Push ups
eznowjo
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So I have started doing push ups.. When I log it on here it gives no sign of calories burnt.. I understand at the moment I'm only doing 10 press ups but I'm hoping on building on that.. But would like to know that even doing 10 push ups is burning something.. Any ideas
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It’s probably negligible in terms of how many calories burned right now, but when you get up to a good amount you can log calistenthics in the cardio section2
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The strength part of your diary is just a journal to record things (if you really want to) and has no calorie functionality.
You can log "strength training" under the cardio part of the exercise diary for a rough estimate but pointless for just a few seconds doing 10 pushups.1 -
OK thank you.. But will doing press ups help with loosing weight in general. Or just improve fitness,, strength0
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OK thank you.. But will doing press ups help with loosing weight in general. Or just improve fitness,, strength
Exercise isn't for losing weight - it's for health, fitness, strength, preservation of muscle while losing weight.
It's something you should be doing (in many different ways) whether losing weight or not. Think of it as a great lifetime habit not a weight loss technique.3 -
But would doing push ups contribute at all to burning fat.. Loosing weight1
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But would doing push ups contribute at all to burning fat.. Loosing weight
About the same as not putting a spoonful of sugar in your coffee or walking up one flight of stairs.
Trivial or totally insignificant in other words. Yes all movement helps but you need to massively upscale from a few pushups to make it significant.
And do remember this site doesn't encourage people to use exercise to increase their chosen calorie deficit - it's that life lesson thing again.
Focus on the big ticket items not a few seconds of pushups.3 -
If you approach everything you do with the mindset of "how much weight will this make me lose" you're setting yourself up to fail. It's about all the little lifestyle changes contributing to the bigger picture.3
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according to web-md 1 pushup = 1 calorie. So, if you do 3,500 push-ups per week and not eat more, then you would lose a pound a week. Doing 500 push-ups a day would definitely make you good at push-ups but much easier ways to create a calorie deficit.4
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according to web-md 1 pushup = 1 calorie. So, if you do 3,500 push-ups per week and not eat more, then you would lose a pound a week. Doing 500 push-ups a day would definitely make you good at push-ups but much easier ways to create a calorie deficit.
That's a lot of work.. Il just use push ups for toning then..3
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