Not burning a lot during exercise...

I'm in the same vote and workout an hour to and hour and a half a day, so I would like to know as well.

I would like to know too.......I ran 4 miles today and only burned 350 calories.....

How long are you working out for? And what are you doing?
I use a HRM and burn 110+ calories per 10 mins or so.

I have read a lot of people have purchases a heart rate monitor that will give them more accurate readings on their calorie expenditure. Sometimes I think others may over-estimate it.

Personally I don't have time for 3 hour work out sessions....or if I made time I would be a walking zombie. That's just me.

I try everyday to get SOMEthing in because it is a healthy habit to have. My main focus right now is to get back to healthy eating a porton control. When the baby gets older and sleeps better I will get in the extra calorie burn eventually.

If you CAN then go for it. But, the amount of calories you burn is very individualy for everyone depending on your shape, weight, health, muscle tone (more muscle meansmore calories burned), etc.

hey guys...

depending on what your goal is, i always tell people, "diet is 85-90% of everything you do.... there is absolutely NO workout that can make up for a bad diet." so i would focus on making sure you have your diet solid and just right for you.. then worry about everything else.. if you have your diet right on track, it will all fall into place after that.

everyone is different, so dont focus on what everyone else is doing... just focus on you and your goals and what you are trying to do.

I think more and more will be better - maybe something more intense for your workouts as well - not just longer. You can burn as much at 30 calories a minute on an elliptical machine if you work hard enough (hill or interval training). I shoot for 800 calories in 30 mins on the elliptical. I swim three times a week and can burn over 1000 calories each time I do that. A one hour aerobics class or spinning class can get you over 800 calories or more as well, and when you push hard (like high intensity interval training) it keeps your body burning more calories throughout the day. When you then fuel up with more lean proteins and quality carbs your body becomes a fat burning machine.

Eat well - Eat more -Push harder.

If you're doing the same exercises every day, then your body gets more adapt at doing them and therefore burns fewer calories.

I've only been doing the same routine for 5 days now, and I'm already burning 80 calories less a session than I was when I started. Got to switch it up again!

Crossfit! I only repeat workouts once or twice a year! (There are other similar programs but I like crossfit)

I used to say the same thing before I got my HRM. My elliptical would cheat me out of 50 calories for every 10 minutes I was using it...I usually would do 40...thats 200 calories I wasn't counting as burned calories. If you do not have a HRM I suggest you get one!

1. they may say they are burning that much but it is still a TOTAL GUESS...and I always doubt those huge numbers unless they are doing some really difficult exercise with variations built in for major effect.
2. you should underestimate those calories in case you are over estimating the effect.
3. CHANGING your routine burns more calories. Doing the same thing each time you burn less each time as your body gets used to it.

Calorie burn depends on a lot of factors that are not factored into these burn guesses.

1. how big you are, if you are large you burn more, the smaller you are the less you burn
2. how out of shape you are, out of shape people burn more, the better shape you are in, the less you burn cause your body is efficient. An obese person can burn a ton of calories on a walk, while someone in shape will burn barely more than standing around.
3. how difficult is the exercise? Running, spinning or jump training (plyometrics) burns a ton while riding a bike burns much less (especially if you are used to it). Squats burn a lot, while pushups burn much less.

Bottom line is I would not get hung up on the numbers too much. All of this is just a calculation that has a lot of factors in. Base your actions on the results. If you are getting good results, keep on the same track. If not then step it up. If you are changing up your exercise, doing it regularly and making it diffucult, going for the burn, making the last part of the exercise as intense as possible, you will burn a lot. But if you are doing the same exercise all the time, not going for it totally and slowing down at the end of the exercise you will burn less each time you do it.

B :-)

It really depends on the intensity and duration of the exercise, and the weight of the person. Obviously someone who weighs 200 pounds versus someone who weighs 120 pounds will burn a LOT more.
And intensity is important too! Do you do interval training? Because if you're walking at the same speed for a straight 20 minutes, you're going to burn less then someone who switches it up to warm up, fast walking, moderate pace, to fast walking and so on every few minutes. And if you're using the eliptical machine, you have to put up the resistance and also do interval training to get maximum calorie burn!

It is your workouts. I start mine with 30-45 min cardio (running doesnt burn much for me so I do stairs or eliptical and/or jump roping) then I do 20-40 interval/circuit traning. Thats burns tons of calories. Last week a 90 min session burned almost 900 calories. You need to hike up the intensity and get a HRM. Check out my workouts I posted the last 2 days. They will burn over 300 calories no problem. If I do not go over 500 calories I will keep going; good luck

I would also mention that it matters how much you weigh, and/or how much you need to lose.
When I weighted 269, I burned about 200 more cals in the same workout than I do now, simply because I was moving more weight around.

I can still bust out a 1000+ burn, but heck I am still in the 220's.
Also, I firmly believe if you service your body like the precision machine it is, then it will perform better altogether...I don't put 15 gallons of gas in my 45 gallon fuel tank and wonder why it won't just coast on the fumes. Same with fueling my body for optimum performance. Feed it to lose it.

How long are you working out for? And what are you doing?
I use a HRM and burn 110+ calories per 10 mins or so.

I only burn about 40 calories per 10 minutes :sad: What am I doing wrong? I am often going over my max heart rate so it's not that I'm not pushing hard enough...