Cardio Burn - in a new magazine - JP Fitness Forums

AnnetteW · 03-27-2008, 06:48 AM

I almost passed out just reading this workout. I picked up the latest Fitness Rx for Women magazine and this workout is posted. They call it the "Ultimate Cardio-Sculpting Fat-Burning Circuit." At the advanced level you can burn 1000 cals a session (do it 3x a week, along with the Sexy Curves weights workout, etc.)

20 minutes each of treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, and stair-climber at 80% intensity (not HR, just intensity, which they say is 170-180 HR for a woman 20-40.)

I can work at a high intensity on the elliptical and it takes me 40+ min to get 300 cals. Super high intensity and I can burn 500 cals in 60 min. That includes a few minutes here and there with my HR up to 90%, most the rest over 80% (but I'm also not 20 yrs old.)

I'm just in shock after reading this article, and I like cardio. Very few people could work out at this level, should workout at this level, or even need to.

Libellula · 03-27-2008, 07:16 AM

wow. the only person I know who works out like that has some really serious self-esteem issues. I'd rather not worry about burning 1000 calories during a workout and work on making my body stronger.

rixatrix · 03-27-2008, 07:26 AM

There's no way they can say you'll burn 1000 calories. Firstly, because some of us here could easily weigh twice as much as others doing the same workout. A 190lb woman and a 95lb woman are going to have VERY different calorie readings for that exercise.

2 - 80 minutes of cardio? No thanks. Sounds kind of boring. And episodes of Law and Order don't even last that long, so what am I going to watch while I'm on all those machines? Not to mention, everyone else there is going to think I'm a schizo, going from machine to machine every twenty minutes.

3 - It's not bad-ass, it's not hardcore, and it probably won't even make you remotely pukey - just wiped out. So what's the point? What are the bragging rights?

I don't even think you're ALLOWED to do that workout without a spandex thong and bike shorts.

Lisa~ · 03-27-2008, 08:07 AM

Come on. Don't you know by now to not get your information from a magazine?

Cynthia · 03-27-2008, 08:11 AM

That sounds horrible! I dont think I do 80 minutes of cardio in a whole week!!

Bytsi · 03-27-2008, 11:11 AM

Are they crazy??? As a 40-year-old, I know how I feel when my HR is in the 170's - I get it there doing HIIT. Maintaining (for me) over 90% max HR for 80 minutes would be suicidal, and I'm in pretty good shape! 70-80% of INTENSITY, for me, would be HR in the 150's, maybe 160. And even then, I don't think I'd want to attempt 80 straight minutes that high. Isn't that what they invented intervals for?

baffled111 · 03-27-2008, 11:48 AM

They must be crazy, and probably also stupid. When I do HIIT I usually get my HR up to around 174, which is about 93% of my max. There is absolutely no way I could sustain that for anywhere near 80 minutes. I'm pretty sure I couldn't sustain it for 5 minutes. I think the math in the article must be off. I'm right in the middle of that age group (I'm 32) and I don't get my HR up to 93% of max by exercising at '80% intensity'.

Also, it sounds like absolutely no fun at all. 'Hey! Here's how to become an exercise bulimic! Go nuts girls!'

LaraT · 03-27-2008, 12:53 PM

That is crazy. I have had my maximum heart rate and V02max tested in a fitness lab and my max is around 175 (shows how off the 220-age can be) so working at 170-180 BPM for would not even be phsyically possible for me. Ridiculous!

chickdiver · 03-27-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rixatrix

I don't even think you're ALLOWED to do that workout without a spandex thong and bike shorts.

~THAT~ is funny!