Highest calorie burning exercise

eliptical (crosstrainer machine) I cand do a 40min weight loss program and burn between 400-600 depending on which of the programs I choose. The Machine at least the one I have also has you punch in your age , weight so that you can get a more accuate # of cal. burned.

Also Love zumba

Also it's not the type of exercise that burns more calories its the size of the individual person and the intensity and effort you put into the workout. As when i would do 30 day shred level 1 i was only burning 180-190 calories i was putting all my effort in, where as some people where burning 300-500 calories in the 20 minutes.

Exactly.

I burn 500 to 650 calories in my Zumba class. I have classmates that burn close to 1000. I'm more in shape and even though my intensity is high my body doesn't allow me to burn as many calories as the others.

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Running I think burns the most. Spinning is close behind (at least for me). I burn about 80 calories per (running) mile so in an easy hour's run, I burn about 500. I run 4 days a week, anywhere from 4 to 13 miles, that's a lot of calories. When I ride, I ride anywhere from 25 to 60 miles. A 25 mile easy ride burns about 550 calories and I do that in about an hour and a half. On my long group rides, depending on the distance (up to 57 miles or so), i burn between 1500 and 2300 calories. That takes us a few hours with some stops. So yes, the key to calorie burn is cardio. Your weight and level of fitness also matter. Heavier people burn more calories and the calorie burn decreases as they lose weight and become more efficient.

I've heard spinning is the best.

Have to say I'm sceptical of some of the very high burns reported though - 1000 calories for a Zumba or a Jam class - nah, highly unlikely in my opinion.

For me (I'm a small, reasonably fit female) my burn rates are approximately:
Running - 600 calories an hour
Body Attack - 450 calories an hour
Calisthenics - 400 calories an hour
Body Step - 400 calories an hour
Body Combat - 380 calories an hour
Body Jam - 300 calories an hour
Zumba - 280 calories an hour
Body Pump - 280 calories an hour
Body Balance - 250 calories an hour

Two things make me burn the most:

Walking on the treadmill at a high incline without holding on.. that shoots my heart rate right up there and in 45 min, I burned like 500 calories.

The other is my personal trainer.. it's easy to quit or go easy on your self, but when you have someone pushing you and telling you to keep going, you want to show them that yes you can do this and you're not going to quit.

Scientists rate the intensity of exercise according to METs, or metabolic equivalents. The cutoff line between "moderate" and "vigorous" exercise is 6 METs, or the point at which your body is using six times as much energy as it would at rest. Serious strength training is considered a 6-MET activity, as is cross-country hiking, doubles tennis, and heavy duty construction or landscaping work.

It's not particularly useful to think of exercise in terms of categories such as "cardio" or "weight lifting." It makes more sense to look at the total amount of exercise you get in relation to the amount of effort it takes to perform that exercise.

Here's a list that gives you an idea of the average estimated effort involved in some popular activities. Remember that two people doing the same workout, playing the same sport, or taking the same exercise class might put in different levels of effort.

Stretching/Hatha yoga = 2.5 METs per hour
Walking 3.5mph, level surface = 3.8 METs per hour
Bicycling, 10-11.9mph = 6 METs per hour
Basketball (full court, game conditions) = 8 METs per hour
Bicycling, 12-13.9mph = 8 METs per hour
Running, 5mph (12-minute miles) = 8 METs per hour
Swimming laps (freestyle, 50 yards per minute) = 8 METs per hour
Tennis (singles) = 8 METs per hour
Mountain biking = 8.5 METs per hour
Racquetball (game) = 10 METs per hour
Running, 6.7mph (9-minute miles) = 11 METs

Skipping rope.

Walking burns the least amount of calories for me. I can walk for an hour and only burn about 400 that's at 3.5 MPH. And I weigh 245.

I've burned the most calories with spinning Or mowing my yard with my push mower.

Walking up hill 15 incline on the treadmill at 3 MPH, burns a ton but I can't breath or last an hour.

Circuit training also burns calories fast, or HIIT.

I use a POLAR HRM for all my calorie burns.