Calories per set

[TestYourlimits]

Hello,
An interesting question that I have, as someone that doing a very intensive workout with high volume 50-75 sets (many of them light weights for high reps)
I would like to calculate my calories burn by understanding how many calories are we burning per 1 set on Average?
Thank you

 

[MFAAS]

How many calories does the average bodybuilding workout burn?

Im interested in everyones opinion on this, lets say a normal workout 60-90 minutes in average how many calories does it burn? Lets say 16 sets of chest 4 different exercises Going to failure on at least 8 of them maybe superset some flys . 9 sets for shoulders 3 for each head doing supersets...

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read through that then see if you still have questions

 

[Chewbacca]

read through that then see if you still have questions

I also read this material. very interesting and informative. And just gives a basic understanding of the consumption of kcal

 

[Joetastic82]

For what it's worth there are tons of more effective ways to burn calories.

 

[Ironman 580]

Your overthinking shit man - just hit the qym and eat

 

[Hightower]

Your overthinking shit man - just hit the qym and eat

This advice, as I think and I am sure, always works. Less need to powder your brains and easy to do.

 

[Canknucklehead]

Also will vary based on what set you are doing.

You will burn very little doing seated wrist curls or bicep curls...a lot more doing squats or deadlifts

 

[Hightower]

I agree with the previous message, pay attention to such energy-intensive exercises as squats and deadlifts.

 

[Jayne Scott]

Deadlifts and squats should suffice.

 

[MFAAS]

Also will vary based on what set you are doing.

You will burn very little doing seated wrist curls or bicep curls...a lot more doing squats or deadlifts

bruh...no way. Dont hate. Seated wrist curls are my daily cardio XD XD

 

[MisterSuperGod]

50-75 sets!?

 

[Eman]

Calories burnt during activity is usually not the way you want to look at exercise in general... but especially not the way you want to look at resistance based training.

Resistance training increases your metabolic rate outside of the exercise window. So, if you burn say 100kcal during a weightlifting session you might also burn say 100kcal in the 24hrs post training. Post exercise consumption of calories is not fully understood - the criteria for who burns X calories varies due to age, gender, intensity, etc. The bottom line is, don't arrive at any number and assume "that's how much I burned during that training session" because you're still going to be burning calories because of that session long after you leave the gym.

Also, the methodical part of my brain long wanted to reconcile every calories ingested and every calorie burned... but it'll be easier for you to accept early that you'll never, ever, come up with any exact numbers. As long as you know that you're at a surplus or deficit, and approximately to what degree of surplus or deficit you're in... that's all you need to know, and that's all you'll ever really know.

 

[Hightower]

Often people overestimate their ability to be active consciously or out of ignorance. And they overestimate their consumption and, most importantly, underestimate the number of kcal that they consume for food. As a result, the error of the surplus or deficit is different than in their diary. And therefore, as a rule, there are problems gaining or losing weight.

 

[Ironman 580]

I have to eat 12.3 calories per rep to make progress

 

[Hightower]

I have to eat 12.3 calories per rep to make progress

Interesting approach , but how does it work, just wondering?

 

[Ironman 580]

Not 12.2 or 12.4 only 12.3 man and that’s it