Such high calorie burns? What?

On my workout days I do 90 minutes. The first 30-35 minutes I'll burn around 500 calories using my M5 maxed out on settings steady state cardio wearing my HRM for accuracy. I believe that calorie burn estimate wholeheartedly, it's so hard it feels like you're dying for that whole 30-35 minutes lol. However, after I'm done, I hop off and continue with circuit training for another 60 minutes. It takes me that whole 60 minutes or so to burn another 500-600 calories. I believe that estimate is about 70% accurate because my heart rate goes down and although I keep moving the whole time in order to keep my heart rate above say 120, it just doesn't take quite as much effort as the M5 does. So my total burn for that 90 minutes is usually around 1100 calories, of which I build 750-800 into my daily calorie budget. So is the 1100 you see in my feed daily accurate 100%, probably not but it's close. I figure any time you see burns that high, figure at least 20% is over-inflated.

jemhh wrote: »

In some cases the numbers could be correct. In many they are not. I don't really pay attention to those newsfeed posts.

Exactly this. Just scroll right past.

Calories burned relates to your size weight and fitness level. The bigger and heavier you are the more energy it takes to move your body and also the fitter your are more energy you can burn.

I burn 700-800 calories on the arc trainer at planet fitness for 60 minutes. How? Because i do intervals with lower intensity then higher throughout my hour. I burn about 12-15 calories per minute depending on the intensity and how fast i am going. The arc trainer is basically a ski machine. I love that machine and i sweat on that more than any other cardio machine i use.

I am on the tread mill for 100 min.
I burn 1500+ calories
My current weight is 220+
I do HIIT.. I run for 45 seconds (7.2)mph and walk for a min

When I first started going to the gym I could easily burn 700-900 Calories in an hour, but I was 260lb, extremely unfit and felt like I was dying when my HR hit 130. Yesterday I burnt just over 1000 Calories over 3x45min classes, all three classes were high intensity with 2 out of the 3 involving lots of interval work (Insanity and Boxercise), for each of the classes my average HR was >125 and peaking at 160+. Pretty sure that if I'd have been able to manage the classes even 6 months let alone a year ago my Calorie burn would have been close to 1000/hour.

MPF is not accurate. Gym machines are more accurate but not that accurate.

I would recommend getting a HR monitor - not the wrist ones though. The one that goes around your chest is your better bet. Like a Polar H7.

Thats the only way to get closer to accurate results. I'm not saying its perfect. But it is more accurate than a gym machine or MPF.

I monitor and log calories burned, but don't sweat the numbers. I use them more as a relative gauge for my workouts. They are also very difficult to accurately measure for weight training routines. I know that if they are higher for one workout than another, then I worked harder. The more important test is the mirror test - am I making progress when I look in the mirror? And the "How do I feel test?" Do I feel better than I did last week, last month, last year?