I really want to get a gym membership at the sportsplex but I am very out of shape and obese(200lbs and 5’1"). The sportsplex offers 3 free sessions with a personal trainer with the membership, but I am afraid that I will make a huge fool out of myself during the workout with him/her.

It doesn’t take much to make my heart rate go up to 150-175bpm while exercising, and I’m afraid that it might be too high…I really want and need to lose weight, but am embarrassed to go to a gym.

The personal trainer does 3 sessions of circuit training, what will that involve? Am I too fat to work out at a gym and what are some tips for working out in the gym when you are overweight?

I also love the stationary bike, if I do 30 minutes of that 3 days a week, will it help me lose weight(while monitoring my calories)?

Thanks so much!

I just go a heart rate monitor over a month ago, and I mostly used it to estimate my calories burned…but I’m starting to wonder if its wrong. My heart rate is high all the time. Just sitting here at the computer its between 90-110…depends how much I move…just moving around organizing papers it will hop up by 10! I don’t get it. I know when I first got it, I wanted to see my resting heart rate, and it was lower around 70…but that was me playing with after I has just woke up…pretty much moved from bed…to couch…if you get what I’m saying. But unless I’m sleeping, it seems to always be very close to 100.

I don’t have any health problems (other than being overweight and out of shape)…but no high blood pressure, no thyroid problems etc.

It says I burn a lot of calories just sitting on my butt. Like 67 calories in a minute…so I’m starting to worry that it is WAY overestimating my calories burned when I’m working out.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks

I have been taking cardio kickboxing and boxing at the LA Fitness for 6 months and have not lost weight. I drastically changed my diet by cutting fast food to once a weeks and eating non stop fruits and veggies an lost a pound or two. I take those classes 5 times a week and are vigorous because according to my heart rate moniter I peak at 90% max heart rate. Do I really have to do 50-60% max heart rate to lose weight when I burn more calories at 70-85% max heart rate?!?!?

I currently use a polar heart rate monitor for tracking calories burned while working out. I would like to track calories burned all day with a bodybugg but not if I can’t just track my progress on my own. Do you need to have a subscription to the website or is that just an extra option?

I recently bought a Gold’s Gym exercise bike. It’s a nice bike that has 10 levels of resistance, a heart rate monitor, calorie counter, 20 different work outs ranging from 20-30 minutes and other things such as fans and an mp3 player.
I’m a little unsure about the calorie counter though. It usually claims I burn 80 calories in a 20 minute session going from 1-5 resistance on one of their programs, no matter how hard or fast I peddle. The 30 minute one claims I burnt 130 calories using the same resistance no matter how hard or fast I peddle. I would assume I am losing more by peddling faster but the counter does not go any faster. Could I be burning more or less than it claims?

I use a life fitness machine for about 55 minutes a day my heart rate is about 150 after 25 minutes the machine says im burning about 850 calories but im being told there is no way i could be burning that much do you think this is true

One with a chest strap? Or one that’s just the watch? I really just want to track calories burned during workouts (aerobics, zumba, etc.)

I bought myself a heart rate monitor today: http://www.amazon.com/Sportline-Universal-Combo-Heart-Monitor/dp/B001O2KNGY

I began researching and found this calculator: http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm —which takes usual measurements, plus a VO2 max measurement. I did an "HIIT-isized" spot jog at 1:3 (30 seconds:1m30 seconds) of sprints/jogs on the spot. My heart rate monitor had me topping 183BPM on sprints and bottoming 140BPM on my jogs. I did this for 40 minutes, and towards the end, I was bottoming around 150 on the jogs.

So I threw my information into this calculator and used a guessed VO2 of 45 (which is the said average for a sedentary male), averaged 175BPM for 10 minutes and got about 160 calories, and averaged 155BPM for 30 minutes and got about 390 calories. Other info: 157lbs, 20 year old male.

I was wondering about the accuracy of the method of using this information, primarily heart rate and VO2 max, and also was wondering if this particular calculator is any good?

