How much does Zumba burn?

shadowlydarkness
shadowlydarkness Posts: 243 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi guys,

I just did my first ever Zumba workout and had loads of fun. But I am wondering how many calories I have burned. MFP says I have burned 465 for 30 minutes, and I have been sweating but I doubt I would burn that much.

I did a 'step-by-step' dvd which lasted 59 minutes. Some time was spend standing still looking at how they moved and then trying it myself, I dont feel the intensity was at the highest as it was a learning dvd but the sweat is dripping of my face for sure! I did the whole 59 minutes but only logged 30 minutes as I dont think I would have burned more then that, what do you guys think?

I dont have a heart rate monitor yet, so how can I calculate the calories most accurately?

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    MFP's database is notorious for overestimation.

    For me (and this will be different based height, weight, intensity, etc), in an hour of a Zumba class I burn anywhere from 320-450 calories.

    So I would say 465 calories for 30 minutes is way too much. Cut it in half, at least.
  • shadowlydarkness
    shadowlydarkness Posts: 243 Member
    MFP's database is notorious for overestimation.

    For me (and this will be different based height, weight, intensity, etc), in an hour of a Zumba class I burn anywhere from 320-450 calories.

    So I would say 465 calories for 30 minutes is way too much. Cut it in half, at least.

    Thanks I was thinking along those lines. Normally when I do 30 minutes of running on the cross trainer I burn 250 cals so I thought this would be similar.

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