We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Zumba----calories burned ??

msgunder
msgunder Posts: 65 Member
edited January 8 in Fitness and Exercise
RIght now I don't have anything to tell me how many calories I've burned during my 50 minute Zumba class. Any idea what it could typically be? I can't find anything in the workout tracker.

Thanks!

Replies

  • RemDogzMa
    RemDogzMa Posts: 71 Member
    I would love to know as well! I am starting Zumba classes this week.
  • lisitabonita
    lisitabonita Posts: 81 Member
    I was logging it under Aerobic, High intensity. If you give it your all and you feel that it was a strong workout, then that is what I would suggest. Aerobic low impact if you just bob along. I am an instructor, and I know that the intensity of Zumba depends on your effort. There is a site called zumba calories but I think the only true way to judge it is with a HRM. The aerobic, high impact was just about what my HRM tells me. Good luck and keep dancing!!
  • LatinaPuppyLover
    LatinaPuppyLover Posts: 59
    I use a HRM and I usually burn from 500-700 calories an hr.. seriously! I will be back to my zumba classes tomorrow after 4 months!
  • PrimaveraEterna007
    PrimaveraEterna007 Posts: 242
    Does anyone play Zumba in their Xbox? With others online?...
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I checked another site to log mine and they have Zumba at about 700 calories per hour and step aerobics at about 850. I do random classes at the gym just for fun sometimes too. lol.
  • fitnessyeoja
    fitnessyeoja Posts: 357 Member
    I use a HRM and I usually burn from 500-700 calories an hr.. seriously! I will be back to my zumba classes tomorrow after 4 months!

    ^^ THIS. I usually burn btwn 500-700 in an hour too. I used my HRM with chest strap.
  • ellouise1108
    ellouise1108 Posts: 28 Member
    I googled a zumba calculator online and it always says around 600-700.
  • jennday1
    jennday1 Posts: 21 Member
    I used this calculator before Christmas: http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/
    Then got a bodymedia device that I wear when I work out. It is fairly consistent with the calculator. Over break I did a 50 minute session via youtube and it said I burned 600 calories.
  • the_new_robin2016
    the_new_robin2016 Posts: 97 Member
    varies from everyone. and how intense you went. Best bet is to get a HRM with chest strap. and then you know for sure. But i would say for certain you burned around 500. Maybe you burned more. But if you say you burned 600-700 and really you burned a lot less than that, then you will be over in calories. You can usually burn 10 calories a min if you put your hardest in and go full throttle the full time.
  • 1fitmimi
    1fitmimi Posts: 8 Member
    How many calories you burn per a 50 minute class will have so many variances, it is hard to really say. I am a licensed ZUMBA instructor, I teach ZUMBA gold, ZUMBA and ZUMBA toning. I have worn the wrist HRM and found that I can bun nearly 1000 calories in an hour long class, but then again I'm jumping around, shouting, joking kidding and going all over the room. I feel some of my students probably burn 400 while others are in the 800 - 900 range. It all depends on what you put into it and how intensive the songs are during that 50 minutes.

    To be safe I would log as a 500 or 600 calorie workout and know in your mind that it could be more but no harm in recording less right?
  • msgunder
    msgunder Posts: 65 Member
    Thanks everyone! I did go with the high intense aerobic # that MFP gave which was 500. Until I can get a HRM that's what I code it as.
This discussion has been closed.

Categories