Enter your body weight, workout time, and intensity to calculate your calories burned during circuit training. A 150-lb person typically burns about 8 to 13 calories per minute during circuit training, depending on pace.
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Calories Burned Circuit Training Formula
Basic mode uses body weight, workout time, and intensity.
C = BW × M × F
Advanced mode calculates your workout time from rounds, work time, and rest time, then applies the same calorie formula.
M = ((N × W) + (I × R)) ÷ 60
The calculator converts pounds to kilograms automatically when needed.
- C = calories burned
- BW = body weight
- M = total workout time in minutes
- F = circuit training intensity factor
- N = number of rounds
- W = work seconds per round
- I = rest intervals
- R = rest seconds per interval
Circuit Training Calories by Intensity
For a 150-lb person, circuit training commonly falls into the following calorie ranges:
- Light: about 7.1 calories per minute
- Moderate: about 9.5 calories per minute
- Vigorous: about 11.9 calories per minute
- Very Vigorous: about 14.3 calories per minute
What Counts as Circuit Training?
Circuit training combines several exercises performed back to back with short rest periods. A typical session includes 4 to 12 movements, work intervals of 20 to 60 seconds, and rest periods of 10 to 30 seconds. It is commonly used to build muscular endurance, improve conditioning, and keep the heart rate elevated through the full workout.
How to Use the Calculator
- Enter your body weight and choose pounds or kilograms.
- Select your circuit intensity.
- Use Basic mode for total workout time, or Advanced mode for rounds plus work and rest intervals.
- Press Calculate to see calories burned, total workout time, and calories per minute.
Example
A 150-lb person doing 30 minutes of moderate circuit training burns about 286 calories. At a vigorous pace, that same 30-minute session burns about 357 calories.
