Calories burned
natginza
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Hi guys!
Do you think that burn about 1500 to 1600 calories in a workout ( I use polar watch and apple, so yeah, it's real calories burned) during in a diet with 1600 calories a day at max is too much ?
Do you think that burn about 1500 to 1600 calories in a workout ( I use polar watch and apple, so yeah, it's real calories burned) during in a diet with 1600 calories a day at max is too much ?
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I think it’s not possible.5
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Does your workout last three hours?
More detail required - far more detail.
No-one knows anything about you or your workout.2 -
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What are you doing that your watch registers 1500 calories burned?0
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Is it possible? Yes. Is is likely? No.2
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possible but not probable0
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(1) The only people I know getting burns like that, that I believe, are doing things like very long, usually pretty fast, bike rides. If you're very obese, you will burn more calories than most doing any body-moving thing, but that's still a huge number.
(2) Keep in mind that heart rate is a proxy for calorie burn, not a measurement of it, so any device looking primarily at heart rate can be very, very wrong about calories. There are many things that increase heart rate without burning more calories: Strain, dehydration, high ambient temperature, and more. If I wear my HRM during weight training specifically, the calorie estimates are unreasonably high. It's from straining.
(3) If you're actually burning 1500-1600 calories in a workout, and eating only 1600 - not eating any exercise calories in addition - on any regular basis, that's a Very Bad Plan. Not healthy. Headed for trouble.
Granny likes to see people stay strong and healthy while they achieve weight and fitness goals. I fear you are not on that track, even if your workout calories are overestimated.5 -
I'd be side-eyeing it. I don't even burn 1600 when I run a half marathon.
So, I mean, maybe if you did a half or a full, or the equivalent, but certainly not as a "regular" workout, and if you're running that distance, hopefully you also know that it's unsafe to run that without actually fueling it.6 -
Well, i'm 1,64 cm hight and 52 kg. It takes about 3 and a half hours to burn all this calories, mixing weigth training and cardio. And it is real, i'm not super estimating.4
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What you're not hearing is that we're saying that level of a calorie burn is difficult to create, even for endurance athletes. And if you're that tiny, it's even harder.
What cardio are you doing that you're getting that much of a burn?0 -
Ah.....weight training burns relatively few calories. No heart rate monitor is going to be effective for strength training calorie burn estimates. So you would be "super estimating."
Your body burns calories 24/7. Adding massive calorie burns thru exercise and then eating relatively little is a recipe for lean muscle loss. You don't want a massive deficit. Strength training should help you keep lean muscle mass.....not burn thru it.5 -
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Well, i'm 1,64 cm hight and 52 kg. It takes about 3 and a half hours to burn all this calories, mixing weigth training and cardio. And it is real, i'm not super estimating.
Yeah, it's not good for lifting. When I'm lifting I turn the HR sensor on my Fitbit off because it will skew everything.
What is your goal? Lose/maintain/gain weight?1 -
Well, i'm 1,64 cm hight and 52 kg. It takes about 3 and a half hours to burn all this calories, mixing weigth training and cardio. And it is real, i'm not super estimating.
Three hours of cardio would be possible to burn that kind of number if you are very fit but weight training is a low calorie burner which your watch can't give an accurate estimate for.
Do remember you can't measure energy with a watch.
It's not "real" it's just a number on a gadget being used for a purpose it's not good at.
Cardio can give reasonable estimate but even then intervals will seriously mess with any accuracy.1 -
Well, i'm 1,64 cm hight and 52 kg. It takes about 3 and a half hours to burn all this calories, mixing weigth training and cardio. And it is real, i'm not super estimating.
Um, no. You're overestimating.
I'm 165 cm, 57kg, and a longtime short-endurance athlete. I'm decently fit. There is literally nothing I can do for 3.5 hours continuously that will burn anything like that number of calories.
And, if you're 52 kg, regularly eating 1600 "at max" gross calories, and exercising (energetically or otherwise) for 3.5 hours a day, you're seriously and dangerously underfueling yourself. Not a good plan.4 -
I used to regularly get in 1200-1500 calorie burns, back when I was 62kg, but obviously, I was heavier then you, and as with everything, my chest strap based HRM might have been out. It was hard work and involved an hour and a half of my own cardio as well as a boxing class, weights and walking. I was very fit and very lean. I did not gain weight eating all of those back (and keeping them in). But it would take pretty darn intense training to burn that much at your weight, or several intense sessions per day.
Also - why are you doing that much exercise in one day? I note no-one has asked that yet.
For me, it was because it was immense stress relief, a challenge to prove to myself I could reach that level of fitness and to a degree, it was a bit of an addiction.
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that’s by Apple Watch and by Polar ft4 I burned 1600 Yes, it was a very moderate/ intense cardio and from weights just abou 150 kcal. It was a challenge I wanted to make with myself and I was wondering if it is too bad do it often
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that’s by Apple Watch and by Polar ft4 I burned 1600 Yes, it was a very moderate/ intense cardio and from weights just abou 150 kcal. It was a challenge I wanted to make with myself and I was wondering if it is too bad do it often
I don't think you are hearing what people are saying. These gadgets are not as accurate as you think they are. The numbers they would give for weight lifting would be completely wrong.
Realize this, it is very difficult to get the sort of burns you say you are getting. As a 200 pound male I only get close to this when cycling 3 hours or so.
As to wondering if that sort of exercise level is bad to do often, it depends on what you mean by often. It would depend on you rest days, recovery program, and how you are eating to replenish your body.2 -
You (and your watch) are assuming that exercise + tachycardia = calorie burn.
I can give myself a heart rate of 142 bpm without exercising. I can take stimulants, I can get scared, I can hold my breath... or I could get dehydrated. I'm willing to bet that after 3 continuous hours of aerobic exercise that you were quite dehydrated, and that your heart rate monitor was attributing your tachycardia to calorie burning.
Just look at your two sessions. You did 220 calories in 40 minutes, and then 1200 calories in 3 hours. Do you think that you were actually working 20% harder for almost five times as long without getting fatigued and burning out? That seems unlikely.4 -
Regardless of whether the OP burned 1600 Cal in 3.5 hours while eating 1600. Or burned 900 Cal in 3 hours while eating 1600.
Eating 1600 calories and exercising on an elliptical for 3.5 hours... and asking if it would be "bad to do often" does not sound like a great diet and exercise plan for long term health.4 -
Regardless of whether the OP burned 1600 Cal in 3.5 hours while eating 1600. Or burned 900 Cal in 3 hours while eating 1600.
Eating 1600 calories and exercising on an elliptical for 3.5 hours... and asking if it would be "bad to do often" does not sound like a great diet and exercise plan for long term health.
Yup. Either way, it's Just Wrong. Prediction, based on behavior so far: She will not listen to everyone.1 -
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moral of the story - take your fitbits and other gadgets straight to the garbage bin
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