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    400 Calories in 4 Minutes - WDYT?

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    • Posts: 1,196 Member
      I have read recently about HIIT (High- Intensity- Interval-Training).

      This seems to be one of the most efficient cardio workouts possible. The literature I read was relating to a study where the participants did 1 min @ 100% heart rate followed by a 1 min rest x 10 sets (20 min total workout).

      Not certain about the calories burned. But apparently, this method of exercise was equivalent to about 1 hour of bike riding.
    • Posts: 220
      Shouldn't it say 400 calories in 3:50 seconds? According to the wording the last 10 seconds are rest.
    • Posts: 160 Member
      There is no way you could burn 400 calories in 4 minutes. I do HIIT workouts and in 15 minutes I burn around 200 calories, it is true though that you're metabolism keeps burning calories at a higher rate over the next 24-36 hours after a HIIT workout. The afterburn is probably what they are referring to.

      AGREE!!! I do HIIT workouts too
    • Posts: 230
      No but it is a good quick workout and gets your heart rate up! I love it!
    • Posts: 318 Member
      I would like to see the research on this however....if all you have is 4 minutes, then DO the workout!! It's better than nothing!!!
    • Posts: 85 Member
      i could eat 400 calories in 4 minutes, lol.
      It would not even take more more than 1 minute to take care of 400 cals :)

      But therein lies the monster which is weight loss!
    • Posts: 2,525 Member
      that would probably be about 40-50 calories for me...
    • Posts: 721 Member
      No way!
    • Posts: 888 Member
      I will do it anyway.. whether it be 40 or 400 calories.. its fast and to the point. Everyone has a spare 4 minutes. :)
    • Posts: 20
      This is one of Mike Changs six pack shorcuts routines- he has TONS of videos on youtube and these short workouts are INTENSE, sweat more doing these than on the eliptical for 30 minutes. Worth checking out for sure- his 4 minutes "corkscrew & figure 8 ab" routine is killer...
    • Posts: 557 Member
      I dunno this sounds like a INSANITY warm up and I only burn 130 cals with that...but I wanna test this with my HRM whats a squat thrust???
    • Posts: 967 Member
      There is no way you could burn 400 calories in 4 minutes. I do HIIT workouts and in 15 minutes I burn around 200 calories, it is true though that you're metabolism keeps burning calories at a higher rate over the next 24-36 hours after a HIIT workout. The afterburn is probably what they are referring to.

      totally true.
      I did this workout multiple times, it is a good kickstarter for a workout if you ask me but I would NEVER use this 4 minutes as my exercise for the day lol
    • Posts: 12,294 Member
      If your wearing the right outfit.

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      They don't burn additional cals (at least not many) what you lose in a sauna suit is water weight, no calorie burn necessary.
    • Posts: 1,116 Member
      I do hip hop spinning and have burned as much as 1600 per hour..but this would actually have you burning 6,000 cals per hour? I will have to check it out but i am gonna say UMMM NOOO!!
    • Posts: 1,116 Member
      This is one of Mike Changs six pack shorcuts routines- he has TONS of videos on youtube and these short workouts are INTENSE, sweat more doing these than on the eliptical for 30 minutes. Worth checking out for sure- his 4 minutes "corkscrew & figure 8 ab" routine is killer...

      I did Mike Changs core exercises yesterday. i did it for 30 mins and its intense!
    • Posts: 56
      i could eat 400 calories in 4 minutes, lol.

      My thoughts exactly..Lol..
    • Posts: 240 Member
      No,
      When you are really pushing hard you burn 10 calories per minute. You cannot burn 400 calories in 4 minutes.

      :)
    • Posts: 245 Member
      Honestly, I think thier claims are a little reaching, but they may be factoring in the fact that it is like a weight training session in that you continue to burn calories after the workout is done.

