1,000 calories burned

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  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    edited March 2015
    esjones12 wrote: »
    And yes, as stated above this wasn't a stroll through the park lol. I def burn a few hundred less on flatter courses without snow.

    I generally account for about 20-25% extra on trails.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    nancy274 wrote: »
    Doubt most people can actually burn 1,000 cals in a normal workout. Maybe if you dedicate your day to it like going on a 20 mile hike with a high elevation gain....

    Perhaps I am not most people. But this is fairly common for me. Usually both weekend days are 1500-2500 calorie efforts. There is usually a mid-week big workout that knocks off 1000+.

    That is really only about an hour and a half of sustained effort.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Why do you need to burn 1,000 calories at a time? That's pretty high. I think most people who are claiming that aren't burning nearly that many anyway. It would take me at least 5 hours in the gym to burn that much!! Not gonna happen. Definitely not happening in a 45 minute class like I see many people claiming.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    cruzmom123 wrote: »
    I know people who claim to burn 1,000 calories working out at the gym.

    1000 calories is a 250 pounder running 10k or a 125 pounder running 20k. So if the people you know are able to that in an hour (or whatever), then yes, they may be burning 1000 calories in an hour (or whatever).

    If they can't, they aren't.
  • amandarunning
    amandarunning Posts: 306 Member
    Whilst I'm guilty of it, I am getting better at viewing exercise in terms of what's good for my body rather than the calories burnt doing it. Always been a cardio junkie and a major reason has been calorie burn - or at least a vaguely measurable calorie burn. Trying to incorporate more resistance training as that's something I need to improve for both strength and also the shape I desire.

    So whether it's a 1000 or 200 burn, I guess it's better to focus on the exercise and its benefits outside of that sometimes?
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    glevinso wrote: »
    nancy274 wrote: »
    Doubt most people can actually burn 1,000 cals in a normal workout. Maybe if you dedicate your day to it like going on a 20 mile hike with a high elevation gain....

    Perhaps I am not most people. But this is fairly common for me. Usually both weekend days are 1500-2500 calorie efforts. There is usually a mid-week big workout that knocks off 1000+.

    That is really only about an hour and a half of sustained effort.

    Yep, I burn over 1000 quite often. During summer time, I burn that almost daily on bike rides.

  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    Burning calories in a workout is a product of weight x workload x time. Even a lighter person working at a light to moderate pace can burn 1000 calories if they do it long enough. However, there is likely no special benefit in burning that many calories in a workout. Since weight loss is more affected by diet anyhow, exercise is more of an assist. The ASCM guidelines call for 300-500 cal/workout or 1500-2500 per week to help with weight loss.

    If I pigged out the day before, sometimes I'll do a 900-1000 workout. It's my version of a "cleanse". But figuring out food intake around that can be tricky.
  • gbel1975
    gbel1975 Posts: 86 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    1000 calories is a 250 pounder running 10k or a 125 pounder running 20k.

    I was just going to post something to this effect. As a 220 pound guy, I burn a lot more calories per mile or minute while running than my wife does, who weighs less.

    I effectively burn 200 calories per mile, so if I do a five mile run, which takes me 56-58 minutes (I'm not fast) then I'll burn 1,000 calories.

  • CA_Underdog
    CA_Underdog Posts: 733 Member
    edited March 2015
    cruzmom123 wrote: »
    I know people who claim to burn 1,000 calories working out at the gym. I have a 1-year-old son so I don't have time to go to the gym. I do my workouts at home with Comcast On Demand. Just curious though, how does one burn so many calories and how can I do that at home?

    I burned 2,000 calories yesterday over the course of four hours. It was hiking outside, but the same could be done at the gym. It's simply speed, elevation gain, weight, and time.

    This was, for me, a fairly light hike on a rest day.
  • CharleneMarie723
    CharleneMarie723 Posts: 98 Member
    An 11 mile run in 92 minutes got me 1,034 burned the other day. Add pushing a jogging stroller to that and BINGO!
  • Zx14chick
    Zx14chick Posts: 255 Member
    edited March 2015
    I just burned 881 calories (I wear a Polar HRM that must be pretty accurate, considering I am maintaining/losing) in 81 minutes yesterday. I did that on my stationary bike and a few minutes of a strength training.

    I ran a half marathon in just under 3 hours in November and burned over 2,200 calories.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Zx14chick wrote: »
    I just burned 881 calories (I wear a Polar HRM that must be pretty accurate, considering I am maintaining/losing) in 81 minutes yesterday. I did that on my stationary bike and a few minutes of a strength training.

    Except that wearing an HRM while lifting will usually inflate the numbers since an HRM isn't designed to track weight lifting calories.

  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Zx14chick wrote: »
    I just burned 881 calories (I wear a Polar HRM that must be pretty accurate, considering I am maintaining/losing) in 81 minutes yesterday. I did that on my stationary bike and a few minutes of a strength training.

    Except that wearing an HRM while lifting will usually inflate the numbers since an HRM isn't designed to track weight lifting calories.

    Yep. The HRM is using your heart rate x time to estimate calories. There is good correlation to heart rate and energy expenditure when we are talking about cardiovascular exercise. It is not going to be accurate for strength training as your heart rate rises and falls in spikes during the exercise but that is not necessarily in response to actually burning any real energy. You are stressing anaerobic systems when lifting, which is not what the HRM is going to be able to measure.

    You can get yourself a "high calorie burn" that is entirely fake by sitting in a sauna for 20 minutes. Your heart rate will go up to help raise your sweat rate, so you cool off. Again, your HRM will be "fooled" into thinking you are actually burning calories when in reality your heart rate is higher for a different reason.
  • dawnna76
    dawnna76 Posts: 987 Member
    for me (5'7" 189 pound 39 year old female) thats a nine mile run for me at a 12 min mile pace. 1.5 -2 hours of constant cardio.

    weightloss is more about what you eat and less about the exercise. you cant exercise your way out of a bad diet.
  • Battleshipcombat
    Battleshipcombat Posts: 6
    Jump roping
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    I forgot to shut off my heart rate monitor after working out, and went and watched my kid train for the last half of her practice. 1.5 hours later, 1100 calories burned, voila! o:) (I wish it was that easy!)
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