FabSwingers.com forum: How many calories do you burn?

By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

I watched a fun video from coach greg https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=m5hjBXibTUQ

The reason there are 4 categories is cos the more fit one is the more calories one burn in the same amount of time, that is why one cant eat the same kind of calories to expect the same kind of result, which category do you come in? I come in the fit category. I do weights, lots of cardio about 10000 hrs a week, about on average of 120min aday.

Here are the 4 categories:

Unfit: Doesnt do much

Moderate active: 150min cardio a week

Fit: Out jogging biking doing it often, every day.

Superfit: Competitive marathon runners, more cardio than most.

The 4th category superfit are burning the most calories of them all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What's the category below unfit?

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

I’m at around 4000 to maintain my weight. Very physical job + exercise 5-8 times a week

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

10,000 hours a week cardio? Do you travel to your gym in a DeLorean?

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

No idea. I'm probably averagely for for a woman in her mid sixties. Although having said that compared to many of my peers I'm very fit but compared to Madonna I'm a slouch

My weight is stable (as long as my thyroid medication is correct) so I guess I'm eating the correct amount.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You might be surprised at how many calories the unfit burn.

The amount of times I have to walk to the fridge for a beer or a snack when I'm binge watching a box set is unreal.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

"10,000 hours a week cardio? Do you travel to your gym in a DeLorean?"
No. I typed 1 zero to much there. I meant 1000 hours

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By *TK421-Man
over a year ago

Cheltenham

All I know is a mars bar is 3 miles of running for me.....

Out every day to earn my treat...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"10,000 hours a week cardio? Do you travel to your gym in a DeLorean?No. I typed 1 zero to much there. I meant 1000 hours

Em... There's 168 hrs in a week

Just how many of you are there..?!

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Unfit

But that's due to health issues.

I don't eat a whole lot, so weight/size is pretty stable, albeit bigger than I used to be!

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

"10,000 hours a week cardio? Do you travel to your gym in a DeLorean?No. I typed 1 zero to much there. I meant 1000 hours

Em... There's 168 hrs in a week

Just how many of you are there..?!

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Yes, just 1 and I meant min not hours there

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do 3 hours cardio a day, eat 2 meals, no sweets, yet I’m a lardy. Go figure.

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By *.R.MMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

I run 5 days out of 7, shortest is 30 mins longest is 3.5 hours

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I stand / walk around 8-10 hours a day on the laptop and phone while doing house and garden work so get around 8-10k steps a day from that , run 10k once a week, do 3 short but heavy lifting sessions a week followed by swim/sauna and PT comes once a week and destroys me with weighted cardio. Also try to fast for 24hr each week, never counted calories it’s too much effort

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

"I run 5 days out of 7, shortest is 30 mins longest is 3.5 hours "

Beast! Got into running during lockdown and ended up quite enjoying it. What kinda distances do you train for?

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By *.R.MMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

"I run 5 days out of 7, shortest is 30 mins longest is 3.5 hours

Beast! Got into running during lockdown and ended up quite enjoying it. What kinda distances do you train for? "

Generally marathon distance, I was hoping to take a place at London as people often pull out due to injury but they changed the ability to do that this year

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

I'm new to this fitness malarkey. I do 3 gym sessions a week, burning around 600 calories a time and ensuring I am more active every day.

My previous daily step count was around 500 (no that's not a typo).

For someone with a chronic health condition, when I've always been advised not to overdo things, it's taken a big mind shift to get to where I am now. 8 weeks in and I'm feeling so good!

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

"What's the category below unfit?

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By *riar BelisseWoman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

I am leaning into moderate,10,000 steps a day with portion control is my max before my knee blows up so that's what I'm sticking with

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By *he_Wite_NiteMan
over a year ago

Usually Dundee and around

it's more complex than this, because, whilst increased muscle mass increases your base metabolic rate (the baseline energy needs of your body) as you get fitter you need to work harder to burn more calories.

I will burn less calories doing 10k than some do doing 5k, because my muscles and system is trained and efficient at that kind of exercise.

I would certainly suggest throwing away scales and try to measure calorie intake and consumption.

For fat loss (notice no ref to weight) you need a calorie deficit, and you need to make your body burn energy reserves.

