Ummm - how are Burpees not in the database?

lipglossjunky73
lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
I just added them in but I think I put in the wrong caloric burn for them - a minute should probably burn more than 10 calories, I am assuming - so if someone could add them in with a more accurate burn, that would be awesome!!! Thanks!

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  • thoshowski
    thoshowski Posts: 135 Member
    What's a burpee?
  • kateroot
    kateroot Posts: 435
    I wear my HRM and log them as circuit training with a manual calorie input. I burn around 8 calories a minute according to my HRM, I'm 5'7 147 lbs and pretty fit. The more fit you are, the less calories you burn when you exercise.. Depending on your stats you may have burned more than 10 calories a minute. I would definitely recommend a HRM if you don't have one. They're not completely accurate, but much more so than MFP estimates, usually.
  • BobbyDaniel
    BobbyDaniel Posts: 1,459 Member
    Because burpees are not exercise...they are TORTURE!!!
  • Miss_dannii
    Miss_dannii Posts: 1,351 Member
    What even is that??
  • McKristy
    McKristy Posts: 53
    What's a burpee?

    It's the best and worst exercise ever.

    The burn would differ from person to person. 10 would be fairly accurate for me because when I'm working at 110% intensity, I'm burning about 100 calories every 10 minutes.
  • chipvb
    chipvb Posts: 19 Member
    Ahh Burpee's....
    Love to hate them :)
  • 99clmsntgr
    99clmsntgr Posts: 777 Member
    Because there's no real way to tell how hard you worked your body by saying you did a strength exercise (which is what burpees essentially are - complex motion core strength training) when you base your calories burned simply on duration.

    For all else being equal - gender, height, weight, etc. - two people could do one minute of burpees. One person does 5 in that time, the other person does 10. The person that did 10 does much more work than the person that did 5. But....if a generic estimator is used, both put in "1 minute of burpess" and both show the same calories burned.

    This is why you see eleventy different categories for running based on pace is the exercise database. If two people, again, identical in every way, both run for an hour, one runs at 12 minutes per mile and you the other at 10 minutes per mile, the second person did more work.

    I agree with kateroot and do the same thing. I wear my HRM when I do my strength circuit and when I go to boot camp. It's really the only way to know how hard you worked your body on a given workout.
  • Joana_R
    Joana_R Posts: 2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfNA_lmkHM
    These are burpees. It's torture indeed, I have a hate/ love relationship with them.
  • sbcass
    sbcass Posts: 25 Member
    Because burpees are not exercise...they are TORTURE!!!

    I agree!! Burpees are the devil's exercise along with Jacob's Ladder!
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Yup yup... Instrument of Satan.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    Burpees make me want to punch a kitten in the throat.

    I mean, I'd never actually do that, but I'm so angry when I do them that I feel like I could.

    Real talk, they're the best work out of all time. OF ALL TIME (sorry, had a Kanye moment).
  • lavlei
    lavlei Posts: 26
    burpees...ick
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    I wear my HRM and log them as circuit training with a manual calorie input. I burn around 8 calories a minute according to my HRM, I'm 5'7 147 lbs and pretty fit. The more fit you are, the less calories you burn when you exercise.. Depending on your stats you may have burned more than 10 calories a minute. I would definitely recommend a HRM if you don't have one. They're not completely accurate, but much more so than MFP estimates, usually.

    I have a HRM.... I am training for a marathon, lift several times a week, teach Zumba, hike, etc - I am always moving..... and it takes a lot to get my HR up - so I am going to assume then I am around that much after all! Thanks!

    I will be honest - ever since I have focused on my Garmin, my HRM has fallen by the wayside!!! LOL
  • lipglossjunky73
    lipglossjunky73 Posts: 497 Member
    ( <
    Fitness geek. I love Burpees!!!! LOL)

    I never thought of wearing my HRM when I strength train! I compartmentalize my goals, I guess. But that is a good idea!!!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,328 Member
    10 calories a minute is actually a pretty good estimate. The problem is for someone who is 200 pounds they will burn substantially more based on the same number of burpees as a person who is 150 simply because they are lifting 50 more pounds every repetition. As I said, 10/minute is probably pretty close. I would say logging them, if you don't have a HRM, would be "Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort" if you are doing them as fast as you can with good form.
  • Babygirl082578
    Babygirl082578 Posts: 44 Member
    Because burpees are not exercise...they are TORTURE!!!


    Oh YES!!!!
    I literally laughed out loud when I read this!

    I HATE BURPEES
  • blowsfire
    blowsfire Posts: 76 Member
    burpees. sniff sniff
  • mdkc1986
    mdkc1986 Posts: 2
    I like burpees, so I would really like to know about the caloric burn. I am 120 pounds and I have just started doing them so I can only do 3 or 4 at once. I am 5'4. How do you calculate this?
  • sotermarler
    sotermarler Posts: 1 Member
    Burpees stink! Worst exercise ever! We just did the 7 minute WOD at Crossfit today...complete torture. I agree however I'd like to see these in the database.
    :smile:
  • lope
    lope Posts: 53 Member
    I'd like to see all CrossFit wods in the database.
  • ays_v2
    ays_v2 Posts: 6
    so what would everyone catorgorize this training as when we log it in our diary? calisthenics or circuit training? :)
  • KymXFit
    KymXFit Posts: 1
    Well hello! I was googling to find calories burned for burpees to enter in this app I just dl and this was 3rd hit. Agreed, if crossfit would give an idea of what's burned per WOD or if some moves were in this database it would be great. I'm not really concerned with calories but it's making me enter something. I don't do burpees only when I do sets at home so I'm not sure of the category. They're more cardio to me, nothing makes my lungs start burning than the first set!
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