calories burned for boot camp?

cath1024
cath1024 Posts: 79 Member
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I do a boot camp class twice a week and my heart rate monitor varys for calories burned each class because some are more cardio then others and sometimes its more body weight strength classes.

I am just not too sure if the calories burned would be acurrate or should i be deducting some from the total burned?

I find the classes that are straight cardio might be pretty acurrate but the strength classes where we do more push ups, lunges and squat type exercises with short rest periods in between each set - my heart rate goes up and down and does not stay elevated for very long at a time.

Anyone have any suggestions?
Today i had a class and heart rate minitor showed 510 so i took off 100 calories from that total as we do mostly strength today.

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  • cha36jennings
    cha36jennings Posts: 99 Member
    I'm interested in this too as I will be starting boot camp in a few weeks although I have no HRM as yet :-)
  • sharper43
    sharper43 Posts: 109
    my HRM varies just like yours for boot camp classes. For an hour class, if we focus more on strength, I'll burn anywhere around 450 - 525. But when it's mostly cardio, I have burned up to 630 before.

    I don't understand why you are removing calories from your calorie burned total for class??
  • cath1024
    cath1024 Posts: 79 Member
    yes for straight cardio days the burn is alot higher - the reason i thought about taking some off the total for strength days was because my heart rate is not realy at a steady high and i figured when it was down they would be calories i would be burning even if i wasnt at boot camp?
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I was wondering too. I do boot camp twice a week and it's knackering, but if you log circuits on here is comes out pretty low.
  • ecw3780
    ecw3780 Posts: 608 Member
    Don't take off calories just because your heart rate wasn't as high through the whole class. You are still burning calories, you just may not be in the "fat burning" zone the entire time. Calories are calories. You will burn less calories with strength training than with cardio, but you need a good combination of both.
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