Weight loss occurs when you use up more calories than you consume. Because cardiovascular exercise is an efficient way to burn calories, using a cardiovascular machine at home or at the gym on a regular basis can help you reach your weight-loss goals. The amount of calories burned on one of these machines will depend on factors such as your age, gender and body weight. Understanding how a deficit of calories creates weight loss will help you in determining the calories you needed to burn on cardiovascular equipment.
Weight Loss
MayoClinic.com notes that 1 lb. equals 3,500 calories, so to create a 1-lb. weekly weight loss, you must expend 500 calories more than you consume.
Types
The Harvard Medical School notes that an hour of moderate cycling on a stationary bike burns 420 calories per hour if you weigh 125 lbs., and 622 calories if you weigh 185 lbs.; exercising on an elliptical machine for an hour burns 540 calories if you weigh 125 lbs., and 800 calories if you weigh 185 lbs.
Expert Insight
The American College of Sports Medicine recommends to perform moderately intense cardiovascular exercise for 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Alternately, you can get the same results from intense cardio performed for 20 minutes a day, three days a week.
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