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ZUMBA Calories

Dennish68
Dennish68 Posts: 48 Member
edited January 13 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all...going to do Zumba for the 1st time tonight. Just wondering what i put it under in the exercise section. I don't see it listed

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  • RozsGurl
    RozsGurl Posts: 31 Member
    Same here!!:bigsmile:
  • lelly1981
    lelly1981 Posts: 90 Member
    cngrats on having a go at zumba. i do it at home and put it under dancing on here hun x
  • Makeda1211
    Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
    MFP asks you to put it under dancing general, but it grossly underestimates the calorie burn. My suggestion will be to wear a HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) and then add your own exercise. There is a calculator on this website that's pretty good. http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/
  • Dennish68
    Dennish68 Posts: 48 Member
    MFP asks you to put it under dancing general, but it grossly underestimates the calorie burn. My suggestion will be to wear a HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) and then add your own exercise. There is a calculator on this website that's pretty good. http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/

    Thanks for this! it definitely adds more calories burned than just putting it under "dancing, general"
  • Makeda1211
    Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
    MFP asks you to put it under dancing general, but it grossly underestimates the calorie burn. My suggestion will be to wear a HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) and then add your own exercise. There is a calculator on this website that's pretty good. http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/

    Thanks for this! it definitely adds more calories burned than just putting it under "dancing, general"

    You are welcome. I ran into the same issue myself and didn't realize that I wasn't eating enough to sustain any gains I may have had without knowing the real burn. When I did wear a HRM, I burned about 868 calories in one 60 minute session.
  • murphette2
    murphette2 Posts: 75 Member
    Awesome! I tell my husband he should come to Zumba with me and he says No Way!!
  • lisalower
    lisalower Posts: 30 Member
    I've worn my HRM during a 60 minute Zumba class and burn around 500 to 550 calories per class. Heart rate usually stays in the 150 - 160 range, except when I get lost in the moves!
  • stongjos
    stongjos Posts: 63 Member
    I put it under aerobics!
  • theresao68
    theresao68 Posts: 13
    I wear a Polar HRM and burn about 400 calories in a 1 hour class. Heart rate stays around 160.
  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
    I don't have my HRM on this trip, so I compare how hard I'm working to how hard I would work in another activity that MFP does calories for and estimate that way. For example, if I run a 10 minute mile, I can calculate MFP calories for that. So I compare how hard I'm working in Zumba that day to how hard I'd be running. Some days I feel Zumba is MUCH tougher than my weekly slow long run.
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