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Hiit and calories burned

carolinamombo
carolinamombo Posts: 28 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Any ideas on how to estimate a HIIT workout? Thanks in advance :-)

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  • mrsKOrtiz
    mrsKOrtiz Posts: 949 Member
    Caloric burn? An hrm could help..
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    karinaortiz23 wrote: »
    Caloric burn? An hrm could help..

    A HRM is pretty useless for HIIT - your HR is still elevated during the recovery phases and you will get an inflated figure.

    OP - what kind of HIIT workout? Doing what and for how long?
  • carolinamombo
    carolinamombo Posts: 28 Member
    50 seconds work + 10 seconds rest for 10 exercises. 2 rounds. All plyo/body weight stuff - lunge jumps, star jumps, burpees, mountain climbers, etc.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Suggest you log it as calisthenics or circuit training. There's no way of getting an accurate number so not worth sweating over it too much (no pun intended!).

    A rough ball-park figure might be to plug in how far you could run for 20 minutes into a running calorie calculator.
  • carolinamombo
    carolinamombo Posts: 28 Member
    Ha! I did just that - logged as calisthenics. Thanks!
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