Thanks!!
I was using the included chest strap for this workout as well. I also used the touch sensors as well; everything seemed pretty accurate.

Okay, I know a person who is very fat, and they know a little about working out and what to and not to eat. However, they want to know for the first week what should the emphasis be on mostly…Strength training or Cardio? You need to build muscle in order to burn calories more faster because of the more muscle mass you obtain the faster you burn calories. Cardio gets your heart rate up and you burn fat when you challenge your heart rate. I know you can balance with both, but for the first week shouldn’t Strength Training be the foundation for this person in losing all the fat? This person is really obese by the way. They want my advice but I can’t really tell them the more important of the two, so what’s the more important of the two (Strength Training or Cardio) for the first week?

Im looking for facts concerning walking vs. riding. Things like calories burnt, weight loss, heart rates, blood pressures, and all around fitness levels.

the heart rate monitors ive seen on ebay say that it only asks for age, weight, and sex. would those 3 be enough to accurately measure my calories burned? shouldnt height be in there as well?

im only buying the ones on ebay or amazon cuz im a little short on the cash atm.

thanks!

BTW: im doing the insanity workouts so i need to see how much calories ive burned so i can document it, etc.

I have a calorie counter/heart rate monitor watch and it told me that in one day I burn about 4500 calories because I work at a warehouse and I also get home and workout for an hour. I’m training to lose weight for my BJJ tournament coming up. I eat approximately 1500 calories. Is 4500 too much or should I be burning more?

I went on some sites to check the accuracy of the watch and so far it’s gotten many 4 and 5 star ratings. So I guess it’s pretty accurate.
If you have any questions for me feel free to shoot me with it.

the heart rate monitors ive seen on ebay say that it only asks for age, weight, and sex. would those 3 be enough to accurately measure my calories burned? shouldnt height be in there as well?

im only buying the ones on ebay or amazon cuz im a little short on the cash atm.

thanks!

BTW: im doing the insanity workouts so i need to see how much calories ive burned so i can document it, etc.

Under the options to check calories burned, it appears as the value (example 350), then kC? Is this calories or kilocalories or what? Is there a difference?

I know you can buy pedometers and heart rate monitors, but can you buy something similar that can count calories burned?

If yes, what is that called?

Thanks!

How are the following different or better?

CONSTANT EFFORT: Perform an aerobic exercise for one hour maintaining an aerobic heart rate the whole time.

VARIED EFFORT: Perform an aerobic exercise for one hour maintaining an aerobic heart rate but periodically increasing effort to a sprint.

According to a Yahoo "self-editor"

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthieryou/5155/fast-workouts-that-really-work/

"You can get an hour’s worth of fitness and calorie burning in 20 short minutes." The article continues:

Pick any cardio you like (running, swimming, the elliptical trainer). Warm up for 2 minutes at a moderate pace, then sprint for 30 seconds at the highest intensity you can muster. Slow down and do 90 seconds at a catch-your-breath recovery pace. Repeat eight times. You’ll torch more calories in less time, while you burn fat faster."

I got a really nice heart rate monitor recently and have been using it during different types of workouts to see how they vary. I know what high and low intensity training generally means, but I don’t really know all the schematics of them. I just always thought that the harder you work yourself during a workout, the more calories you burn…but that’s not necessarily what my heart rate monitor tells me.

I do cardio workouts every morning, but I alternate between HIIT and LIIT. One day I will get on the elliptical and go 3 or 4 minutes intervals that keep my heartrate between 120 and 150; I do this for 45 minutes. Then the next day I have a spin/cycle class I go to that incorporates the HIIT that keeps my heartrate above 160 or so; this is also a 45 minute workout. So after doing this for the past week or so I have noticed that on the days I have my low intensity workouts, I only burn within 100 calories less then I do on the days I have the high intensity workouts.

Can someone tell him how that works? I mean on the days I’m on the elliptical I almost feel like it’s too easy and I’m wasting my time….but then when I’m at my spin class I’m sweating up a storm! How are the caloric results so close?

