Singing burns calories too!

InspiredByStreisand42
InspiredByStreisand42 Posts: 29 Member
edited October 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I've noticed that singing isn't registered under cardio like playing instruments is, which I don't think is fair! I play clarinet, but I work a hell of a lot harder when I'm singing than when I'm playing. I reckon I'm burning the equivalent of a woodwind player during my practice and rehearsal time. I had a 5 and a half hour rehearsal today and I worked damn hard!

Anyone out there agree with me?

:)
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  • IanGiles
    IanGiles Posts: 54
    I thnk singing badly should count as the same amount of calrories. I could burn a shed load...
  • mrsdstarks
    mrsdstarks Posts: 67
    Amen. I am on our church's praise team and I know for sure I work up a sweat. LOL! :)
  • legacysh
    legacysh Posts: 464
    I am a singer in a couple of bands, and I work up a sweat when I perform, so I give myself about 2/3 of the time that I perform and log it under the playing music standing category.
  • legacysh
    legacysh Posts: 464
    Calories burned with Standing

    Singing In Church, Attending a Ceremony, Standing, Active Participation

    136 calories per hour

    Assuming a body weight of: 150 lbs

    Hust picked this off another website. But I think if you are moving and singing, you burn way more!
  • JulsDiane
    JulsDiane Posts: 349 Member
    http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php

    it's listed on here
  • Nikstergirl
    Nikstergirl Posts: 1,549 Member
    This is good to know!!! I had an hour rehearsal last night and will be singing and playing guitar in two different churches tomorrow!!!! Probably another two hours then! Love it!
  • RedE4Change
    RedE4Change Posts: 43
    You should add it!! My sister is the female vocalist in her church worship band. And sometimes she does back to back services. She is always exhausted after, so it makes sense that you would burn enough to enter it in. :)
  • anubis609
    anubis609 Posts: 3,966 Member
    Wear a HRM while singing to get the count. I'd do it, but I don't sing...unless I'm drunk karaoke-ing. Lol.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    Absolutely. I wrote the same on my profile tonight. Singing is an amazing core muscle workout. I spent 4 hours singing today (service this morning, rehearsal this afternoon and a concert this evening), and most definitely haven't done nothing.
  • KierstyPants
    KierstyPants Posts: 468 Member
    Wear a HRM while singing to get the count. I'd do it, but I don't sing...unless I'm drunk karaoke-ing. Lol.

    HAHAHAH.
    :D
  • AngieMMc
    AngieMMc Posts: 152 Member
    Awesome! I get to put something else down as burning calories. I have an hour practice every Saturday and I sing in the choir at church and am singing special music tomorrow! Thanks for the info!
  • bcweisen
    bcweisen Posts: 118 Member
    I am a singer in a couple of bands, and I work up a sweat when I perform, so I give myself about 2/3 of the time that I perform and log it under the playing music standing category.

    That's the same thing I have done. At least on a long rehearsal/performance day.
  • kawiah
    kawiah Posts: 4
    For sure! I perform and teach voice, violin, and piano, I give myself a reasonable estimate (even underscore it) for both.
  • Jynus
    Jynus Posts: 519 Member
    This thread saddens me. The amount of calories above BMR while singing can be measured in the dozens tops. Those 100+ calorie totals you're seeing INCLUDE your BMR. which is about 120-180 cal/hour.

    If you're seriously thinking of logging something like this I honestly don't know what to say aside from you're in serious denial about your activity level.
  • shinkalork
    shinkalork Posts: 815 Member
    I thnk singing badly should count as the same amount of calrories. I could burn a shed load...

    It does!....you burn a lot more...mostly when people around are running after you to make you stop lol (kidding)
  • swashburn3
    swashburn3 Posts: 172 Member
    This thread saddens me. The amount of calories above BMR while singing can be measured in the dozens tops. Those 100+ calorie totals you're seeing INCLUDE your BMR. which is about 120-180 cal/hour.

    If you're seriously thinking of logging something like this I honestly don't know what to say aside from you're in serious denial about your activity level.

    Haha. What a reply! I say log everything! At the very least you are getting to know yourself more as a person, and maybe you'll also be more motivated to do more physically demanding activities. But Jynus is right about being careful about calorie stats that include the BMR in them.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    i burned a crap ton of calories on the drive home then
  • happypath101
    happypath101 Posts: 534
    Hey - I never thought about that. I was trained in voice (it was my major) and I know that there's a HUGE difference between car kareoke or humming a tune around the garden and full on vocalization. That probably does burn calories. Mind you, from the size of some of our best singers, perhaps not as many as we'd like.

    (FYI: I found guitar playing, seated, accoustic under cardio. If I can feel it in my shoulders when I'm done, I might log it.)

