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calories burned in poling?
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That’s awesome!! I heard you can burn that many calories! It’s probably right on. 😀
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That’s awesome!! I heard you can burn that many calories! It’s probably right on. 😀
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I'm not sure about it's accuracy. I may hang onto the watch for ease of taking my heart rate and then use this website to calculate my calories burned by an average heart rate during exercise.
http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm
According to this website I burned 520 calories in the hour (based on my height, weight, and average heart rate.) Quite a difference!
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I think it's quite accurate b/c a few months back there was an article that pole fitness came second to a sport which the activity evades me at this time but, it's running up walls, over fences, roof tops and so forth. Crossfit was placed 4th.
I researched crossfit and they said that one burns approx 800 cal. in a work out b/c you continue to burn calories post intense activity.
Pole is intense and so, I think it is quite accurate.
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Maybe you can use what the device tells you and log it for your net calories and adjust it based on what happens with your weight over time? You can use it your monitor for some overall trends and see how tracking net calories works out for you.
Just my 2 cents… the scale can be a device of torture so be sure to take measurements of areas easy to measure like your neck, smallest part of your waist and widest part of your hips. You can measure every 2-4 weeks and that will show you what's going on too.
I have gained weight on the scale but lost inches! My measuring tape is near my cosmetics and I see it daily. I measure every 2-4 weeks. The scale… I want to throw it off a bridge and actually buried it deep in the back of a spare closet.
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You know, when I first started this diet I was okay eating the restricted calories without getting hungry. The last few days I am getting hungry a lot, so maybe I am burning more than I thought. I had to eat some rice last night when I got home from dance cuz I was sooo hungry. This was at 9:30 p.m.
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That could very well be, you probably need more calories right now. Poling is really hard work! Be sure to feed your body. If you are anything like me if you don't eat enough you GAIN! Also protein and fats help you feel fuller, try a lean protein source with avocado for a protein/fat combo for snack. That helps me.
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Is there any particular snack you eat? I've been eating a handful of nuts, but that lasts me a short while.
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We are all so individual and there is so much trial and error to find out what works best. I found personally that fats and protein combo keeps me fuller longer and works well for snack. An example of some snacks I will eat for protein/fat is chicken breast and diced avocado (about enough to fill a 1/2 to 3/4 cup measuring cup). I base the portion size on my hunger. A favorite of mine is pinto or black beans with a tablespoon of salsa and diced avocado (about the same 1/2 – 3/4 cup). I buy canned beans and I rinse them under water then put them in a pyrex and put in the fridge so they are ready when I am. I also like celery sticks that I put peanut butter on. If I am craving sweet I eat 2 small tangerines with a scoop of chocolate Vega shake and go protein powder mixed with water. That is just protein no fat but it helps when I have a sweet tooth. If I am crazy desperate hungry I eat one piece of bread with some peanut butter folded in half and a cup of 1% skim milk. That is borderline for me though because the bread/milk is not good for me. That is more of a 'comfort food' comprimise. If I eat breads, granola, cereals, oatmeals I get ravenous hungry and fast… that stuff does not sustain me at all and then I end up craving really startchy bad carbs like bread and chips. For meals I always do regular dressing on my salads (I measure 2 tablespoons for the serving to make sure I am not getting 400 dressing calories) and put 1 tablsespoon of sunflower seeds and 1/4 to 1/2 of a diced avocado on them. Also this sounds weird but I love pinto or black beans sprinkled on top of my salad. Those are a few examples of what has worked for me… for breakfast I have green smoothie (blended kale, spinach, frozen fruit and a wee bit of apple jucie for the base) that I sip on for a few hours and beans with salsa. I save my fats for afternoon early evening when I am most hungry.
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Just In reply to the hunger issue, I found that melon is a good snack, I like pink cantaloupe as its sweet, and you can eat a whole one with hardly any calories at all.
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I think I have a slight oral allergy to all melons except watermelon. My mouth feels all funny and itchy after eating it.
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There are two brands of actual activity monitors out there, the Fitbit and Bodybug type. Go on line for details on those. In Fitocracy you may be able to get more information towards your activity levels if you don’t want to spend $. There is a forum about Fitocracy here on Veena’s site. Good luck!
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Is fitocracy any different from livestrong (which is what I'm using?)
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I have a body bugg, and when I was in class for the 1.5 hours, it gave me an average of about 400 calories. That being said, I also burned an extra 150 calories above and beyond what I normally would, after class was over.
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I have a body bugg, and when I was in class for the 1.5 hours, it gave me an average of about 400 calories. That being said, I also burned an extra 150 calories above and beyond what I normally would, after class was over.
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