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Calories Burned

anulle2009
anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
For those of you who use a Heart Rate Monitor, what is the most you tend to burn in 60 mins. I know it depends the weight of the person and effort you put in. But even in the most rigorous work out i have had I have never burned over 650.... but there are people burning a 1000 calories doing the same damn thing I am and I weigh more! I dont get it!!!!

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  • Missjilly1025
    Missjilly1025 Posts: 146 Member
    If someone is burning 1000 calories in a 60 minute workout while using a HRM they would be on the brink of having a heart attack.
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    Don't worry about what other people post as their calorie burns. You'll make yourself crazy.
  • anulle2009
    anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
    Thats what I was thinking!!!
  • anulle2009
    anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
    Don't worry about what other people post as their calorie burns. You'll make yourself crazy.

    very true! thats exactly what it is doing to me!
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    It is actually possible to burn 1000 calories in 60 minutes without causing a heart attack.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Average cardio workout is roughly 13cals per minute, so 60 mins = 750ish cals
    Max cardio workout is generally mountain biking for me, where I will break 1000cals pretty easily in an hour.

    Weight lifting is much lower... something like 5-6 cals per minute.
  • Di3012
    Di3012 Posts: 2,247 Member
    For those of you who use a Heart Rate Monitor, what is the most you tend to burn in 60 mins. I know it depends the weight of the person and effort you put in. But even in the most rigorous work out i have had I have never burned over 650.... but there are people burning a 1000 calories doing the same damn thing I am and I weigh more! I dont get it!!!!

    I used to go by the calories displayed on my treadmill, it would frequently display me having burned 700 or 800 per hour, once it even showed something like 960.

    Then I bought my Polar FT4 HRM and after putting all my details and weight in, it gives me a reading that is significantly lower than that of my treadmill. I believe the HRM is correct though and at least now I know that what it says I am burning is more accurate than my treadmill.

    One example, tonight my treadmill showed me as burning 745 calories in one hour, my HRM displayed 546.

    It is the HRM that I go by.

    By the way 650 calories burned in one hour is great so don't pooh-pooh it, you are bloody doing grand!!
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