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Spin Frustration!!

HummingbirdsStayActive
HummingbirdsStayActive Posts: 72
edited January 13 in Fitness and Exercise
So let me start by saying I LOVE to spin, ever since I first tried it, it's been my thing. I take a number of spin classes at the gym, at least 3 times a week ! I would take more if my schedule allowed!! GGX CYCLE, RPM, RPM 60 you name it I take it!

My frustration is this... I got back in the saddle after not taking spin for a few months and using my HRM , I learned I burned over 800cal in that class, but since that point my HRM has been reporting lower and lower calories burned in each class... yesterday I only burned like 580 ...I left so frustrated... my heart rate remained at 160 throughout the entire class, I pushed myself, and pushed myself... maybe I need to push harder??

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    As your body adjusts, you may burn less. If that first class was the first after a significant break, that may be why you burned so much. 580 is still an excellent burn for one workout.
  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Yes it's perfectly normal. As you become more fit and lose weight, you will burn less.

    My first 5K race, I burned the equivalent of 733 per hour (took me about 46 minutes to finish it). Now? I burn about the equivalent of 510 calories per hour.
  • HummingbirdsStayActive
    HummingbirdsStayActive Posts: 72
    Thanks for the answers! I have noticed the classes have gotten easier for me, I can push through much harder resistance now, with a pretty decent speed. I guess I need to stop focusing so much on numbers !
  • Tanja_CHH
    Tanja_CHH Posts: 216 Member
    If you want to burn more per hour only thing you can really do is to either push your self much harder, or easier switch it up, do a different type of activity, prefferable something different than spinning. When your body gets used to that you can go back to spinning and you will burn more for a little while. And then just repeat this when youre not happy with the number burned.
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