Is there any difference in the calorie burnt (i wanna lose weight) when you do 30 mins of continuous cardio (like cycling) and if you do 10mins of cycling, 2-3 mins of rest followed by 10 mins of elliptical, 2-3 mins of rest, and then 10 mins of treadmill?

Also if i'm going to do one particular cardio continuously, can i reduce the intensity?

yes there is a difference between each option, also the number of calories burned is based on the distance you cover, not the time...obviously if you are doing a more intense workout and cover more distance in the same amount of time for a moderate workout you will burn more calories.

if you are doing one continuous cardio workout on the bike, so whatever intensity you feel comfortable.

i mean, like if i spent 30mins on bike or if I spend 3 sets of 10mins each on the bike with 2 mins gap; which will help me burn calories more?

Is it distance which determines? Or the difficulty setting in the cycle/ elliptical?

Btw, is there any difference in keeping ur hand on the bar in the treadmill and walking & not keeping it on the bar?

Lets just say it is probably better for you to stick to one thing for 30 minutes at an intensity that is challenging to your body....bebooping between equipment for 10 minutes sets seems like a enormous waste of time ....just my opinion.......

ok lets make it complicated...say you're running on a treadmill, 0 incline, you're 200 lbs and you run 1 mile. You will burn 158 calories. This is the same as riding on a stationary bike with some resistance setting that you chose except you will only burn approximately 56 calories in that one mile (give or take a few based on the assumption that no person or bike is created equal)

Now if you up the incline on the treadmill you will burn more calories than you would have on the flat. Translate that over to the bike and it means you turned the resistance up to a higher resistance setting.

Now obviously if you are running or peddling faster you will be moving faster and covering more distance in less time thus burning more calories, so if you have a set time you want to run of say 30 minutes but you want to burn more calories you should go faster (pace/RPM) or increase the difficulty (incline or resistance).


As for your question of jumping between different machines at 10 minute intervals, it will probably be less helpful to you in the long run as you are giving your cardiovascular system a 2 minute break every 10 minutes and not really stressing it too much. The point of steady state cardio is to work your system for a decent length of time.

But problem in my gym is, i can't use the machine for long time, as there is always a queue for cario machines.
And the gym owner asks me not to run on the treadmill coz he's afraid of damaging the equipment
So, i tend to do a max speed of 5.5kmph only.

What if I do MITT
I mean moderately intense cardio and not HITT
For 10 min sets?

I perfer to go continuosly for as long as possible without break.

Now if the gym is packed and there is time limit, most of them have a 20 minutes time limit. This is what I do, go on a machine and toward the 14 minutes mark, look for another free machine. Once it's available, I hoop right over without a break. Technically, I am switching machine (legal in gym standard) but still going continuosly cardio without a break. Try to keep the heart rate up too. If you have to sit out and wait for a bit, do HIITS toward the end and stretch intensely while waiting.