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Zumba

marie33kids
marie33kids Posts: 13 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I can't believe I burned 720 calories today. It feels great to be coverd in sweat. I'm hooked!And....also bored so this is why I posted this.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    720 at zumba? Wow. I always assume about 300 for an hour class.
  • marie33kids
    marie33kids Posts: 13 Member
    The class I take its hard core and my Zumba insrtucor said it depends on your weight and height. There's a calorie counter on Zumba.com.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    marie33kids wrote: »
    The class I take its hard core and my Zumba insrtucor said it depends on your weight and height. There's a calorie counter on Zumba.com.

    hmm...
  • marie33kids
    marie33kids Posts: 13 Member
    It's really fun. You should try it.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    marie33kids wrote: »
    It's really fun. You should try it.

    I've done it. I burn about 300 calories. I don't do cardio anymore but I might consider going to a class soon for funs.
  • 10inprogress
    10inprogress Posts: 89 Member
    I think numbers are hard to really get accurate. I'd put about as much faith in that as the number my stairclimber gives me. I think it's a pretty generous overestimate, but perhaps I'm just a cynic...
  • starryeyedsnoozer
    starryeyedsnoozer Posts: 89 Member
    I wore my HRM to Zumba once and I burned 700 cal so it's very possible! It's a lot of fun too, and doesn't really feel like working out. It's my "treat" work out of the week, but I'd do it every day if I could.
  • deltayork
    deltayork Posts: 71 Member
    Zumba is awesome!! I took my first class two years ago and could barely get through the hour :/. Calories burned definitely is impacted the intensity of the class and the heart-rate zones you workout in. At first I burned 700-800, no a great class is 4-500 for me, and I average 300 calories burned..
  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    I put it as moderate intensity aerobics. It shows about 450 burned. I believe it. But I do want to get a hrm.
  • Missy022014
    Missy022014 Posts: 86 Member
    My Fitbit says I burn about 400 and the class is pretty intense. I took a class before and the instructor said I would burn 800-1000 calories....there is no way that can be if I'm buring 1/2 that now.
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