How many calories burned during Insanity?!

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I don't know the sceintific terms but it is normally 10 cal a min so if you did insanity plyo cardio circuit for 39 mins and your hr was in fat burn level that would be 390 calories but you can burn more depending on your intensity if your really digging deeper!! Hope that give you a general idea.Also you know weight plays a part as well. My2cents

I think it depends on your intensity level you do it at and how long you rest

Im 5"10
185 lbs

Mine varies when I do it between 350-525....and im usually drenched in sweat too

Thanks everyone!

Jessica- yes I'm just starting! I'm doing Day 3 today, are you loving it?! I am!!

I had the same question ... this is Day 1 for me of Insanit... what a butt kicking that was!

I have burned no less than 600 calories and no more than 800 calories doing the Insanity dvd's. These are just the first 30 day dvd's. Can't wait to see what I burn when I hit the "max" dvd's.

I find it difficult to micromanage my consumed to burned calories while doing insanity. So I manually override most of the calculations of myfitnesspal. This is what has worked pretty well for me:

Figure out your own caloric needs using the Harris Benedict:

Men: 66 + (6.23 x weight lbs) + (12.7 x height inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Women: 655 + (4.35 x weight lbs) + (4.7 x height inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

That will account for your sedentary calorie needs (everything before activity)

Then take that number and figure out your activity level. If you're doing Insanity 6 times a week your activity level is probably 1.7 If you're doing it 3-5 times a week then your activity level is probably 1.55. If you are doing insanity 3-5 times a week and then you work as a server, than 1.6 may be more appropriate, etc.

So take that sedentary calorie need amount you found in the equation above and multiply it by your activity level.

If you are looking to lose weight. then subtract the necessary calories from that amount. 1lb = 3500 calories so if you want to lose 1 pound a week you would take 3500 x (pounds) / 7 and that's the number you want to lower per day. So if you want to lose 1 pound a week it's 3500 x 1 / 7 which is 500 calories to lower. If you want to lose 2lbs a week it's 3500 x 2 / 7 = 1000 calories to lower. Same with half pounds (.5) etc.

Once you have calculated this final number of calories per day. Manually override the myfitnesspal to that number, I also have it stated that I want to "maintain" my current weight etc. But if you do this, it's important that you DO NOT ADD THE INSANITY EXERCISE TO YOUR DIARY as it was already accounted for in 'fitness level'.

If you "record your new weight" often, you can still use the fun little scale to get closer to your goal, etc.

I know it's longer and more complicated, but it's a bit more accurate, and then you don't have to worry so much about the calorie difference between recovery weeks, versus month one, versus month two.

I know there are still some out there that insist on keeping the HRM store in business and want to nail every single calorie, etc. And that's cool, to each his own. I just found that this is a pretty easy way for those who are not into the "technical" side of fitness training to have a good base to go from, especially with making myfitnesspal compatible with Insanity, as the myfitnesspal is a great way to keep track of calories, and carb/fat/protein ratios.

Hope that helps.

I ordered a HR monitor on Amazon, and its great and the price is great as well, it calculates calories burned, time in zone, maximum heart rate, etc, easy to use and really accurate....

First month of Insanity I was burning 600 plus and 2nd month 800 to 980. The longer workouts and the jumps are really getting the calorie burn higher.

Holy crap I wish I could burn that many calories I can barely get to 400

Since Insanity is a different model than regular Circuit Training I believe it burns more than the "base" per 10 minutes. Doing regular cardio or even P90X Cardio X is a cake walk compared to the Insanity workouts. In my workout history I show I was burning almost 600 calories in the 42 minute workout. The 2nd month I was burning between 725 and 825 calories per workout.

That being said it depends on your level of intensity and effort. I was coming very close to pegging the upper limits of recommended heart rate when doing Insanity. If you are staying well below you will burn less - I would drench my sweat towel during each circuit! ;-)

On my 3rd day of the first month of insanity. Kicking my *kitten*! Just got my HR monitor, it showed right after I finished Cardio Power & Resistance. I found some good calculators once you get data on your average HR for the workout. See http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm or http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/calculators/calories-burned-calculator-based-on-average-heart-rate/ or this site actually gives you the formula (again you need average HR) but I punched it into excel so I can calculate myself now - http://www.livestrong.com/article/73315-calculate-calories-burned-based-heart/. I must have to dig deeper, I don't think I'm burning 500 cal yet. Looking forward to the recovery day tomorrow.

From what I got from the website, its suppose burn 468 calories of 42 minutes. I spoke to one my coworker. He stated from what he remember reading that it can burn up to 600-700 calories per workout, if you do full intense. I hope this will help.

I am on day 3 of insanity & yesterday I burned about 320 to 35o calories..

:happy: hey girl if youreally pushed your self I bet you burned about 1000 calories ,don't you absolutely love it ,my heartrate gets up to 175 during the PLyometrics circuit .I have never been in this kind of shape before .I am 40 years old .And will be getting my insanity shirt soon and I will wear it proudly .

i wake up and eat then wait a hour before doing the insanity. i think it's better to just get it done and out of the way