      ^This^

      They are a little misleading. Kinda like the government and the $600 toilet seat. During it's entire life, sure $600 could have changed hands, But selling for $21, then selling again for $22, then again for $23 makes it worth $23 NOT the total of all 3 transactions, or $66. Just hope all the sales are between suppliers and not users:)
    • Posts: 220 Member
      Im sure its a great workout, but 400 in four minutes? if this were true, you could lose 2lbs a day just by doing this workout for an hour...thats 14lbs a week, 56lbs a month (roughly) - just by doing this for an hour a day (roughly)

      seems a little far fetched - if it worked, we'd all be doing it!!
    • Posts: 1,196 Member
      Here is the link:

      http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/how-1-minute-intervals-can-improve-our-health/?ref=health
    • Posts: 862 Member
      If you're taking rest...then absolutely not true. However, if you want a high calorie burn in a very short period of time check out BodyRockTV. Workouts are 10-20 minutes (average of 12-15minutes) & they burn @ least 200 calories. The main face behind it (Zuzana) is INSANE, as are all her counterparts.
    • Posts: 572 Member
      It's a tabata workout and would take into account any 'afterburn'. I wouldn't believe 400 calories, though.

      The intensity is meant to be exceptionally high - if you can do more than once through, you're not going hard enough.
      The original testing, it was integrated with some steady-state also (compared to people doing only steady-state)
    • Posts: 608 Member
      The most I've burned in 4 minutes is about 40-45 calories as measured by my HRM, and that's at max HR for my age. Could probably push that higher if I was pushing for only a 4 minute workout, but not 10x higher.
    • Posts: 203
      Hmmm, I'll measure & weigh myself first, then try these everyday this week, starting with today thru Saturday, then re-measure & weigh-in on Sunday and see if I've lost weight and/or inches. It's worth a try ..... :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 49,129 Member
      This is TABATA PROTOCOL. The first key is on Tabata that it is ALL out 100% on every single exercise. You jump as high and fast as you can for those 20 seconds. You do mountain climbers as fast as you can in 20 seconds. If you AREN'T laying on the floor and gasping for air like there isn't any left, after the protocol then you DIDN'T do it 100%. I instruct a Tabata class and KNOW if someone is doing it 100% or if they are doing just 70%.
      Now for 400 calories burned...............I'd say no. Even doing Tabata myself, I've never reached more than 200 calories burned in that 4 minutes, but it's what it does to your RMR that makes the difference. A higher RMR is what burns body fat when you're NOT exercising.

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    • Posts: 487 Member
      absolutely not!
    • Posts: 1,231 Member
      It';s Tabata and what it means is you do this on repeat for 40 minutes. Instead of running and burns as many calories, which is just about true.
    • Posts: 572 Member
      It';s Tabata and what it means is you do this on repeat for 40 minutes. Instead of running and burns as many calories, which is just about true.

      If you can do tabata for 40 minutes, you're doing it wrong!
    • Posts: 18
      There is no way you could burn 400 calories in 4 minutes. I do HIIT workouts and in 15 minutes I burn around 200 calories, it is true though that you're metabolism keeps burning calories at a higher rate over the next 24-36 hours after a HIIT workout. The afterburn is probably what they are referring to.

      This explanation makes the most sense... I do CF workouts and a normal 60 minutes with warm up, skill work, then work out is about 400-450 calories. I wear a chest heart rate monitor so i consider this number to be pretty accurate.

      There is no easy way, just accept it
    • Posts: 99
      Just for fun, I used a heart rate/calorie burn calculator.

      A 20 year old male weighing 500 lbs with a pulse of 173 bpm (89% of max) for 4 minutes will burn 99 calories.

      For a similar woman, it was 28 calories.

      Not saying either is right, but that is what it reported.

      I think a 400 calorie per minute burn would require that you burst into flames at some point.

      Using the "over the next 24 hour" logic, one could easily point out that the best 10 second calorie burn comes from pushing away from the dinner table before dessert.
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