How do you burn 500, 600, 1,000+ cal at the gym?

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  • Lizjkp
    Lizjkp Posts: 278
    I am a proffessional housekeeper working in a three storey house looking after a family of between 3 and 6 people:explode: I can burn about 550-700 calories in three/four hours of physical work/cleaning/mopping etc:noway: then add walking the dogs:heart: twice a day for about 1 hour each you are looking at a good 150-270 calories depending on what I am doing and the level and speed I walk at:bigsmile: then I can do an hour of weights and cross training /30 day shred etc:explode:. It is quite easy to burn a good 1000-1200 in a day at this rate:tongue:




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  • FitnessGeek
    FitnessGeek Posts: 487
    Okay, I'll start by saying I don't have a HRM yet, (I've ordered one) I just use the numbers already posted on this site.

    Walking is my main exercise, I literally walk everywhere I go. The grocery, work, school, post office, bank...u name it I walk there if it's under 5 miles from my house. (You really think twice about going out to get a big Chipotle burrito when it's a 6 mile to get there and back).

    So on a typical day I can do 3 hours of walking at a 3.5 mph pace, plus 10 min of yoga in the morning, 10 min of yoga at night before I go to bed, my push-ups for the 100 push-up challenge, and sometimes a 20 min plates DvD.

    3 hours of walking at 3.5 mph = 796 calories burnt
    20 min of hatha yoga = 58 calories burnt
    20 min of beginner pilates = 88 calories burnt

    So yeah, I burn 650-1,000 calories through exercise most days...but choosing to walk everywhere in all weather in Minnesota seems crazy to most ppl! If anything I try to underestimate the calories I burn just in case it isn't accurate. I also do not usually eat all of my exercise calories, but most of them.
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    Hey, well it took me awhile to build up to that.

    But every time a level on the elliptical started to feel easier, I would bump it up and add 5 minutes.

    I now do over an hour on it, random setting at level 19 or 20. (I used to not even be able to MOVE the machine at that level!! LOL!)

    I actually get a reading of over 1200 cals by the time I am done with cardio...and I have entered in a weight about 10 lbs less than I am. I would bring the total down to 1000 and eat about half back. That worked for me and I lost consistently (even eating 1900 cals on gym days).

    To me, it's worth it to give up an hour and really push myself on the elliptical (sometimes I wonder if smoke was coming out the back!! :laugh: ) and then I can eat a little more those days (fuel myself).........it made the journey MUCH easier!! :happy:

    amazing how we can improve the body performance with exercise and time...its all good! and then we can eat hummus like we should! as in LOTS OF IT


    Eating lots of hummus! YESSSAHHH!!!! LOL!

    And dessert too! :wink:

    Sometimes dessert is a whole grain english muffin with nutella on it..........but hey! Worked for me!! :laugh:
  • jtintx
    jtintx Posts: 445 Member
    If you want a FUN way to burn 1000+ calories buy a road bike and ride it. After a couple of years I can now maintain an avg. speed of between 14-16 mph, depending on hills, wind, etc. It doesn't even feel like exercise (well sometimes it does) and in just an hour and a half of riding with my friends I burn over 1,000 calories. It is a lot harder on my non-biking days to keep to my alloted calories. :angry:

    Cycling, in my opinion, is one of the best ways to burn some calories!
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    I easily burn 800+ but thats only because I work out for 2hrs daily..in my own little Cardio heaven:flowerforyou:
  • Georg
    Georg Posts: 1,728 Member
    circuit training at the gym = 400-500 cal.
    brisk walking = 200-250 cal.
    recumbent bike 30-45 min = 300-400 cal.
    The trouble is that I rarely get them all in each day. More often it's a combination of any 2.
    But 2 weeks ago, I could only do 5 minutes on the bike at a time! :happy:
  • singfree
    singfree Posts: 1,591 Member
    On my gym's treadmill @ 15 degrees incline, I alternate 45 sec at 4.6 mph, then 45 sec at 9 mph, which yields 100 cals every 5 mins. That is how I do my cardio intervals.
  • gregoryk
    gregoryk Posts: 10
    The number of calories you burn depends on your weight and your heart rate during your excerise. I weigh 185lbs and I am am in my 4th week on an 18 week ironman training program. 3 days a week are two workout days and 3 are single workout days. On an easy 7 mile run (one hour) I burn around 800 cal. On my speed run days I burn 1000 cal in an hour. On my 50 mile bike ride (2:40) I burn 2,000 cal. Swimming seems the hardest yet do to many factors your heart rate does not get as high swimming so 1 hour of swimming only burns about 700 cal for me. I will have days where I burn 4,000 cal in a day (later in the training program). If you are a 120 lb person you would be hard pressed to burn more than 800 cal and hour. If you do not have the endurance yet to mantain a 80% of max heart rate for an hour you will not be able to burn as many cal. The good news is anyone can increase their endurance through excerise.
  • LisaZaugg1976
    LisaZaugg1976 Posts: 1,144 Member
    when I use my elpitcal I burn according to my HRM 540-560 most times for that 1 hr.

    my exercise videos I burned between 190--250 depending on video.
  • nickybr38
    nickybr38 Posts: 674 Member
    People say the machines are way off but in my experience they aren't. Compared to my HRM the machines are only 10-20 calories out. Sometimes they're registering a number way LOWER then what I actually burned but rarely do they claim a number higher then what I actually burned!

