How many calories do you lose in a workout? (treadmill, bike, burn)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I'm too busy enjoying my life to spend an hour jogging, followed by ellitipical AND walking... 30 minutes my typical cardio... I'd rather bust my ass for 30 minutes than "jog" for an hour. I run hard intervals then I move on. I see people doing that a lot at my gym, jogging or doing a lame routine on an elliptical machine, and frankly a year later they still look all flabby.
I'm too busy enjoying my life to spend an hour jogging, followed by ellitipical AND walking... 30 minutes my typical cardio... I'd rather bust my ass for 30 minutes than "jog" for an hour. I run hard intervals then I move on. I see people doing that a lot at my gym, jogging or doing a lame routine on an elliptical machine, and frankly a year later they still look all flabby.
I'm not doing it to lose weight since I'm already in shape, I'm doing it to challenge myself, I heard of people jogging 10 miles before and this is the closest that I'm going to be able to do that, total will be something like 9 miles, 1,000 calories in 1 hour and 30 mins but I hate when people say that they jogged for 30 mins and really only did it for 20 and the rest of the time was spent talking on the phone or stretching.
I'm not doing it to lose weight since I'm already in shape, I'm doing it to challenge myself, I heard of people jogging 10 miles before and this is the closest that I'm going to be able to do that, total will be something like 9 miles, 1,000 calories in 1 hour and 30 mins.
If you are in shape and just trying to challenge yourself, who cares how many calories you burn?
Over exercise it counter effective and will make you prone to injury.
Exercise smart, not more.
If you want to challenge yourself use a method that builds up. People run much further than 10 miles, you can too. But its not going to happen overnight. Look into marathon training if you want to challenge yourself. Maybe next year you can do a charity run and get some good out of it additionally?
The burn you get is from your current weight and speed. It only has a bit to do with distance. Also you will burn less calories doing it at the same weight once your body gets used to it.
Let's not lose sight that exercise is exercise. Anything is better than nothing. There are too many out of shape and obese people to get on others for the type of exercise they do. As long as it's not harmful as far as injuries, I say good for you!
I usually set a calorie goal of 1,000 per workout on the treadmill. If I do incline walking it will take longer, if I run it will take a shorter amount of time. I will usually mix up the two, depending on how I feel. Getting old is rough!
Too much exercise is just as bad as too much food.
1 hour of jogging burns almost 700 calories at a slow pace (about 6.5) for my weight of 125.
When you add the bike and walking I know that it would be way over 1000 without effort. I also think that you have to eat to support yourself properly. If you don't do that and are overexercising you are just BEGGING for an injury or health problem.
To answer your question, I prb burn about 400 per workout. Only because I only get about 30 mins on the treadmill. I wish I could get in more, but that's all I can get right now. Kudos to you though. If you aren't killing or causing pain to your body, good for you! Hell, I wish I had enough time in the day to put in a solid hour jogging. I don't think there is anything wrong with what you are doing. I know plenty of "fit" people that workout for hours. Just something they like doing.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.