I was in the gym yesterday and bumped into one of my buddies on the treadmill. I ran alongside him (he had already been running for 15 minutes) and i notcied that after our run was over (30 min for me, 45 min for him) he had already burned 600 calories and i had only burned 200! Well at least that's what it said on the machine. So, out of curiosity, how many calories do you guys usually burn when doing cardio? Should i be aiming for a higher number? I run 5 days a week and always try to hit at least 200 burned.
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05-27-2010, 12:22 PM #1
How many calories do you burn doing cardio?
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05-27-2010, 12:26 PM #2
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The treadmill I use at my gym seems accurate with calculators online. In 30 minutes, I burn between 475 and 515 calories. I run right around 4 miles. Most of the time I'm at 8mph with 4 to 5 minutes at 10 mph and then a few minutes at 7.
Other treadmills seem to be way off so calculate it online and see for yourself.I Rep back always. Put it in comment.
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Thanks for setting me straight.
303 now but close enough. I'm new to working out/exercise in general and whilst I didn't think the computer on the bike would be accurate for me, I haven't been trusting the websites I've seen that allow you to input your weight, what activity you've been doing and for how long either for some reason. So I just went with what it said on the bike, thinking it could/would be understimating calories burned which was better than those websites which I feared might be overestimating. Not sure why I thought they'd be overestimating but I did. Heart rate monitors ultimately seem to be the way to go.
Whilst I couldn't input my activity precisely on one of the type of websites mentioned above as their parameters are slightly vague, I've just gone and dropped multiple activities in for 60 minutes as if I was 180 lbs (my tentative ultimate goal). Hunting, cricket, painting house, moderate skating, baseball, skateboarding, kayaking and moderate pushups all came out at 414 calories which is about what my bike is telling me when I'm done. I then jacked the weight input up to my correct one and the calories jumped up to 690. Would 690 sound more like it to you for my time on the bike?Last edited by 4073; 05-27-2010 at 11:12 PM.
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The one at my gym seems pretty accurate. Doing 2 min intervals 4.2mph and 8mph. I run 2.33 miles in 20 min. And burn 268 calories. That sounds pretty accurate
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The more you weigh the more calories burned. Is your friend heavy set?
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05-29-2010, 05:52 AM #26
If you are going by what is says on the machine to tell you have many calories you have burned, you may aswell just think up a number in your head it will be just as useful..
The machine will give you the average on a particular study of people, but everyone loses calories at a different rate, You can put your weight height, sex, shoe size, number of times fapped per week and all the other stuff but you still arn't going to get an acurate reading..
Example, a 6ft 200lbs out of shape fat guy will be burning X amount of calories and the 6ft 200lbs shredded guy next to him will be burning X amount +Y as he has a bigger amount of lean muscle..
So, don't worry about how many calories the guy on the next treadmill is losing, think about your own, get a routine, stick to it and get your diet sorted out, Concentrate on how many lbs you're losing per week or month, not how many cals you're losing per session.“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it ... he who doesn't ... pays it.”
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