zumba calories burned
pschnock
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anybody have a way to calculate zumba workout calories accuratlely? having some trouble figuring it out and dont wanna guess..
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I'd like to know too - hope you don't mind me eavesdropping0
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Use the database entry entitled Aerobics, or Dance.0
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I take Zumba as well, the Zumba instructor says you can burn 600-1000 calories, I dont know what the accruate number is.. I am also having trouble calculating totals for my workout0
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Can you use a heart rate monitor the next time you Zumba? This would be most accurate. For now, you could log it as aerobics or dancing (although I would only use a percentage of the number MFP gives you - maybe 50 to 75% at most - because it tends to overestimate cardio calories burned).0
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Their is a zumba fitness calculator, you put in your weight and how long your class was and it figures it out for you.... I'm not on my home computer so I don't have the web address. I found it one day while googling it. Of course the most accurate way is to wear a heart monitor.0
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This is the site I was thinking of0 -
this is what i use0 -
I list it as line dancing, not sure if that is accurate x0
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remember your own personal level of fitness (and your age) will come into it - the fitter/older you are the harder it is to burn calories.
I did an hours zumba class last night, and wore my hrm. I burnt 357 calories, flat out, couldn't talk level of exertion. There is no physical way I could burn 1000 calories in an hour. (I'm 5ft 2" and 143lbs currently but pretty fit). Even doing a step class I rarely burn more than 450 and that's supposed to be even more intensive.0 -
When I did an hour session of Zumba Cardio I used the calculator and it estimated about 650 calories for my weight which was 162lbs. I logged it as 500 to be on the safe side.
I finally got a HRM and did the same workout on Sunday and I burned 862 claories!! whoo hoo. That was the 50 mins cardio party dvd. My weight was 162lbs0
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