how many cals should i burn workin out???

tifsimmons91
tifsimmons91 Posts: 84 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
i was wondering how many calories i should aim to burn during exercise if im eating 1500 cals a day? right now i burn burn between 300-450 cals depending if i do hip hop abs or turbofire... is that a good enough burn or should try to burn more?

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  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    That seems reasonable to me. I burn roughly 400 running 5 miles twice a week.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    I seem to get around 10-12 cal per minute. That's according to the machines.

    20 mins on elliptical, 220 calls burned maybe a bit more.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    I log 170 for 45 minutes or 100 minutes.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    aiming to burn calories is fine, just jump on the elliptical and do it.

    but i aim to do miles, or go for time, and let the calorie burn be what it is.
  • savvyfantastic
    savvyfantastic Posts: 112 Member
    That depends entirely on your goals and your body, if it's a normal part of your activity, etc. eg I eat 1400-1600 cals at the moment (which is very low for my energy requirements) and if I burned that many I'd be unconscious! haha. I jest but basically it completely depends on you.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Capt_Apollo wrote: »
    aiming to burn calories is fine, just jump on the elliptical and do it.

    but i aim to do miles, or go for time, and let the calorie burn be what it is.

    Yeah I go for time, 20 mins for example. But I find no matter what machine the Cals are similiar.

    20mins in eliptical 240 cal
    20 mins walking 220 cal
    20 mins bike 210 cal

    So I go for 20 mins and then more if some how my Cals aren't high enough.

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