How many calories do you burn in your average workout?

[PanthersLuke]

I tend to try for 1,100 calories per day. I'm a 185-pound 6 foot tall man. What is your average?

[A_Lurker]

Are you talking activity calories or calories burned for a single workout?    My daily activities were over 2700 calories for the last 7 days.  My highest calorie workout during that time was 558 cals at one time.

266 lb,  50 yr-old female

[PanthersLuke]

What's the difference? I'm saying what it says on my tracker at the end of
my workout (I hold the button down before I start my workouts).

[A_Lurker]

One is more about how active you are all day.  The other is what you meant - tracking a single workout.  I can do a number of smaller workouts each day, just don't have the stamina yet to do them all at once.

[WendyB]

We are all different. So I dont see where this is coming from

Men burn more than Women. No way would I compare myself to a man.

[shipo]

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@PanthersLuke wrote:

I tend to try for 1,100 calories per day. I'm a 185-pound 6 foot tall man. What is your average?

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I'm 59, about 190 pounds, and 5'8", and my typical workout (a 10-mile run) burns a bit over 1,300 calories.

[sarajenivieve]

during a workout session because i fit in it before work usually between 250-400 cal

27 min ellipitical

sometimes weight for 10mins

and 10-15mins yoga

I'd like to get up to 500cal a workout but that will take time

im 5'2 25yrs old 132lbs

[Mukluk4]

1100-1300 for my basketball sessions.  

[smwcbrie]

@shipo  Holy cow -- that's impressive. #thumbsup

[elderwanda]

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@WendyB wrote:

We are all different. So I dont see where this is coming from

Men burn more than Women. No way would I compare myself to a man.

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I agree---although technically it's not a man/woman thing so much as how much lean body mass you have.  A very flabby, unmuscular man will probably burn fewer calories than a very muscular, athletic woman of the same height and weight, but those individuals would be outliers.

I weigh 143 pounds and have a body fat level of 33%, so I've got very little muscle, but am lugging around a lot more fat than my body likes, which makes me too heavy to run or move very quickly.  I get my exercise by walking a lot, because that's what I can do.  According to my Fitbit, I burn 83 calories a mile when I walk, which takes me about 16 minutes.  So I guess an hour-long walk burns about 320 calories.  I can throw in a couple of minutes of "jogging" here and there, but not enough to make much difference, because at this point I still "jog" more slowly than I walk.  Ha ha.  

[smwcbrie]

@elderwandaI feel you on the walk vs jog/run thing. I am at about 4.2 mph max with walking, depending on the time of day, if I want to keep in the fat burn mode, which I do quite often. If I don't want my heart to rip out of my chest, I have to "run" at 3.8 or so.

It's awesome, right? LOL. But, in the end, I'm not competing with anyone, so it doesn't matter what my speeds are. I am on my treadmill, in my house, and it's better than me being on the sofa with a bag of chips. 🙂

[emili]

I do about 400 in an hour on a cardio day- if I run its about 600. I am 46, 5'7 and 135 pounds. But, I can only compare this with someone who is like me and does about the same activity as me to keep it apples to apples.