I need help with calorie burning

loubylisa
loubylisa Posts: 5
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a heart rate monitor to use to calculate how many calories burn when i do exercise and i been told my calories burned is too high for a certain class like zumba. I burned 446 calories doing zumba and just need help understanding why it is high and also more on exercise calories burning .

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  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    ^ Let's not, and say they did, OKAY?

    I'm not sure what the OP is asking, are you asking why the burn for zumba was so high?
  • loubylisa
    loubylisa Posts: 5
    yes i was just asking why my calorie burning is high in zumba
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I have a heart rate monitor to use to calculate how many calories burn when i do exercise and i been told my calories burned is too high for a certain class like zumba. I burned 446 calories doing zumba and just need help understanding why it is high and also more on exercise calories burning .
    Tell us how you set the HRM up and what model it is. Most of them display "gross" calories so you need to subtract the calories that would have been used during the exercise session anyway.

    There is a spreadsheet by heybales that includes HRM settings on here - try the search.
  • Dying2Live84
    Dying2Live84 Posts: 154 Member
    It depends how vigirous you're working I suppose. I wouldn't say any calorie burning is too much though? I don't get that.

    xx
  • aussie_nic_getting_fit
    aussie_nic_getting_fit Posts: 134 Member
    not sure exactly what your asking??? but i think that burn is fine...

    how much you burn depends on your personal details.. age, weight, effort put in & fitness level....

    i may burn more or less then you in the same class??

    as long as your personal details are correctly inputted into your HRm, dont worry about comparing your burn to other s:)
  • minimaggie
    minimaggie Posts: 224 Member
    According to my BodyBugg, I burn around 500 cal/hr when doing Zumba.
  • heidimaggott78
    heidimaggott78 Posts: 203
    According to my Hrm I burn 500+ cals doing zumba
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    We are all different - if you are trying to control your weight - either gain, lose or maintain and are worried the Zumba calorie burn is too high, then just eat a portion of the exercise calories back. If it doesn't work the right direction/ - just add/subtract food calories to get you to the right place on Zumba days.

    We are all learning...
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    How many calories you burn during any given exercise depends on a lot of factors. First your age, gender and weight are the biggest factors. Next is how hard you exercise. It makes sense that an older, overweight person would use a lot more calories than a younger more fit person would use. Do not compare the calories used to anyone else. Your burn will alway be different.
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