1,000 Calorie Challenge!

jaquada25 wrote: »

Count me in! I burned 628 calories on a stair climber in 26 minutes, so 1000 cals a day is possible!

Not likely

I should stop doing this to myself, but after my ride and run, I am too tired to care. I am just glad it came out as PC as it did!

3dogsrunning wrote: »

glevinso wrote: »

jaquada25 wrote: »

Count me in! I burned 628 calories on a stair climber in 26 minutes, so 1000 cals a day is possible!

Not likely

I was wondering if we were going to do this again. LOL.

I just didn't have it in me.

Yeah, same.

Just did 30k on the bike and 3k on my feet - and no, I'm not giving my burn number.

cresyluna wrote: »

Man I wish I had that time, wearing a HRM I usually average around 500cals per hour in the gym, and this week is definitely not going to allow 2 hours each day.

SingingSingleTracker wrote: »

heybales wrote: »

Personal testing with HRM is easiest to see this effect. I can't say I've seen studies on it - because it's a known effect.

Walk and notice how high the HR gets. That's the HR needed to supply the oxygen needed for that level of effort.

Now run really fast for 1 min, and notice how high the HR gets.
That's the HR needed for that level of effort.

Now start walking again, and notice how long it takes for HR to lower to the actual level needed for that level of effort.

So that whole time it is lowering, slowly if bad fitness, faster if good fitness, it is actually elevated compared to the level of effort.

Keep in mind it works both ways in terms of over-reporting and under-reporting one's effort based on HR alone. When doing intervals, the HR really lags the effort going from start to finish of the interval. So in shorter duration intervals, the HR doesn't even reach the target zone even though one's effort is pumping it out. Even if I do Zone 4 intervals, the HR lag can be up to 3 minutes before it climbs to the level even though I am pegged in the proper zone in the very first few seconds of the interval in terms of effort. The HR lag - in this case - means that the calorie burn is being under-reported.

In other words, it all works out to a wash in the end on both sides of an interval.

Very true on lag time, but for average person doing that test it won't be that slow going up.

Do you have a Garmin where you have per second records of HR?

It's interesting to see the difference in lag time going up and coming down. Mine is not a wash by a long shot.

But it can at least help it out.

The other issue even outside of intervals is the overshoot you might say where the HR goes slightly higher than effort needs, because after 1-3 min the HR lowers down by some bpm, depending on fitness level.
So those workouts that are just constantly changing never lets the HR settle where it really needs to be.
That could end up being a big effect depending on workout done.

As well as cardiac drift. Just doing a steady effort for 60 min will usually show an increase in HR though the intensity is exactly the same.

ThickMcRunFast wrote: »

3582 calories today....for a 50km race with 4500 ft of elevation gain.

So yeah, that whole '628 for 28 minutes on the stair climber' is totally in the same ballpark.

[numbers crunching]

yeah, at the stair climber burn that's 2:36. Which is what, halfway in the 50km?

CASE CLOSED FOLKS, hang up your running shoes, back onto the stairmaster, it's twice as hard efficient as running up hills...with an HRM....and a GPS...on a timed course.

Looking back over the week...

1800 burned running
3000 burned cycling

Didn't quite make it on 16km running and 65km cycling.

I am succeeding in sitting on my couch. Maybe I will take a slow recovery jog/walk later. Only made it about 5000 cals burned for the week. Such a failure.

ashleejunker wrote: »

I think the bottom line here is that she would like support for her challenge.

She never said that it was a "burn 1000 calories in an hour challenge", or anthing like that.

Support her, or move on to another thread.

---I hope you hit 1000 each day!---

so you haven't read the 14 pages I assume?

I'm 150 lbs and about 25 lbs overweight. I burn up to 1000 calories or more easily in about 2 hours of very strenuous session of HIIT+strength training, but there's no way I would be able to do it everyday. I need a break of one or two days afterwards. Good luck with your 1000 per day burn challenge OP. You'll need it!