Spinning vs Running

for me...running. after a few minutes of spinning around I'd throw up. LOL

I really think it's be different...depends on the intensity you go at each. The both require the legs which are big muscles.
I'll be interested in what people say that have done both.

I find running burns more calories... or at least it would if I could sustain it for as long as I can with the spinning As said, you don't get so puffed out on a bike

This is a massive "that depends".

Doing a rough comparison using MFP calories (which for me are pretty accurate), 30 minutes of running at 12 minute miles burns around 16% more than spinning.

BUT a spinning class usually lasts an hour, and if you can keep that up longer than you run, you'll burn more in total.

A second BUT is how much effort do you put in? If you add intervals to your running you'd burn far more, likewise a full-out spin class will up the burn. These high effort sessions will also increase the afterburn - the extra calories you use while your body recovers over the rest of the day.

It also depends on your goals. If you want to just lose weight, you may want to choose something you can do for longer or do a mixture in a day. I burned my most calories since I joined MFP doing a 160 minute adventure race (1400) and a 190 minute night hike at a slow speed (1030).

You will get lots of answers saying use a heart rate monitor, but even that's an estimate and requires additional calculations to subtract what you'd have burned just living. For the most part MFP calories are good enough.

I do both. I'm a woman, I'm 5ft 9.5" and I weight 12.3 stone.

When I'm running on the treadmill in the gym, I generally do about 5km at a 10km per hour speed, that usually burns according to the machine about 400 calories inside the 27ish minutes it takes me to do this. I've not run with my HRM yet as I only got it relatively recently.

I recently lost half a stone so the amount I'm burning now is slightly less than it used to be. I go to spin classes regularly and I find that I usually burn between 400-550 in the 45 minute classes - this is based on what I've recorded with my HRM. The classes I go to are quite hard though, and the teachers really encourage you to push it quite hard.

From my experience, I would say running is a better calories burner, but it depends on how hard you're pushing it.

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How do u run at 10kmh! i get to 55 seconds and grab the rail so i don't fling back! comfortably i can run at 7km, i have to bolt at 10!

Running will generally burn more calories than spinning. That said I think you should do both as it is not just about the calorific burn.

Cycling and in particular Spinning ahs been proven to help with running and a varied / balanced workout schedule will produce better results than keeping to one esercise regime.

for me it's running. I tend to flail around though, so its more of a full body workout Spinning is a great burn as well though!!