I’ve searched the internet a bit and found that a lot of people believe what I had originally thought; that higher intensity equals higher calories burned. But this is proven to not be the case and that both high and low intensity training burns about the same. But can someone tell me how this works??
***I understand that heart rate monitors can’t be 100% accurate, but if the figures are consistently that close together; that should be a close indication of what it really is. It wouldn’t make sense that the actual numbers would be opposite extremes….the LIIT calories burned are actually a lot lower and the HIIT calories burned are actually a lot higher? Where is the logic in that? And I would like to hope that my 0 heart rate monitor is AT LEAST going to give me a good estimate….

i have recently bought my first heart rate monitor for my cycling im 16 and very into cycling. however im very perplexed as to what it means when under the file menu on the monitor it says ‘calories’ it then says for example i did a ride this morning and burnt or used 1685 calories then under neath it it says 45% fat what does ’45% fat@ mean??

thankyou

I used to have a RHR of 75-90bpm. I have been doing aerobic exercises (treadmill, elliptical, stepper) at least 2 hours a day for the past month. Does this mean that my heart rate has slowed down because my heart is now stronger? Or that only goes for long time athletes?

Checking my Polar heart rate monitor, I used to burn 2,000+ calories with or without workout. But now, I need to do about 4 hours of aerobic exercise just so I could reach 2,000 calories. Just yesterday, I was walking around the mall the entire day and I only burned 800+ calories because my heart rate was only 75 tops. Is this normal???

I am planning to buy a HRM and plan to use it for mainly jogging. I decided to get the Nike Traix c5 but it has an chest attachement, which i just found out through ebay as i was looking for the best deal…. Can anyone suggest some good HRM’s which also show calories burned, and which do not have those chest attachments???

well im doing insanity workout and im 19 year old girl with small wrist i need a accurate watch heart rate monitor ,and changable battery by my own.i want the exact calories burned shown by the monitor which brand is the best which one?suggestion?

I want one I can use while in motion & continuous feedback would be great (so I guess it would have to have the chest strap). Calories burned and a stop watch feature would also be good. Other cool features I may be missing? Good value and performance, hopefully less than 0.

I just purchased a watch/monitor to keep track of my calories burned while exercising. I am 5’4 and 220 pounds, female, and 20 yrs old. According to many online calculators and my watch, there are big differences. I just did a high impact aerobics course and my watch was like 250 calories off! How can this watch really know what I am burning if its doesn’t allow me to program my weight/age/height/gender?

I am currently looking to buy a new fitness watch but have been a bit confused by all of the different options. I cycle 12km a day and was looking for something to measure heart rate, bpm, cycle time, calories, etc. I also run 3/4 times a week and would like heart rate, bpm, calories, lap times, etc. I would like a fitness watch that can be used for both, that looks quite good, and if possible works on mac os x?

Much thanks in advance.

Ok so right now im 5"10 in height, weight 180lbs, and 21 years old.

My bodyfat percentage is a little under 12% and im trying to get it too 6-8%.

RIght now here is my weight training/cardio schedule… I jog 6 days a week at a low/moderate pace for 6 miles every day. A personal trainer told me id be burning about 60% fat, 1% protein, and 39% sugar at the pace im going at according to heart rate monitors, that sound like the correct zone?

I also weight train 5-6 times a week doing biceps/back, triceps, and chest/shoulders on different days (also abs/legs twice a week).

My questions are, should i always eat when im hungry? I recently just lost about >10% bodyfat (in the past 6 months) and gained mostly muscle (i lost only like 8 lbs lol) and im trying to become a fitness model now! My abs are finally showing (in the right light) and im really happy (never accomplished this before).

Ive been doing cardio all this time with muscle building but it seems the results are REALLY slow and im doing this 100% naturally, so no creatine/andro invovled, just high protein basically.

I just want to know if this routine will work to burn 4% bodyfat, and cause me to gain about 5-10 lbs of muscle. Its just been so slow the past month now and im not really losing much noticeable bodyfat anymore (ya just when my abs start showing). Any advice on what to do differently?

