1k calories in an hour

[Raccaccoonie]

I set a target to hit 1k calories in 1 hour on the X-trainer.

So far I've got to 870 calories in an hour. Yes it is indicated but rpm is low and resistance very high, like 20 out of 25.

Just wondered is that a decent achievement or are these machines accurate. I'm 40 and do it 3 - 5 times a week so recovering. I actually don't find it as hard as I thought. Not sure what I will do next when I've hit my target.

Edited by Raccaccoonie on Tuesday 4th April 00:56

[sleepezy]

No idea if it's accurate - but purely from my experience.

I built up to 1k in an hour on our cross trainer
It took about 8 weeks (I started at about 200 before stopping)
I kept to a minimum of 4 times a week
It was hard work but eventually felt good
Quickest was 57 mins and change
I was 48 at the time
I found varying a workout (ie sometimes just going as fast as possible for a bit) helped with the overall time
Having stopped for about a year (busy at work) I am back up to 63 mins
I lost 12 kg in 6 months (74 to 62kg)

Best of luck

[Raccaccoonie]

yeh that is very good. I've actually put on weight.

p.s I'm nearly double your weight, about 16.8 stone.

I think I will aim for max resistance for 1 hour. I do love the x trainer been using it for nearly 20 years. I also don't use my arms as much so built a strong core.

Edited by Raccaccoonie on Tuesday 4th April 01:02

[popeyewhite]

I used to burn 1000 cals in an hour's fast run on a treadmill with 1% incline. I imagine you'd have to work pretty hard on a cross trainer!

[dirty doug]

I few years back I did 1k calories in about 50 mins on a x-trainer.

My average heart rate iirc was 180+
I was early 40’s at the time.

It isn’t something I ever felt like repeating.

[dirty doug]

Found it

[popeyewhite]

dirty doug said:

I few years back I did 1k calories in about 50 mins on a x-trainer.

My average heart rate iirc was 180+
I was early 40’s at the time.

It isn’t something I ever felt like repeating.

Great going.

I used to play an hour's competitive squash after my 6 miles. I should think my hr was somewhere around 130 during the run maybe. Wouldn't fancy knocking 10 minutes off it!

I too was in my forties back then.

[ALawson]

Done High 900s doing 4.4w/kg on a wattbike at mid 70kg.

[Its Just Adz]

I saw thread title and thought it was eating 1k calories in an hour.
Now that I could do....

[J4CKO]

Its Just Adz said:

I saw thread title and thought it was eating 1k calories in an hour.
Now that I could do....

Want to watch some of the competitive eaters on YouTube, eating machines.

I just did a run and that was 450 cals in just over half an hour on my watch, 1000 in an hour, not sure I could do that !

[LimaDelta]

My bag and HIIT workouts are normally around 1000 kcal/hour. Not sure what would be normal on a cross trainer though.

For comparison, the 50 kcal record on the Rogue Echo bike is 24 sec, so at that rate 1000 kcal would be 8 minutes ( ), assuming you could sustain that output!!

[sleepezy]

I doubt I could keep that pace for 8 secs let alone 8 mins!

[BoRED S2upid]

Do you use a heart rate monitor? If not it’s guess work. Entirely possible to do though my 30 min swim is circa 400 cals and I’m not breathing out my arse so yes 1000 in an hour is good going.

[oyster]

Aren't levels of calorie burn like this just going to burn off muscle rather than fat?

[mcelliott]

Well according to the op he claims that an hour on the cross trainer builds muscle, which is hard to believe, must be a genetic freak

Edited by mcelliott on Thursday 11th May 12:23

[sleepezy]

oyster said:

Aren't levels of calorie burn like this just going to burn off muscle rather than fat?

Well it certainly worked for me (unless I had a beer belly made purely from muscle and not fat, which would mean I am the genetic freak mcelliot referred to...)
I don't think I built up any, or any significant, muscle - I was just trying to lose middle aged spread. I did then work on muscle but wound the cross trainer intensity down at that point.

[TikTak]

Its Just Adz said:

I saw thread title and thought it was eating 1k calories in an hour.
Now that I could do....

Exactly. Came in to say eaaaaasssyyyyy.

[budgie smuggler]

What kind of wattage would you have to kick out for an hour to achieve this?

[Raccaccoonie]

oyster said:

Aren't levels of calorie burn like this just going to burn off muscle rather than fat?

Depends. If you listen to bro science then yes. But you have increase resistance hence I use I do it highest resistance lowest rpm to keep momentum limited.

It is actually quite a complicated process as your body stores fat, but doing this day after day should help to build muscle, but not in same way as lifting does.

[popeyewhite]

Raccaccoonie said:

oyster said:

Aren't levels of calorie burn like this just going to burn off muscle rather than fat?

Depends. If you listen to bro science then yes. But you have increase resistance hence I use I do it highest resistance lowest rpm to keep momentum limited.

It is actually quite a complicated process as your body stores fat, but doing this day after day should help to build muscle, but not in same way as lifting does.

If might build a small amount of mostly slow twitch fibres (about 50% of muscle), as you are endurance training so you may build a little lean muscle as your body adapts, but the greatest impact (assuming you don't stuff yourself before you train) will be fat burning, especially at 1000 cals an hour. It's easy to lose weight doing cardio and think you're gaining muscle...when actually you're just removing the fat that hid the muscle definition from you in the mirror.

To address Oyster's post: First you have to deplete glycogen stores, then burn fat for energy. Only when you've done those (ultra marathon anyone?) will the body start seriously eating muscle to keep moving. Long before that happens you'd want to give up I imagine.