1,000 Calorie Challenge!
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Just to add to this hijacked thread but in support of the OP, my Garmin HRM strap reports around 1000 cal burn for mountain biking and not much less for "road" biking in one hour for my inputs (+200lb 5'6" male). I have used Endomondo, Garmin and other apps--all are similar as well as online calculators. I eat back my calories and have been losing 2lbs + /week for the past 4 weeks. A few year ago, I saw similar results over a six month period.0
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I was in a road race this past Saturday. Only a 33 mile ride in 1:40, but I got a 1400 calorie burn out of it (as calculated by my power meter so I believe it). I was averaging 235 watts for the entire 1:40
I stuck in the middle of a 25 person group for 45 miles.... My wattage was lower than yours. Only at 100 average for the ride. I only had 80 miles this year before those 50 so I wasn't pushing it too much plus it was raining for 60% of the ride, hence the relatively slow time.
Yea I would have loved to stay with the peloton but the wind conspired against me and blew me out of the pack early. If I had stayed with the bunch I can bet my wattage would be much lower and I wouldn't have had such a miserable time trying to time-trial my way back to the group0 -
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chivalryder wrote: »
It was a short ride for me, but a massive effort due to being hung out there all alone off the back of the pack
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No freaking way. No sense in this.0
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Wow! People do need to be told if they're calculating something wrong (for their own benefit), but I don't think they need to be patronised. Some of these comments are a bit mean and, well, just unnecessary.0
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FWIW... based on what I've read, 10 cals per minute is generally accepted as the max rate at which most people (i.e. not elite athletes) can sustain for any meaningful amount of time. That means 600 cals per 60 minute workout.
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My two cents probably won't mean anything but I just want to say that I am a postal worker and I walk an average of about 14 miles per day, I can burn roughly 1920 calories during that time but we are walking (and not a slow walk I might add) for an rougly anywhere from 5 - 7 hours. I would think to burn 1000 calories you would need to be working out for a good 3 hours at the gym.0
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Secondarily... I think the spirit of this post is good even if the metrics might be off a bit for many. Getting in good workouts and big burns is a good thing... don't worry so much about the numbers.0
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FWIW... based on what I've read, 10 cals per minute is generally accepted as the max rate at which most people (i.e. not elite athletes) can sustain for any meaningful amount of time. That means 600 cals per 60 minute workout.
Just food for thought.
Yup, if I don't have a heart rate monitor or anything, I use 5 cals per minute to be safe. 6 if I really pushed it.0 -
Just forget it. Sorry I even posted the challenge. I don't need all the math. I've been losing just fine doing it simply so you guys have fun debating your math and whether or not this is possible, because I've done it. Laters.0
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Don't you know you are not allowed to have fun on these forums?1
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I'm NOT in! it takes me around 3 hrs of running to burn that, did it a few weeks ago for 5 days and ended up needing to fuel my extra workouts with much more food and gained!...so no, I'll stick to my usual 500 cal/day burn. Wishing you all the best though 0
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KKJackson91 wrote: »Just forget it. Sorry I even posted the challenge. I don't need all the math. I've been losing just fine doing it simply so you guys have fun debating your math and whether or not this is possible, because I've done it. Laters.
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KKJackson91 wrote: »@Mr_Knight Actually, I can burn 1000 calories easy in one workout. It only takes about an hour of running and walking intervals. I'll be posting here every day to check in. I also log my calorie burns with an HRM.
Nope, not possible. Your calorie burn is HUGELY overestimated! It is dang near impossible for the average person to burn 1000 through exercise in one day.0 -
kamakazeekim wrote: »KKJackson91 wrote: »@Mr_Knight Actually, I can burn 1000 calories easy in one workout. It only takes about an hour of running and walking intervals. I'll be posting here every day to check in. I also log my calorie burns with an HRM.
Nope, not possible. Your calorie burn is HUGELY overestimated! It is dang near impossible for the average person to burn 1000 through exercise in one hour.
FIFY.
Commuting to and from work via bicycle (average 1 hour 15 minutes each way) easily burns over 1000 calories.
Some people exercise for 4+ hours on the weekend. This results in 2000+ calorie burns.0 -
kamakazeekim wrote: »KKJackson91 wrote: »@Mr_Knight Actually, I can burn 1000 calories easy in one workout. It only takes about an hour of running and walking intervals. I'll be posting here every day to check in. I also log my calorie burns with an HRM.
It is dang near impossible for the average person to burn 1000 through exercise in one day.
That's a bit of stretch. I wouldn't say it's "dang near impossible". Just not as easy as some people like to believe.
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You beat me to itchivalryder wrote: »kamakazeekim wrote: »KKJackson91 wrote: »@Mr_Knight Actually, I can burn 1000 calories easy in one workout. It only takes about an hour of running and walking intervals. I'll be posting here every day to check in. I also log my calorie burns with an HRM.
Nope, not possible. Your calorie burn is HUGELY overestimated! It is dang near impossible for the average person to burn 1000 through exercise in one hour.
FIFY.
Commuting to and from work via bicycle (average 1 hour 15 minutes each way) easily burns over 1000 calories.
Some people exercise for 4+ hours on the weekend. This results in 2000+ calorie burns.
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kamakazeekim wrote: »KKJackson91 wrote: »@Mr_Knight Actually, I can burn 1000 calories easy in one workout. It only takes about an hour of running and walking intervals. I'll be posting here every day to check in. I also log my calorie burns with an HRM.
Nope, not possible. Your calorie burn is HUGELY overestimated! It is dang near impossible for the average person to burn 1000 through exercise in one day.
Let's not quite go there. I get pretty close to 1000 most weekdays (sometimes over), and weekends easily 2000 each day. Granted I am not "average" I guess. However what I do to cause that would probably kill most people.
However the OP's assertion that an hour of mixed walking and jogging burns 1000 is certainly way off the mark. Unless she is over 400lbs that level of burn is unlikely with the stated light exercise.0 -
1000 exercise calories per day? I'm sure there are days when I do yard/garden work all day that I might manage that, but with a desk job I don't think I could do it for 7 days straight.
I think my daily burns from exercise are more like 300-350.0
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