Zumba, how to log on exercise diary

pamarnold

Tonight is my first night of Zumba class. I will want to add that to my exercise for the day. However, I can't find it in the database. The closest I found was "Dancing, aerobic" but that is only showing 333 calories burned in 1 hour. I am told that an average Zumba class burns upwards of 500 calories per 1 hour session. What would be an accurate way of logging Zumba on my exercise stats?

hdelamore

Hi, I had the same difficulty, I Added Exercise and put 500 calories in per hour, therefore I knew I wasn't over estimating my calorie burn! xx

autiemommy

I had the same problem and got a hrm and i average now about 560-580 in a hour of zumba. So to get best accuracy i would get a hrm. It all boils down to you how hard you go at it. Im a lil bit over weight still so i can burn more calories then someone who might be in better shape.

scantrll

When I do Zumba, I log it in as jazzercise. Its a pretty close equivalent - for me it equals 574 cals/hour for 210 person.

Hope that helps!

lynnmarie60

I use Aerobics, High Impact.

KPaden1221

i used aerobics high impact or dancing.. just depending on how hard i work our during it..