Les Mills Body Pump

starkarlis

How any one recorded a Les Mills Body Pump class in their exercise and if so, how did you do it?

Thanks.

daphnemoon

I just put it down as cardiovascular - it is just more straightforward, and I enter the cals from my polar HRM, the figure often varies wildly depending on the release, e.g. release 79 was around 150-200 cals higher than most.

roseemb

I also use my HRM and put it in as Cardio exercise. Depending on the day, I have registered any where from 500-650 kcal for the full 60 min, but I'm quite overweight.

NitaCB

I estimate it to be about 300-350 cals for a class. I'm basing that on what I see people get with an HRM for an hour's strength training. Obviously it'll be a little more than that. But really, it's just an estimate. I wish I knew accurately.

Bpothik13

my instructor says that the class burns around 500 calories, but am sure this varies wildly from person to person....

Hagemum

I put it as strength training. I don't burn anywhere near as many calories (255 on my HRM doing the new release this week using moderate weights) as doing the other Les Mills classes I do (Attack and Combat) but like the toning benefits you get from doing it 2/3 times a week.

daphnemoon

Yeah NitaCB, when instructors have been mixing out I can guarantee I'll get to 350 cals, maybe even a little more but rarely less. Today I did release 80 and got 477 cals. Great workout!

starkarlis

Thanks so much for all of your answers. My gym must be really behind...they only offer BodyPump and right now it's #80?

daphnemoon

Yeah, some gyms started doing release 80 over a month ago, but the main gym I go to always gets the new releases much later, which is kind of frustrating when you hear other people raving/moaning about specific tracks or new combos/moves.

The tracklist for BP81 is now floating around the internet, not sure I'm liking the songs that much - I recognised pretty much all of 79 and most of 80, but only know the squat track in 81.