Logging T25 workouts?

kdannull
kdannull Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Is anyone else doing Shaun T's T25 workout? I just started and I'm not sure the best way to log it in my exercises? How is anyone else doing it? Any tips are greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

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  • bug1114
    bug1114 Posts: 268 Member
    I would suggest getting yourself a heart rate monitor so that you can more accurately track the calories burned. I have a Polar FT4 and it works great. For me, I burn anywhere between 200-350 calories depending on which disc I'm doing of T25. But calories burned will vary for each person because of height, weight, heart rate, etc. When I first started MFP, I used the activity tracker and selected circuit training (general) but once I got my HRM, I realized that MFP grossly overestimates calories burned.
  • hawksvixxen
    hawksvixxen Posts: 54 Member
    kdannull wrote: »
    Is anyone else doing Shaun T's T25 workout? I just started and I'm not sure the best way to log it in my exercises? How is anyone else doing it? Any tips are greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

    Just started a group specifically for those of us doing T25 - keep us motivated and on track. Feel free to join in!

  • starkiss100
    starkiss100 Posts: 235 Member
    I record it as circuit training and minus 50 calories from what MFP says, I think it's well over estimated as well. I bough a heart rate monitor watch and it must be junk because it says I only burn a little over 100 calories.
  • pittjenn
    pittjenn Posts: 247 Member
    Depending on which disc it is, my HR monitor says I burn between 250 and 450 calories per workout. Since that's such a large range, I'd get a HR monitor for yourself to see.
  • skinny4me2be
    skinny4me2be Posts: 358 Member
    if you use a heart rate monitor, you can create your own exercises, label them as you wish and add your calories burned.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    starkiss100 wrote: »
    I record it as circuit training and minus 50 calories from what MFP says, I think it's well over estimated as well. I bough a heart rate monitor watch and it must be junk because it says I only burn a little over 100 calories.

    HRMs aren't designed for these kind of training scenarios. Your prior approach seems more sensible anyway.
  • kdannull
    kdannull Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks everyone!!
  • andytyke
    andytyke Posts: 1 Member
    I use the t25 calorie calculator http://www.t25calories.com
  • shazland
    shazland Posts: 63 Member
    I just log it as circuit training 25 mins. But if MFP overestimate calories burnt I might only log 20 minutes to be on the safe side.
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