I see people buring over 1000 cals at the gym

malibu927 wrote: »

The people who are burning 1000+ calories are either overestimating their output or there for 2-3 hours

This. The only time I've burned that much is half marathons

malibu927 wrote: »

The people who are burning 1000+ calories are either overestimating their output or there for 2-3 hours

I burn 1500 calories, ( using polar) in a 90min.

thelovelyLIZ wrote: »

malibu927 wrote: »

The people who are burning 1000+ calories are either overestimating their output or there for 2-3 hours

This. The only time I've burned that much is half marathons

Or they're just larger people.

Shrimpy little (118 lb) me burns about 600 calories an hour on my long runs (at somewhere between about 6.7 - 7.2 miles per hour right now) so I also have to run over 10 miles to burn that much. But someone lots taller and heavier than me will burn considerably more doing the same activity, and there are plenty of 180 lb guys running, so it doesn't seem too farfetched to me in that respect. I've seen plenty of indication on this thread that lots of heavier people who do relatively intense cardio have way bigger burns than I do.

I have to remind myself often that I'm shorter and lighter than average, female, and not heavily muscled, so I'm not going to burn as much (or be able to eat as much) as the large, fit men I know. I run over 30 miles per week, bike commute in good weather, and walk a lot and I still maintain my weight around only 2000 calories a day despite an active lifestyle just because the smaller you are, the fewer calories your body requires at work or at rest.

The reverse is my pet peeve around here too - big guys who make comments like "you should be able to fit an entire pizza in your daily intake no problem as long as you work out!" or "you just need to work out more, my maintenance is 3500/day!" or whatever to petite women or comment that cutting on 1200-1500/day is absolute madness (when for many smaller, shorter people it's a pretty conservative, less than a pound per week deficit.)

I'm a 118-119 pound woman. It is getting harder and harder for me to get 1000 calorie workout days. I basically have to do about the hardest Insanity DVD I can and follow that up with 60+ minutes of kettlebell/plyometrics intervals. (And yes I eat back the calories and am doing OK in maintenance so far.) It is not worth it for me to do this very often. I save it for Friday afternoons when I am leaving work early anyway and wanting to eat at a restaurant for dinner and not limit myself to salad.