Any helps appreciated and i know this was a long post so thanks in advance!
Jeff, as i do appreciate your answer, its wrong.

While its true your muscles need nutrients to grow… you dont seem to understand the basics of cardiovascular exercise.

Running at 60% of your max heart rate is FUELED 60% by FAT (directly from your fat tissue), its not calories that get burned… so… ya…. you should really stop telling people that.

I am 5 feet 11 inches, weight 237 pounds.

I just purchased a heart rate monitor with a chest strap that computes calorie burn during an exercise.

I decided to use it on a boot camp class at 24 hour fitness.

It was a really intense work out. I couldn’t keep up al the way.

I have been working out constantly for almost a year so I am not totally out of shape.

Anyways, at the end of my work out, my HRM said I burned 1323 calories.

It was about an hour of intense workout with no breaks in between.

I was just wondering if that number makes sense, or is it too high to be credible?

Thanks

Ok so I hav ea heart rate monitor the one where it comes with a watch and a little belt thing to go around your chest. Its no any kind of name brand I bought it from Fred Meyer’s it was like 30$ or something. so I don’t know how accurate it is. I am 23 5’4" and weigh 140 lbs. my bmi is 24.1 fat percentage is 36 ish. thoes are just off a website so ? well when I wore the heart rate monitor I jogged at 4.5mph on treamill for 25 min. whith a 4 min warmup walk. the treamill counter said I burned 300 calories but my heart monitor said I burned 500 cal…thats a big difference. Which one is more accurate and why ??
my husband says to just use the lower one to know for sure I’m burning enough but I just want to know what is most accurate..cause 200 cal, thats alot.
my treadmill doesn’t have an age or weight input. its older I guess I bought it from the calssifieds.
But my heart monitor does.

I just bought my HRM after Christmas and have really enjoyed it. However, I have often wondered about the accuracy of the calories burned. I can’t really find any information on the web about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been training to tolerate icy cold water by going into my sauna and getting my heart rate up to 160-170 and immediately dunking my whole body in an icy bath tub.

I wear a heart rate monitor. I have a dry sauna and a soaker type bath tub. I fill up the tub with cold water and put 3-4 40# bags of ice in it to make it icy cold. I tried putting epsom salt to make it colder but for some reason it does not make it colder.

I find that my heart rate very quickly drops down to sometimes almost in the 30-40 beats. I can stay under water for a long time doing this.

It makes me feel good and invigorated after wards although I’m cold as hell and shivering.

Question is am I doing harm to myself? Is this a good training method? I imagine I use up a lot of calories doing this.
Do the Navy Seals do this?

I got a really nice heart rate monitor recently and have been using it during different types of workouts to see how they vary. I know what high and low intensity training generally means, but I don’t really know all the schematics of them. I just always thought that the harder you work yourself during a workout, the more calories you burn…but that’s not necessarily what my heart rate monitor tells me.

I do cardio workouts every morning, but I alternate between HIIT and LIIT. One day I will get on the elliptical and go 3 or 4 minutes intervals that keep my heartrate between 120 and 150; I do this for 45 minutes. Then the next day I have a spin/cycle class I go to that incorporates the HIIT that keeps my heartrate above 160 or so; this is also a 45 minute workout. So after doing this for the past week or so I have noticed that on the days I have my low intensity workouts, I only burn within 100 calories less then I do on the days I have the high intensity workouts.

Can someone tell him how that works? I mean on the days I’m on the elliptical I almost feel like it’s too easy and I’m wasting my time….but then when I’m at my spin class I’m sweating up a storm! How are the caloric results so close?

I’ve searched the internet a bit and found that a lot of people believe what I had originally thought; that higher intensity equals higher calories burned. But this is proven to not be the case and that both high and low intensity training burns about the same. But can someone tell me how this works??

***I understand that heart rate monitors can’t be 100% accurate, but if the figures are consistently that close together; that should be a close indication of what it really is. It wouldn’t make sense that the actual numbers would be opposite extremes….the LIIT calories burned are actually a lot lower and the HIIT calories burned are actually a lot higher? Where is the logic in that?**