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Calories burnt during cheerleading practice?

annabel_adcock
Posts: 24
Pretty self explanatory really 
I'm 18, 5"2, 130lbs and I cheer x4 a week. Today was a 2hr practice, during which we did stunting (I was a base today), tumbling (handstands, cartwheels etc), and also some jumps
I'm not constantly sweating for 2 hours, but it's not easy! My muscles ache!
I DO have a HRM, but I don't wear it to cheer because I feel the strap is constricting for the moves we have to do and I don't want to wear the watch because in cheer there are lots of limbs flying around and it could easily hurt someone
Any guesstimates on calorie burn? Thanks guys!

I'm 18, 5"2, 130lbs and I cheer x4 a week. Today was a 2hr practice, during which we did stunting (I was a base today), tumbling (handstands, cartwheels etc), and also some jumps

I DO have a HRM, but I don't wear it to cheer because I feel the strap is constricting for the moves we have to do and I don't want to wear the watch because in cheer there are lots of limbs flying around and it could easily hurt someone

Any guesstimates on calorie burn? Thanks guys!
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I'd pick something that you think is similar in terms of effort/energy expended and log it as that for an estimate.
eg: gymnastics / dance / high intensity aerobics, etc.
It's never going to be perfect anyway, but it's better than total random guessing.0
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