Zumba

Maricela526

I dont see Zumba in the excercise directory and was wondering approximately how many calories you burn in 1 hour? I am debating if I should try tonights Zumba class thats offered in my gym. I normally do running about 3.4miles in 40 minutes which includes interval training. I also do another 20 minutes of strength. I'm wondering what will burn my calories?

CHN_

Depending on how fit you are, and how much of yourself you put into the moves, I'd say anywhere from 300-600 for an hour probably, depending on fitness level and weight. I do about 300 for the 20 min express, but I do it after 30DS so my pulse is already pretty high when I start.

Edited to add: Basically, Zumba is awesome, but you may want to add some strength training to go along with it if you have time. I used to do 1 hour BodyPump class followed directly my 1 hour Zumba class, and burned over 1000 calories for both.