: Burned only 225 cals in 25 minutes doing cardio. Is it less or adequate for a 5 feet 114 pound girl? I did only cardio workout in the gym today: 10 mins incline walk at 5.8 kmph with incline 4 - 50 cals 8 min repeat of

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As has been said by other posters, the calorie estimates on machines tend to be only a very rough guess and are probably wildly inaccurate. The real question is: Do you feel you worked hard enough? Your ability to increase both intensity and duration will increase dramatically, possibly in a matter of weeks, and since the limiting factor is not how much you think you need but how much you can do, I think it's wiser to pay more attention to that. Work as hard as you can for as long as you can, and gauge how much difference it's making. If you're satisfied with progress after a few weeks or months, that's great news; otherwise, maybe ask further advice with additional knowledge of your own, or consider a personal trainer.

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I feel it is a good workout.

Try doing anaerobic workouts.

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Essentially you worked off a little less than a Snickers bar. If the goal is to burn calories, you need to pick up the pace. Even a light jog will burn more Calories than an incline walk. If you aren't accustomed to the higher intensity cardio work, your body will adapt pretty quickly--particularly if you employ intervals to do it. That said, higher intensity work does impact what you can do with the weights. It's still worthwhile to incorporate.

The best approach is to outline your goals and plan accordingly:

Active recovery: you're feeling beat up, so you just want to get blood flowing. Walk at a pace where your body temperature rises but it doesn't affect your ability to hold a conversation.
Alactic capacity (sport performance): usually involves sprints, prowler work, farmer's or yolk walks. These are high intensity for relatively short distances. The goal it to increase your alactic work capacity--which helps with many sports as well as lifting.
Aerobic capacity: usually involves distance runs with a light jog or fast walk--sometimes intervals.

If your goal is calorie burn, either Alactic capacity training or Aerobic training for 60 minutes will be what you want. Active recovery (which is where you spent most of your time) is not very useful for that.