    That said my usual loss is 250-300 calories in an hour long workout session. I DO push myself hard. I'm usually vibrating and gasping for air when I'm done. I'm not sure why I don't burn much, but I'm not too concerned.
  • lolakey
    lolakey Posts: 91
    I have a polar HRM and I burn over 800 at my bikram yoga class! Biking is about 600 an hour for me and there are days when I bike over an hour (to and from work) and go to bikram.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    I have a polar HRM and I burn over 800 at my bikram yoga class! Biking is about 600 an hour for me and there are days when I bike over an hour (to and from work) and go to bikram.

    I have heard great things about bikram but cant find it near me....

    if I couldnt burn my cals I dont know how I could only eat the cals I am given:smile:
  • connieq288
    connieq288 Posts: 1,102 Member
    I do classes at the gym and I have a heart rate monitor. FOr me it depends on the class. Monday in Step class I burned over 600 and today in step I burned 576 calories and yesterday was Bellies, Booties and biceps which is more strength training so I only burned over 300 calories. I weigh about 260 lbs and my heart rate gets into the 170's at times.

    Connie
  • artschoolgirl
    artschoolgirl Posts: 598 Member
    I also thinks it makes a huge difference if you have gym equipment at home. I think I would constantly be on the treadmill or bicycle if I had it at my house! But, because I'm at the gym I have to limit myself to 30 minutes max on each machine, so like most of you, I burn about 350 calories on a good gym day. I am considering buying a trainer for my bike so I can pedal in my apartment.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    I also thinks it makes a huge difference if you have gym equipment at home. I think I would constantly be on the treadmill or bicycle if I had it at my house! But, because I'm at the gym I have to limit myself to 30 minutes max on each machine, so like most of you, I burn about 350 calories on a good gym day. I am considering buying a trainer for my bike so I can pedal in my apartment.

    blackburn makes a good trainer for the bike
  • artschoolgirl
    artschoolgirl Posts: 598 Member
    I also thinks it makes a huge difference if you have gym equipment at home. I think I would constantly be on the treadmill or bicycle if I had it at my house! But, because I'm at the gym I have to limit myself to 30 minutes max on each machine, so like most of you, I burn about 350 calories on a good gym day. I am considering buying a trainer for my bike so I can pedal in my apartment.

    blackburn makes a good trainer for the bike

    Thanks for the information!!
  • GIBride01
    GIBride01 Posts: 328 Member
    I take a 1 x week step aerobics / cardio pump class, I wear my HRM and get a calorie burn of between 1000-1200 calories, and I am WHOOPED afterwards. It is high intensity from the getgo all they way through, combines step aerobics for 45 min- or so plus another 15-30 min weight training, jump rope, sprints, lunges etc. When I first started out 18# heavier, my calorie burn was closer to 1400 according to the HRM..I am about 160 now and fairly tall, around 5'8". Typically a DVD or 30 min on the elliptical / treadmill burns around 300-350. So my calories burned can get pretty high, but only if I am working as hard as I can for an extended period. Hope that helps...
  • Love_Conquers_All
    Love_Conquers_All Posts: 211
    It also depends on your weight. It takes a lot more to move 300 lbs than it does 120lbs. That is where some of it comes in to play.

    My husband and I can do the sam exercise and I burn more calories because I ma heavier
    I'm glad you made this point:happy:

    I very much agree it can have everything to do with how large a person is lb. wise, I will burn MUCH more than someone that say weights 120. At my highest weight I was burning ALOT, even now I still burn quite a bit and I do drop my weight down some when setting the machines as well as dropping the Kiosk numbers down by 300-500 most times. So I don't think I'm overestimating, perhaps underestimating would be more like it in my case:tongue: ... at times.
  • hadenough
    hadenough Posts: 6
    The better shape you are in, the less calories you burn. On a 7 mile run I used to burn about 900 calories. Now I'm lucky if I burn 700. A 50min spin class used to burn about 700 calories and now according to my HRM I'm burning about 500.
  • destiny_206
    destiny_206 Posts: 430 Member
    My kick class runs like 700 calories in the hour and the ellipticals have the calorie counters and a half hour id usally like 400 ish.
  • Love_Conquers_All
    Love_Conquers_All Posts: 211
    The better shape you are in, the less calories you burn. On a 7 mile run I used to burn about 900 calories. Now I'm lucky if I burn 700. A 50min spin class used to burn about 700 calories and now according to my HRM I'm burning about 500.

    A much more eloquent way of putting it than MY words were...thanks!:laugh: :blushing:
  • Love_Conquers_All
    Love_Conquers_All Posts: 211
    I have a polar HRM and I burn over 800 at my bikram yoga class! Biking is about 600 an hour for me and there are days when I bike over an hour (to and from work) and go to bikram.

    bikram yoga burns some SERIOUS cals:drinker: ....great workout for sure!:wink::laugh:
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