100 calorie burn?

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lyssadsn
lyssadsn Posts: 7 Member
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So this keeps popping up on my pinterest page and I can't believe this would burn 100 calories. Thoughts?

100 Calorie Burn:
40 Jumping Jacks
30 crunches
20 squats
10 push ups

i mean....

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  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
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    I don't think so either. If you have a HRM (heart rate monitor) test it out.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    This is approximately 2 minutes of work. So, yes, I don't think so either.
  • alysme
    alysme Posts: 81 Member
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    If I'm powering through a spin class I can get about a 5kal per minute burn.
    A few star jumps? Nah!
  • terricherry2
    terricherry2 Posts: 222 Member
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    Nah, don't reckon so. Maybe 30-35 for me.
  • lyssadsn
    lyssadsn Posts: 7 Member
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    Seemed a little to good to be true :)
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
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    lyssadsn wrote: »
    So this keeps popping up on my pinterest page and I can't believe this would burn 100 calories. Thoughts?

    100 Calorie Burn:
    40 Jumping Jacks
    30 crunches
    20 squats
    10 push ups

    i mean....

    Minus the crunches (I don't do those), that's about my "warm up" for my body weight workouts. That's probably about 10 calories (dependent on your body weight) for the listed activities (all of them, in total).
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
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    Quite a few of the Pinterest workouts I see posted are full of false advertising. Flat abs in two weeks, super toned arms in 5 workouts, muffin top gone with just three workouts per week - drives me nuts when I see my friends pinning that stuff.

    And I agree that this one would hardly burn 100 cals. Maybe if you did 10 rounds of it.....
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
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    No. Maybe if you kept continuously repeating that circuit for 20-30 minutes.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
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    They added an extra 0. They must have meant 10 calories ;)

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