CorePower Yoga Sculpt Calories?
MelissaHopeG
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Hi,
Has anyone wore a heart rate monitor during a CorePower Yoga Sculpt class, or any yoga sculpt class? I'm getting an HRM soon but it won't come until XMAS... help!
BTW - I'm 5'3" / 150 lbs
Has anyone wore a heart rate monitor during a CorePower Yoga Sculpt class, or any yoga sculpt class? I'm getting an HRM soon but it won't come until XMAS... help!
BTW - I'm 5'3" / 150 lbs
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An HRM isn't designed to track activities such as Yoga. The calorie estimation wouldn't even be remotely accurate for tracking.
You'd be better off guesstimating somewhere around 250 per hour for something like this.0 -
I have also been wondering about CorePower Yoga Sculpt classes. My google searches are finding nothing. It is far more intense than regular yoga. What do other people log it as?0
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I have an Apple Watch and it logs me (5'2, 110 lbs) right around 300 active calories for the hour. Total calories are around 400 burned. Apple watches are the only ones that separate active calories.0
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An HRM isn't designed to track activities such as Yoga. The calorie estimation wouldn't even be remotely accurate for tracking.
You'd be better off guesstimating somewhere around 250 per hour for something like this.
^Agreed. HRMs are for steady state cardio. I'd just log it under yoga and if you end up losing too fast, then adjust by adding 50-100 calories manually to the burn it gives you.0 -
Overestimated. Yoga is an anaerobic exercise. HRM's count heart rate and just because one is breathing hard, it doesn't necessarily equate to high calorie burn. Go to a scary place or watch a scary movie. You'd be shocked at how many calories it says you burned....................sitting.I have an Apple Watch and it logs me (5'2, 110 lbs) right around 300 active calories for the hour. Total calories are around 400 burned. Apple watches are the only ones that separate active calories.
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i would log it as power or ashtanga yoga0
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Overestimated. Yoga is an anaerobic exercise. HRM's count heart rate and just because one is breathing hard, it doesn't necessarily equate to high calorie burn. Go to a scary place or watch a scary movie. You'd be shocked at how many calories it says you burned....................sitting.I have an Apple Watch and it logs me (5'2, 110 lbs) right around 300 active calories for the hour. Total calories are around 400 burned. Apple watches are the only ones that separate active calories.
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IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Have you been to a yoga sculpt class? It's a bit of a misnomer, it's closer to a bootcamp class with some yoga poses thrown in for good measure.0 -
Overestimated. Yoga is an anaerobic exercise. HRM's count heart rate and just because one is breathing hard, it doesn't necessarily equate to high calorie burn. Go to a scary place or watch a scary movie. You'd be shocked at how many calories it says you burned....................sitting.I have an Apple Watch and it logs me (5'2, 110 lbs) right around 300 active calories for the hour. Total calories are around 400 burned. Apple watches are the only ones that separate active calories.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Have you been to a yoga sculpt class? It's a bit of a misnomer, it's closer to a bootcamp class with some yoga poses thrown in for good measure.
An HRM would overestimate a boot camp class as well. His point stands.0 -
Overestimated. Yoga is an anaerobic exercise. HRM's count heart rate and just because one is breathing hard, it doesn't necessarily equate to high calorie burn. Go to a scary place or watch a scary movie. You'd be shocked at how many calories it says you burned....................sitting.I have an Apple Watch and it logs me (5'2, 110 lbs) right around 300 active calories for the hour. Total calories are around 400 burned. Apple watches are the only ones that separate active calories.
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Have you been to a yoga sculpt class? It's a bit of a misnomer, it's closer to a bootcamp class with some yoga poses thrown in for good measure.
Bootcamp =/= steady state cardio though.0 -
I used an Apple Watch during my last YogaSculpt class at CorePowerYoga! Active calories burned is 428CAL and Total is 527CAL. Hope that helps!3
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The words "yoga" and "intense" should not be used together. I doubt you burn any more than 250 calories in a hour.0
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lol at Trigden1991. Why not? The class uses light weights, 3lbs to 10 lbs (your choice) 75% of the time. Numerous reps. Some of these reps are done in yoga poses. Room temp is between 92 and 95 degrees. It is intense. Take a class and you most likely will take back your assumption.0
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trigden1991 wrote: »The words "yoga" and "intense" should not be used together. I doubt you burn any more than 250 calories in a hour.
Try the first 40 minutes of P90X's Yoga X and come back to give us your opinion about the intensity.0 -
I'm a yoga sculpt teacher for Core Power and have used a fitbit in class when I'm taking (not teaching) sculpt. I'm 5'4" and 120 pounds and burn on average 400-500 calories a class. Hope this helps!3
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Awesome...just getting started tracking my data. I’ll crest an entry for YogaSculpt and log it at 400 calories.0
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Yep! I am 5'2 and 115 and my apple watch logged 360 cals. Here is a video of Yoga Sculpt I found, for those interested in how strenuous it is. It is more like ashtanga yoga. It's also performed in a heated room so lots of sweating involved! https://player.vimeo.com/video/324498170
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