.

    you're right; that looks much more reasonable. i also found this: http://www.fitclick.com/calories_burned
  • jeffd247
    jeffd247 Posts: 319 Member
    Thin people don't spend all day wondering how many extra calories they burned by taking the stairs or what speed they should log their shopping trip at. They just live, probably a fairly active life, and they eat, probably not as much as you think.

    Do squats for the fitness, the muscle, the feeling good instead of worrying about finding a formula to figure out how much it might burn.

    Lots of us aren't "thin people". We're here because we are still learning how much food is "probably not as much as I think".

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