Zumba - the reality of HRM & calorie burn
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I just bought a Polar FT4 and was completely heartbroken to find out that in a 45-50 minute zumba class I am only burning around 450 calories and not the 600 my sportline HRM wristwatch was telling me, as well as about half of what I thought I was burning on the elliptical machine.0
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I've been using my HRM at my live classes, and I burn between 750-832 calories per hour.
My heart rate usually stays in the 170s for much of the class.0 -
Sadly the lighter/ fitter you are the less you will burn. Even keeping my heart rate in the 170's my burn never goes above 400-500 per class. When I weighed 30lbs more I could easily burn over 700.0
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