Pinsanity! Jumping Jacks for Weight Loss

Everyone knows that you can find ways to gain weight on Pinterest. All those amazing photos of food that you want to eat but know you shouldn’t. But can Pinterest help you lose weight? As I try to kick-start my own weight loss and exercise goals I’ve been spending more time in the Fitness category. Along with loads of “inspiring” photos of ultra thin women in bikinis, there are some fun workout ideas, healthy eating tips and other helpful things to be found. I happened upon this pin the other day:

 

Now as exercises go, I’ve never minded jumping jacks. Could this be an easy way to lose a little extra weight? While I can’t verify the claim that every jumping jack burns two calories, it does seem theoretically possible that this plan could work. 100 jumping jacks seems doable. 1000? Every day? Hmm…not sure about that. So I decided to give it a shot.

About 60 jumping jacks into my first set, jumping jacks suddenly weren’t so fun anymore. By 90, I thought I might die. I struggled through to 100. My heart rate was up, I even broke a sweat. 9 more sets in one day? I don’t think so.

If you know someone who can do 1000 jumping jacks in a single day and live to tell about it, there is your new fitness idol. It’s certainly not me. I’ll be on the “Do 100 jumping jacks a day and lose a pound in ten weeks” plan…

11 Responses to Pinsanity! Jumping Jacks for Weight Loss
  1. AnnaLou
    February 24, 2012 | 3:10 am

    I actually hate jumping jacks..But I want to lose weight…I am going to try this out…

  2. marina
    February 24, 2012 | 9:36 am

    Wow 100 is a big deal for me.Maybe I’ll start with a goal to 50 first! ;)

  3. Beth Larrabee
    February 24, 2012 | 10:37 am

    Yikes…I’m pretty sure 10 would kill me…lol!
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  4. Ayyie
    February 26, 2012 | 10:23 pm

    Jumping Jacks can be fun and I think we can do it even with our family too…

  5. Tinnah
    February 27, 2012 | 2:20 am

    Jumping Jacks are really one of the best things that can help us stay fit…

  6. Laura
    October 25, 2012 | 4:35 pm

    Jumping jacks are hard I can’t do much past 80 but she was saying do 100 a day not 1000 a day

    :)

  7. Jorie
    November 29, 2012 | 8:25 am

    When I do the math ~ that would be 7000 jumping jacks to lose one pound!! 2 jumping jacks = 1 calorie. 1000 jumping jacks = 500 calories. 500 calories x 7 (which would be 7000 jumping jacks) = 3500 calories. Which would equal 1 pound!!!

  8. Chrissy
    December 18, 2012 | 8:41 pm

    Actually the picture does say 7000 (just a funny font).

    Good luck!

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  10. Kalere
    February 22, 2013 | 4:49 pm

    I found this same photo on Pintrest a few days ago! I decided to try this out. Today is my first day. I’ve found that doing approximately 85 jumping jacks every hour over the course of 12 hours will equal a little over 1000 jumping jacks.
    Also, according to the photo, 1000 jumping jacks equals about 500 calories burned (so over the course of seven days, 3500 calories will be burned (equaling one pound)).
    I’m not sure if this will be effective, since every body burns calories at a different rate (depending on age, height, weight, etc.), but we’ll see! I’m going to keep it up for a few weeks and see what happens, while also maintaining a healthy diet :)

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