Wait, Lose How Many Pounds in 34 Minutes?

This is the 2nd part of the testing I did with the Nike+ iTunes link.

It gave my Calories burned as 373 for the 2.37 miles I allegedly ran.  For the purposes of this blog, and in reality, it was closer to 2.5 miles.  That's only half the story, though.

My first mile was a steady, cardio pace. I burned about 155 Calories.  Easy peasy.

My next half mile was chopped up with stop-and-go plyometrics, seriously pushing my anaerobic threshhold and then backing way off, and then repeating.  It also included pushups, hanging leg raises, and 3/4 speed sprints.

The next mile consisted of sprinting about 50 meters, and then walking 30 to 50 meters.  That totally confuses the body, and causes all your systems to fire up and burn Calories.  It also makes you consume O2 likes it's going out of style, and pump out the CO2  (If he weren't such a fat liar, I'd apologize to Gore).

The advantage to the latter two-point-five miles is that while doing it, I may have burned just over 220 Calories, but it's going to keep burning for the next day.  The first mile won't have much effect past bedtime, but the sprinting and plyometrics will keep burning into Tuesday.

Long story short--don't just run.  Throw in sprints, pushups, and skipping.  Your butt will thank you for it.