How many calories for Hot Yoga?

I love hot yoga, you work your butt off! I've always guesstimated at a conservative 300 calories. But the only way to know for sure is a by using a HRM (heart rate monitor).

I don't think it works right for that since hot yoga isn't cardio.

The same as regular temperature yoga.

I take pilates in a hot room and burn between 350 to 450 depending on the class. I do wear my HRM.

I take pilates in a hot room and burn between 350 to 450 depending on the class. I do wear my HRM.

Do you really think having a HRM helps you in using this app better?

I do but that's the only way I've ever tracked my calories burned, my HRM and previously a Bodybugg. I don't rely on this app for that. Whenever I do machines they always over estimate my calories by 100 to 150.

it depends on the type of yoga, but if its hot vinyasa flow yoga or bikrim, or something similar, a 60 min class would burn over 400some calories. wayyyy more than regular yoga.

I don't doubt this, but has this eer been proved? Sure, your heart beats faster but has this figure actually been measured somehow or is it nearer to wishful thinking. Also depends on how much effort the individual puts in - you could be just hanging out in nice stretches in the heat or really working it in a normal class.

I'm curious to know, too. I've looked up a few online, and for a 150 pound person its like 500 calories.

No way. I got back from a 75 minute class today and I didn't feel the slighest bit like I had worked my body hard. I mean, I have to bike at 12 mph constantly for an hour to burn that many calories, and that hurts! I think the online things are wrong. I would wear my HRM but I'm too sweaty for an accurate read. Plus, I can pretty much tell that my heart isn't bursting. I only put down like 200 for 75 minutes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-greenfield/yoga-weight_b_1229126.html

hmm interesting a little bit of research (not great evidence, but still).

I had read about the heat "fooling" your body into working hard before too.

it depends on the type of yoga, but if its hot vinyasa flow yoga or bikrim, or something similar, a 60 min class would burn over 400some calories. wayyyy more than regular yoga.

No it is not. your heart beats faster to assist in cooling your body from the temp. this does NOT mean you're burning more calories. Just that your heart is beating faster.

Your heart also beats faster when scared. I suppose this means we can lose more weight watching scary movies right?...

Same as sitting perfectly still in a hot sauna - your heart is going at near max but you are not burning many extra calories.

The same as regular temperature yoga.

I am sure you are right. I just didn't know where to begin to find out how much to put. Too bad I don't drop the weight like I sweat in there. Thank you!

all this. Unless you intend to eat back these yoga calories, I wouldnt even log it or I would log about 4 calories a minute.

the benefits of yoga far outweigh any calorie count. Do yoga for the total you, not as a weight loss tool.

totally agree - yoga is for the total you, not just the calories you burn.

Although some styles - power, ashtanga, fast paced vinyasa for example - will burn more calories than more sedate or static styles.

4 calories x 60 minutes = 240 calories- yeah about right across all styles really; including hot yoga.

it depends on the type of yoga, but if its hot vinyasa flow yoga or bikrim, or something similar, a 60 min class would burn over 400some calories. wayyyy more than regular yoga.

No it is not. your heart beats faster to assist in cooling your body from the temp. this does NOT mean you're burning more calories. Just that your heart is beating faster.

Your heart also beats faster when scared. I suppose this means we can lose more weight watching scary movies right?...

Same as sitting perfectly still in a hot sauna - your heart is going at near max but you are not burning many extra calories.

I'm not sure about this, I do Bikram and push myself in every pose. A few times in the class I get really breathless and I always end it exhausted. This isn't just down to the heat. I think if you are really in tune with your body and what you are doing, you can get a cardio effect out of yoga.

I do Bikram yoga 1-2 times per week, and going by what livestrong.com says a female of my height and weight should burn, I get an estimate of 600 calories for two hours, which works out just over 400 when put into MFP as a 90 minute class.

HOWEVER...I don't generally eat back my Bikram calories like I do the calories I burn when I work out at the gym.

I've heard arguments for both sides - burns a ton of calories/ doesn't burn anymore than a regular yoga class. All I know is that I feel like a I get great workout in when I do a hot yoga class and I enjoy it! Sometimes it's what you take spiritually from the workout, the mind and body connection and not the number of calories in a log :flowerforyou:

I do Power Yoga about 4 times a week, and just started doing a Hot Power Yoga class. Me personally I leave every single class with the feeling of achieving a great workout. I am normally out of breath and exhausted. I do agree that there are lots of different factors to take into consideration when performing Yoga to try and calculate how many calories you might be burning, but honestly I believe that holds true for lots of exercises. If you take a Zumba class but stand in the back and put in minimal effort your going to get minimal results from the activity, this applies to Yoga as well. I put in lower numbers than what I am told online about what I burn during a class but I know when I leave class that I have really put in work and definitely burned calories. My Sunday class this week was with a new teacher and I swear she was like a drill instructor, she even said before hand that her classes were intense.