Hi again!
I have some fascinating facts for you all.......
As some of you know, I've never been much of a stats geek, I never ran with an app, recorded routes and times etc. this all changed when I first owned my Fitbit.
My reason for owning a Fitbit in the first place was based on one of my clients asking me, how many calories they would burn in workouts. So I thought I would see, before putting them through their paces.
My first Fitbit was mainly a step-counter, and then I was given a much better one that recorded workouts. This was where the fun started.
The Insanity workout was always marketed as a 1,000 calorie burn.....this was now the time to tell.
What a let down, averaging around 360 calories per session for me, add on around 150 more for an 'average' person. Nothing like the 1,000 we had been given to expect.
I always do a different Insanity round every week - this is for many reasons, one being my short attention span, but also, I have always thought it's good to mix things up a little. I have been recording the calories burnt on every session, obviously there are lots of factors involved, time of day, time of month, what you've eaten, what other things are going on in your life, but as a general rule, this is what happens to me every week.
Monday 7pm session - highest calorie burn.
Wednesday 6pm - around 20 calories less than a Monday.
Friday 6pm - dropping an average of 30 calories from the Monday session.
When I ran a 7am class, although it was a 45 minute session and not the usual 50, even allowing for that, I burnt way less calories than the other sessions, meaning that early morning - fasted exercise is not what it's cracked up to be!
Classes that run with the same content for 12 weeks, are not the best way of getting results. Even if you just did the Monday session of my class, after 3 weeks the benefits would already be lessening. All this makes me happy, that at least I am doing the right thing for my clients.
I have to add at this point, this is not a scientific experiment, there are few control elements as I have stated, but on average looking at my stats, this is what I have found.
This brought me on to the next level - what do I burn in every day work sessions?
As much as I think I just stand about telling people what to do, I do demonstrate a few things, and the Box Room sessions where I am pad holding, I am very active, even if I don't really think about it.
This is just taken over a period of a week, but I was very surprised by what I burn, and that's why I eat so much! Here we go.....
Insanity - Wednesday, launch of a new round, so first time doing it - 410 calories.
Box Room 1-1 with Sarah, 9.30am - 344 calories.
Box Room 1-1 with Rachel, 3.30pm - 364 calories.
Boxercise, 5.15pm - no pad-holding, just pacing - 324 calories.
1-1 personal training with Cathy, some pad-holding, 8.30am - 368 calories.
1-2 personal training with Jean and Tony, 11am - 260 calories.
Virtual personal training with Sam, 7.30pm - 333 calories.
Fascinating eh? I train Sam straight after Insanity, so that would explain why I burnt more then, but I am very animated when holding the focus pads for boxing clients, I use my whole body, just as I would be punching I suppose.
So.....as much as I thought I just stood about, I really don't!
That's all for now.....fascinating though eh? Will that make you think about how you work out now? Change is a good thing you know, I've always said that, and I guess, there is some proof in it now.
Train safe and keen.