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By *isAdventure69Woman
over a year ago

Hampshire

Less than I consume

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you’re using a watch to calculate how many your burning it will miles off!! Best off calculating your TDEE then being in a calorie deficit and any calories you burn are a bonus.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God knows, I graft all day, heavy groundwork type stuff at the moment but I'm still a fat c**t really.

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

"it's more complex than this, because, whilst increased muscle mass increases your base metabolic rate (the baseline energy needs of your body) as you get fitter you need to work harder to burn more calories.

I will burn less calories doing 10k than some do doing 5k, because my muscles and system is trained and efficient at that kind of exercise.

I would certainly suggest throwing away scales and try to measure calorie intake and consumption.

For fat loss (notice no ref to weight) you need a calorie deficit, and you need to make your body burn energy reserves. "

I haven’t seen the info to back that up, generally as people become fitter, their ability to work hard outpaces their bodies ability to adapt. So while you might burn less calories than someone less fit in a 5k due to increased efficiently, you’ll run the 5k much faster, so your calories burners per minute will be much higher.

Kinda like how Olympic athletes, the most efficient in the world at their sports, still need to eat so much, because intensity always outpaces efficiency.

Increases in muscle mass are a better example. An increased in muscle mass will lead to a constantly raised BMR as muscle mass is an active tissue that requires energy to maintain unlike fat mass

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just resist the chocs at the tils....couldnt care less what people think of me...and the most gym fit people i know are the fucking dullest people ever!

Sorry... not sorry

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

"No idea. I'm probably averagely for for a woman in her mid sixties. Although having said that compared to many of my peers I'm very fit but compared to Madonna I'm a slouch

My weight is stable (as long as my thyroid medication is correct) so I guess I'm eating the correct amount. "
That is good going

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By *hagTonight OP Man
over a year ago

From the land of haribos.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I mainly do yoga excercises only. Like 2-3 hours per week. The rest I tend to walk loads (pretty fast) but I hate cardio work like running etc

So I don’t know

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

I do bootcamp/cardio 4 times a week for an hour a time, a PT session once a week for an hour and walking on top.

I burn around 2000-2500 cals a day and eating around 1200-1400 cals a day.

I can't loose weight even if my life depended on it. I have an underactive thyroid but am on medication.

It's really getting me down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mostly do weights 5 times a week which lasts an hour but do a 10 min cardio warm-up before. I then go for a 2 hour walk on the 2 days I'm not at the gym.

Maybe I'm moderately active in the cardio sense

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No idea. I don't count what goes in or what goes out. There's not enough time for me to do that.

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By *oungJayyMan
over a year ago

Newcastle Upon Tyne

"I watched a fun video from coach greg https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=m5hjBXibTUQ

Here are the 4 categories:

Unfit: Doesnt do much

Moderate active: 150min cardio a week

Fit: Out jogging biking doing it often, every day.

Superfit: Competitive marathon runners, more cardio than most.

The 4th category superfit are burning the most calories of them all

I think I'm roughly on 2000 to try and slowly lose weight, I work 8 hours a day on my feet as well as cycle to and from work most days! But by no means fit, just trying to lose this extra weight from lockdown :P

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

"I do bootcamp/cardio 4 times a week for an hour a time, a PT session once a week for an hour and walking on top.

I burn around 2000-2500 cals a day and eating around 1200-1400 cals a day.

I can't loose weight even if my life depended on it. I have an underactive thyroid but am on medication.

It's really getting me down."

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/diet/

It’s a long article but probably the best one out there. Well worth the read and might give you some new ideas

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham

Thank you for the lovely supportive private messages. I'm fitter and healthier but fed up of being a fat girl.

I'm going to keep at it. It helps to know it's not just me that struggles.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I lost 3 stone earlier this year by calorie counting and walking everywhere. Worked out that I needed to consume around 2300cals just to maintain my weight so I downed it to 1500-1600 a day. Not being as strict anymore but generally stay under 2000 daily and maintaining x

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Life a little to short keep fit but also need to chill...

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

I'm super duper fit I have a fast metabolism and neutralise calories zap zap eat what I want when I want provided I have space

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