30 DS and MFP calories

rosieratbag
rosieratbag Posts: 33 Member
edited October 6 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm sure this has been asked before but I couldn't find it.

Have just done my first session and it wasn't as bad as I thought - maybe i wasn't working hard enough - I've seen suggestions that it's logged as circuit training??? But really 170 cals for 20 mins - surely that's too high. I don't have HRM so can't check.

Thoughts?

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  • rosieratbag
    rosieratbag Posts: 33 Member
    Anyone any thoughts??
  • rosieratbag
    rosieratbag Posts: 33 Member
    Bumping up one more time in car there are any thoughts.
  • eellis2000
    eellis2000 Posts: 465 Member
    depends on how hard you are working. i find 30ds kicks my butt and i always wonder if its too low. lol....
  • Nicola0000
    Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member
    Its hard to say. I would really invest in a HRM. You can get some cheap ones. I am lost without mine. I found that MFP logs cals for me that are much different than what my HRM says. But I would maybe go with aerobics?
  • Luckybarc
    Luckybarc Posts: 32 Member
    I've been logging it as circuit training for 20 minutes

    :ohwell:
  • babyshme
    babyshme Posts: 310 Member
    I too log as a 20 minute Cir. Train.
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    That calorie burn seems about right if you're really getting a sweat on. When I did 30DS with my HRM I was burning between 200 and 300, depending on the level and how hard I was working.
  • got_BluEgo
    got_BluEgo Posts: 30 Member
    That calorie burn seems about right if you're really getting a sweat on. When I did 30DS with my HRM I was burning between 200 and 300, depending on the level and how hard I was working.

    Yup, according to my HRM, I burned 230cals doing Level 2 last night
  • Maidei
    Maidei Posts: 114 Member
    I've done level 1 and 2 so far and my HRM always give me a range of 160-195 depending on how hard I push myself. And that is the calorie burn from warm up to the end of the last circuit (~25mins) I don't include the cool down. It's bound to be a bit different for everyone because there is the factor of weight too. The more you weigh, the more you will burn off. I also found it hard to believe initially when I didn't use my HRM. But turns out the general circuit training on MFP was pretty accurate.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    when i used my HRM and did 30ds i would burn anywhere from 190-285 calories depending on how hard i pushed myself :)
    before i got the HRM i logged it as circuit training, then i just added my own entry with the HRM numbers
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