Running is the best exercises because it helps you burn the calories.
Just in 30 minutes a person can easily burn 300 calories.
Walking, Sprinting and adding hills or an incline can burn 180 calories in 30 minutes.
I think you should have a functional purpose to your exercise other than just burning calories. I wouldn’t choose any exercise based solely on how many calories per hour are burned.
It is always easier to restrict calories than burn them off.
Running is high impact, too.
I agree with Odin. You should focus on your exercise maximizing a horomonal punch (e.g high intensity training, intervals, compound movements) more so than burning calories.
Calories in, calories out is the worst metric for fitness and health.
We survived as a species, for a long time, without having to carry a calculator and food chart around.
False. Your exercise phys is weak. 4 posts and that’s what you wish to announce? :rolleyes:
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Lol… When I saw each post I couldn’t help but think of Dwight Schrute (The Office) and his random unsolicited statements.
According to the treadmill I use at the club I burn just over 600 calories in 30 minutes when I am running at 6.6 mph. I weigh 235 and I am 38. So 300 sounds a bit low to me. I also use the eliptical for 10 to 30 minutes after running depending on how late I am running that day for work. In 30 minutes on the Eliptical I generally burn 500 calories. All excersise helps you burn calories. Right now I am struggling more with the diet portion of being healthy and I need to start strength training but I have been too lazy. I went from 298 down to 224 and now I am back at 235. I need to jump start my weight loss again. The holidays killed me on my eating habits.
Pat
I always wondered how accurate the treadmill calorie things were.
Running at a 8.0 at a 1.5 incline for 2 miles I burn 306 calories.
Running at a 10.0 at 0 incline for 1 mile its 130 calories.
6’-3" 185lbs.
Alaska, you should start weight training. I’ve found that lots of cardio, and I was up to 8 miles a day on the street at a 8min/mile pace, my appetite skyrocketed.
I actually lost more weight and had better tone by doing less cardio and more circuit training.
I’ve been following your posts and I think you really found a comfort zone in doing cardio. You have to step out of it and do new stuff. 
Running burns alot more calories when your not very good at it and have bad form. I ran D1 track, once you get to be a “good” runner, basically all that happens is your body becomes very efficient, your timing stride and gate become a much more natural fluid movement- actually burning less calories.
For an all out calorie burning exercise try swimming sprints or wrestling/sparrin.
Just an FYI, cals counted on such devices tend to be very inaccurate.
Morgan - please take a few minutes to read through the forum and get an idea of the rules of conduct. You are more than welcome and I hope your experience brings some good information to the table… but we tend to proctor what is said here a little more than many other Internet forums.
- 1 The calorie counters on fitness machines are guesstimates at best. People burn calories at different rates depending on body composition, fitness level, age etc. Really no way for any of the machines to guage that.
Also known in science as a WAG. :haha:
Will
Is there an accurate way to estimate calorie loss during certain exercises like a tread mill, stepper or elliptical?
Thanks
sex-wife doesnt care how many calories it burns but it sure is fun and who cares about form.
There are formulas and such, but they are all going to have a wide margin of accuracy. For example:
http://www.innerbody.com/fitness/articles/how-to-calculate-calories-burned-during-exercise
the +/- accuracy is still going to be fairly wide, and at the end of the day, it’s moot in terms of real world useful application to your goals and still fails to see larger picture, with comments like “Prolonged aerobic exercise burns more calories” which is not really true, nor an accurate picture.
The only way one gets truly accurate use of calories is putting them in a metabolic ward…
However, the formula that can be of value is one to give you a basic baseline of total cals needed for a specific goal, like weight loss, etc. Those at least are generally accurate, and can be tweaked to fit your results, Here’s a modified HB formula used by my pal Dr. Antonios rounded formula:
The Harris Benedict - Men
• Formula to calculate BMR for men
66 + (13.7 x weight in kilos) + (5 x height in centimetres) - (6.8 x age in years) = BMR • To calculate your total calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity multiplier:
Activity Multiplier
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) multiply BMR by 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.375
If you are mod. active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.55
If you take heavy exercise (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk) multiply BMR by 1.725
• Harris Benedict - Female
BMR = 655 + (9.6 X weight in kilos) + (1.8 X height in cm) - (4.7 X age in years).
Will
Thanks for the info.
perfect!!
Hey Will,… on that formula I came up with 1783 for me as a desk job.
Right now I weigh 156 and have a bit of a spare tire. I want to loose the spare tire and get to maybe 142.5 region while adding daily or 3+ days a week a activity.
How exactly would I use this?
Does the 1783 calories mean I will stay the same? If so, what is a safe level to cut to? Knowing that as I add activity I will have to recalculate?
I’ve been looking for something like this but still don’t quite know how to use it.