How many calories can you actually burn doing body weight exercises (no cardio)?

[Anonymous]

So like 30 second push ups, 30 second squats, 30 second crunches, 30 seconds plank, 30 seconds leg raises, etc. 3 sets each. How much would I burn in 15-20 minutes of doing that? I'm 183 lbs, 5'3". I know I won't burn a lot, but I just want to know the estimate. And can I get toned by doing just these bodyweight exercises every day?

[KittieCat]

Can't say, depends on you muscles, fat, how in shape you are, etc. Might be able to get a rough estimate though, but you'd have to talk to someone that knows what they're doing. You would need to do more than that to get toned most likely

[Katy16]

Try the app SparksPeople, you can put all that into the exercise section and it tells you

[Anonymous]

Actually, you can burn quite a bit. Circuit training (which is what you're doing) will be pretty damn intense and burn quite a bit more than 20 minutes of jogging would.

[Asker]

Yeah but only when cardio is involved, right?

[Opinion Owner]

Lets say you do 30 seconds each of 6 things, then rest a minute, repeat 5-6 times (would take 20-24 minutes).

Your aerobic system will be going HARD to support that level of energy output.

By contrast, if you do 20 cruches, then recover, then do the next thing, you're not hitting your aerobic energy system. The 'circuit training' element is the extent to which you move quickly between exercises.

[Asker]

But doing only one set of each muscle group would not help tone them, right? If I then work on another muscle group, then this muscle group would have cooled down in the mean time. No?

[Opinion Owner]

It would definitely help them tone.

Perhaps the maximal speed way to tone a given group is to do it max effort for some move you can only do 8-10 times, then recover. But you'll get quite a bit of toning from a circuit training type approach, along with a lot of aerobic/energy system work.

You gotta control diet too if you want to see the results in the mirror.

[ZenithDawn]

30 second push up? those are some week workouts i do push ups for 5 minutes then do squats for 5 then do crunches or 5 after words i go an do more road work.

[ZenithDawn]

when it comes to burning fat you need to be eating he perfect amount of calories. i eat 2000-2200 calories and burn them off and keep my body in tip top shape so i dont go back to what i was when i was a kid weighing 400 pounds

[ZenithDawn]

which also means you need to be eating just healthy foods like chicken beef fish with rice potato's broccoli and oats grilled chicken not fried. also for drinks drink a lot of freshly squeezed juices with no corn syrup. id say eat a steak with a baked potato for dinner for breakfest 2 eggs and some oats for lunch a grilled chicken breast with some broccoli

[ZenithDawn]

avoid energy drinks they can make you dehydrated drink water when your doing your workouts not a lot but about 2-3 sips it will keep your body hydrated and helps to replace sweat i will say Gatorade is good drink too.

[Asker]

You forget that I'm a woman, kiddo.

[ZenithDawn]

iv seen a lot of female do more than me

[Asker]

They're probably been training for a long time. Everyone has their own limits. Im nrw at pushups. Let me be weak if it makes you feel better.

[takumii]

It depends on your current physical condition. But that wouldn't be as much as 15-20 minutes of hardcore running i'll tell you that.

[Asker]

No shit lol

[Anonymous]

120 calories for 15 minutes; and 160 calories for 20 minutes

[SnowyDays]

You can burn just a little bit. You should arrange your diet to lose weight

[akadatank44]

Coukd not tell you. Get a fitness band I guess

[Asker]

What's cheap but OK performance? And has, an app? Looking into that as well

[akadatank44]

I love my fitbit but it ain't cheap. I know Microsoft has one now.

[Asker]

What exactly should I search for? If I search for "fit watch" or "smart watch" I get lots of cheap results from China. Are they usable with any app on the Android store?

[akadatank44]

Fitbit has an app itself. If your finding a cheap one I'd look at the specs and see if you can see if there is an app or not.

[Asker]

The Moov smart watch i5 plus is on sale in my area. I don't know if you can find any infos on it though...

[Asker]

If a watch says It's compatible with Android 4.3, does it mean I could use it without an app?

[akadatank44]

I'm guessing there's an app for it.