Fitness Calories Burned

jlnaumann
jlnaumann Posts: 1
in Fitness and Exercise
I am working out 4 days per week for 45 minutes mixing it up between yoga, barre class and Pilates. As I am at a heavier weight than I'd like to be, I figure I should be burning more calories now than I will be as the weight comes off. I do work hard during these classes, but when I enter my activity into the fitness log, I'm told that I'm burning 162 calories for each workout. I don't know how that can be accurate at all. Help anyone?

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    I can't speak to the specifics .... but at my size (150 lbs) pilates, yoga, (I've not done barre per se) ..... are not big calorie burners. I get 133 here in MFP ......I do have a heart rate monitor .... but that's not great for resistance training ..... only cardio.

    Cardio typically burns more calories than resistance type exercises. However, there is a calorie "afterburn" effect for resistance training that is very difficult to determine ....if you've worked your muscles to fatigue ..... you are burning calories long after the workout is over.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Re: yoga ........I do notice that here in MFP that 2 yoga types are listed and the calorie burns are the same for both. That works for me because I do more of a hatha (stretching) type.

    But I'm guessing yoga burns can be very different .......I would think that power yoga (the very flowing type) would burn more calories than hatha yoga ...... but measuring calories is super difficult.
  • lesteidel
    lesteidel Posts: 229 Member
    I'm not sure, but I don't think their exercise counts can be that accurate. Mine seem overestimated, honestly, but I walk and run, and last time I had access to an accurate count, I didn't weight the same and was in different shape so I'm not sure.

    I do know neither Pilates or yoga tend to be High calorie burners, but they are very very good for you. Exercise shouldn't solely be about calories burned. It's for your health. Anything that gets your heart rate up for a while is good for you. Just make sure you enjoy it so you will stick to it.

    How many calories you burn during an exercise depends on many factors such as your weight, intensity, heart rate, etc. some of those factors they don't have access to.

    If you want a more accurate assessment, invest in something like a fitbit flex.

    In the meantime, I wouldn't stress it too much.

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