    :O)
  • leejayem
    leejayem Posts: 120 Member
    Wow!!!! I am home with little ones & I feel as though I spend half my day singing - from the "Wheels on the Bus" to "How much is that doggy in the Window?" Plus singing at church, plus my hubby & I are practicing atm for a wedding we're singing at in 2 weeks. But the only exercise I add is when I walk or run, go on the trampoline, or do weights - I don't add standing up for hours on end or crawling around the floor with my son or playing chasings with my kids. Should I be adding all these??
  • Jynus
    Jynus Posts: 519 Member
    Again, to sink this point home for all you folks. THIS IS NOT EXERCISE. DO NOT LOG SINGING. SERIOUSLY...

    Why you ask? Calorie counters include your BMR. so vast majority of those calories you're seeing as burned from singing are actually burned from existing. Lets take a gander at a counter site and see.

    http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/Calories_Burned.asp

    160lbs person sitting = ~100cal/h
    160lbs person standing = ~131cal/h
    160lbs person sitting singing = ~110cal/h
    160lbs person standing singing = ~145cal/h

    TOTAL CALORIE BURN FROM SINGING: ~11-15 calories per hour

    So for the love of all that is holy, don't log anything more than a dozen calories/hour from singing if at all. you're seriously deluding yourself if you think you're actually expending a serious amount of calories....
  • Frannybobs
    Frannybobs Posts: 741 Member
    Again, to sink this point home for all you folks. THIS IS NOT EXERCISE. DO NOT LOG SINGING. SERIOUSLY...

    Why you ask? Calorie counters include your BMR. so vast majority of those calories you're seeing as burned from singing are actually burned from existing. Lets take a gander at a counter site and see.

    http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/Calories_Burned.asp

    160lbs person sitting = ~100cal/h
    160lbs person standing = ~131cal/h
    160lbs person sitting singing = ~110cal/h
    160lbs person standing singing = ~145cal/h

    TOTAL CALORIE BURN FROM SINGING: ~11-15 calories per hour

    So for the love of all that is holy, don't log anything more than a dozen calories/hour from singing if at all. you're seriously deluding yourself if you think you're actually expending a serious amount of calories....

    ^^^ This!! Love it.

    I play in a brass band and sing in a choir, but do not and do not intend to log any calories. It's not cardiovascular exercise worth logging at all - it might do some good for your breathing and core, but doesn't burn more calories than BMR enough to bother about!! Whilst we're at it, I don't log cleaning either, unless i have literally been running around for several hours like a whirling dervish. I only log proper exercise, I'm even dubious about logging strength exercise as I don't have a good measure of that, being as HRM isn't great for that, so I'm very conservative with that too.
  • Melody1162
    Melody1162 Posts: 1 Member
    For you singing and playing music may not be the type of exercise to help you reach your weight loss goal but, for a person who is just beginning to understand the concepts of nutrition and exercise related health using this information for initial activity versus caloric intake gives initial hope that their goals can be accomplished. Have compassion for those not as knowledgeable as you. If we all obviously do not have your vast knowledge of basal metabolic rates or America would not be fat or need programs like this one
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    I do karaoke.. alot.

    Even at home(I am half filipino, it's in my blood!)

    maybe that's why my exercise routine was so successful. I do karaoke almost DAILY at home..lol
  • rkr22401
    rkr22401 Posts: 216 Member
    Only log singing if it's done while running in formation wearing BDU's, combat boots, and a ruck sack. Just sayin'
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    Only log singing if it's done while running in formation wearing BDU's, combat boots, and a ruck sack. Just sayin'

    Hey..I used to do that.

    ;)

    prior military here!
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    This thread saddens me. The amount of calories above BMR while singing can be measured in the dozens tops. Those 100+ calorie totals you're seeing INCLUDE your BMR. which is about 120-180 cal/hour.

    If you're seriously thinking of logging something like this I honestly don't know what to say aside from you're in serious denial about your activity level.
    My BMR is nowhere near 120 calories per hour.
  • Ruthe8
    Ruthe8 Posts: 423 Member
    I've noticed that singing isn't registered under cardio like playing instruments is, which I don't think is fair! I play clarinet, but I work a hell of a lot harder when I'm singing than when I'm playing. I reckon I'm burning the equivalent of a woodwind player during my practice and rehearsal time. I had a 5 and a half hour rehearsal today and I worked damn hard!

    Anyone out there agree with me?

    :)
    Do you expect them to list every single activity in the world? Just add it yourself like everyone else.
  • sjeannot
    sjeannot Posts: 143
    I ws saying the same thing. I sing in a band and was trying to figure out h ow to register it when I perform out with my band. They have all the other instruments that are played in the band listed. Both sitting and standing.

    Good point though, because the vocals are an instrument o when we sing we are playing an instrument. Should be listed.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    It's probably listed between showering and drying your hair, no kidding, seen people logging both as exercise. Even sadder is if you log it and eat it.
  • amdarosa619
    amdarosa619 Posts: 98 Member
    You guys are making me want to wear my HRM during my shows. I sweat my *kitten* off when I perform with cover bands for 4 hours straight, dancing around on stage n stuff.

    I agree that this is a bit of a stretch if you are just singing in your car, in the shower, or in the church choir...But I am interested to see the expenditure of one of my gigs, ha!
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