Yikes! I have been logging wrong all this time!

SezxyStef

140 pound female burning 700 calories in an aerobics class? Another female burning 900 in an hour of Zumba?

Proceed at your own peril

I agree HRM are only good for steady state cardio and zumba and aerobics are not that...I would only eat about 50% of them...maybe 75% if I was really hungry.

tyediri

So I had my Zumba class yesterday. 60 minutes of Zumba at an average heart rate of 170 and maximum 193 gave me a 641kcal burn.
I logged it as 420 (75% of 641, minus about 60kcals which I would have burned to stay alive). I ended up having over 300kcals left over anyway.

It kind of sucks that I can't use my heart rate monitor for aerobics and zumba. I will continue to use it just to monitor my heart rate though. I do not have any problems with my heart, not that I know anyway, but I shall monitor to see if it starts coming down after a few weeks.

I am, however, training for a 10k run, so I should be able to use my HRM and get an accurate calorie count then.

Azdak

I say take the cals and run!

If the OP eats all of those calories back, she won't be running very far.

QuietBloom

140 pound female burning 700 calories in an aerobics class? Another female burning 900 in an hour of Zumba?

Proceed at your own peril

I agree HRM are only good for steady state cardio and zumba and aerobics are not that...I would only eat about 50% of them...maybe 75% if I was really hungry.

I use mine for kettlebell. It's not steady state, but as long as my heart rate remains above 120, I think it is accurate enough. After all, I don't always run at the same pace - some days I am adding in sprints.

ETA: Obviously the calories I calculate are accurate enough to keep my weight where I want it.

fleetzz

OKAY!!!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS RIGHT AND JUST IN THIS WORLD, PLEASE STOP TOP-QUOTING.

OKAY!!!

tyediri

That made me lol!

I say take the cals and run!

If the OP eats all of those calories back, she won't be running very far.