Dance Central - Kinect

tameko2

Woo, just got mine. Anyone playing this with an HRM? I'm wondering if the calorie estimates are at ALL accurate - at least it tracks how many minutes I do it but I am SWEATING after 20 whereas I can walk for an hour and just be a little tired.... then again lots of short breaks with Dance Central...

Any tips for getting the most out of it? Favorite songs? Talk to me people! I'm thinking I should get an HRM for it, I really have no idea how accurate the estimate is.

k2d4p

Oddly enough I like "crank that soldier boy" I feel so silly, but it's fun. I have absolutely no ideas on the calorie part. I don't count it as exercise. It just fun for me.

tameko2

I love that song too - bouncebouncebounc left, bouncebouncebounce right. I don't imagine it will be that good of a workout when I am in better shape, but right now its pretty good cardio, and its better than walking because holding positions with your arms or rolling your torso around works out some of those muscles I haven't used in a while

jerseynegrita06

I can tell you what song I HATE...Teach Me How to Jerk...OMG that song is way harder than they have it ranked!! It took me FOREVER to beat it. I finished the whole game on mostly medium, lol. I'm scared to do anything else. My favorite song is Drop it Like Its Hot, lol. The game say I'm kinda thuggish. I don't know about the calorie counter though b/c I did an hour and 16 minutes and it says I burned 345 calories...but when I typed it into MFP it said 664!...then I tried another calorie counter and it say 729 so I don't know. I used the game's calories anyway to give myself some room. I wish we could play online together, that'd be cool!

tameko2

Oh my GOD That song is TOTALLY too hard, I played it like 3 time today trying to get 4 stars so I could unlock the achievement! ARRRGH! It doesn't like SOMETHING about the way I do half the moves even though I swear I'm doing it right. My SO says he thinks its something about the angle I'm standing at on some moves.

I'm honestly considering a calorie counter just for that -- maybe the one in the game is accurate but I feel like i'm killing myself after about 35 minutes - so either I'm just pathetic like that or the calorie counter LIES!