Diamond Bar Personal Trainer- How Many Calories Does Bootcamp Burn

A calorie is a unit of energy. The more units of energy you burn during a bout of exercise, the more worthwhile that workout is. As humans, we obtain energy by eating or drinking it. One of the best ways to burn off excess energy is through boot camp fitness.

Boot camp classes contain a little bit of a lot of things, but most bootcamp activities mimic military training in some fashion. We can assume that if a 150-pound person burns about 800 calories per hour in a boxing ring, 400 calories vigorously lifting weights, 550 calories running, 550 calories doing calisthenics like pushups and situps, and 680 calories kickboxing - a bootcamp session will often include several minutes of each of those things - then that same 150-pound person will burn around 500-800 calories per hour doing boot-camp-style workouts.

How many calories you burn depends on how big you are and how hard you work. Bigger bodies with more muscle will burn more in a given amount of time. Bigger bodies with lots of fat or smaller bodies with little muscle won't burn as much. But no matter your size, your intensity is up to you. If you want to burn more, work harder. It's all in your mind.

Part of the fun in boot camp classes is being pushed to your limits. However, the instructor or trainer can yell at the top of her lungs, and if you don't want to run faster, you won't. If you don't want to go as deep into your push-up, you won't. And, unlike real military basic training, you won't get a dishonorable discharge and sent home, if you don't give it your all. You'll just keep paying your dues and not getting the best results.

If you want to burn closer to that 800-calorie range, you've got to push your muscles and your heart to the max. Of course, if you have a history of injury or any medical concerns, you need to modify. Your max will change through different stages of your life, but you can work with that.

Your instructor should be able to work with your limitations, too. He should be able to sense when you are totally exhausted and recognize when your form is going downhill and give you options for staying in the game but back off, too. Burning hundreds of calories is awesome, but if you injure yourself, you won't be burning any!