Hot Yoga Calorie Burn

totoro78 · October 2013

Hi Everyone! I am new to MyFitnessPal and just started using the app to help with my weight loss. Does anyone know how many calories are burned doing Bikram Yoga? I know it is more than the normal calories listed in the app under Exercise. Thanks for your help

Hornsby · October 2013

I would guess 300 per hour.

lucan07 · October 2013

Same as any other yoga! Tests carried out showed it burned no more than any other yoga!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385254/Sorry-Gwyneth-Hot-yoga-popular-celebrities-does-NOT-burn-calories-study-claims.html

mlwestbury · October 2013

Totoro78 It always helps to wear a bodybugg or Bodymedia armband that tracks your sweat and heart rate to calculate a calorie burn. This takes away the guess work. It also syncs with myfitnesspal and other calorie tracker programs. Check it out.

shano25 · October 2013

I know of people who have worn monitors and found that they were burning over 300-400 calories in a class. The thing about Bikram and other forms of hot yoga is that we use the heat so we can into the poses better. That is something I definitely notice. However, I do find my body working much harder in the BIkram class than yoga not in the heat. The only way you'll be able to tell is if you wear a monitor yourself. I put a guess in my diary as 400 calories (but I'm not strict about monitoring calories.)

FrnkLft · October 2013

Same as any other yoga! Tests carried out showed it burned no more than any other yoga!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2385254/Sorry-Gwyneth-Hot-yoga-popular-celebrities-does-NOT-burn-calories-study-claims.html

Awesome article. Perfect example of how people "intuit" their fitness practices rather than doing any reading and just getting to work.

yogicarl · October 2013

I burn around 400 calories in a 75 minute session of Power/Vinyasa style yogas. I would expect Hot Yoga to be around the same but it depends more on the volume and intensity of work you put into the session rather than the heat of the room or amount of sweat you produce.

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