zumba

tamed1974
tamed1974 Posts: 1
edited September 27 in Fitness and Exercise
I' m new to this and go to zumba classes and want to know why zumba is not listed as one of the exercises? I would think it would be since so many people do it. I know it can be added but how many calories do you burn? I go to classes at the gym and have no idea!! the instructor said you can burn 1000!! I have no idea if this is even possible!!!

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  • sandyfeet10
    sandyfeet10 Posts: 280 Member
    I totally agree!!! I wear a HRM and I burn anywhere from 800-1200 calories depending on how hard I push!
  • spirited_angel
    spirited_angel Posts: 142
    Well i do 2 zumba classes a week and i have been told by my intructor they burn around 500 cals depending on how much effort you put into it!!
  • bitty1taz
    bitty1taz Posts: 309 Member
    I looked it up and it said around 590 calories in an hour. I'm going with that until I get my HRM programed.
  • Jourdan_Rystrom
    Jourdan_Rystrom Posts: 176 Member
    Put ZUMBA under the "dance, aerobic" and that will give you something pretty acurate.
  • schaapj2
    schaapj2 Posts: 320 Member
    I am a Zumba addict....I track my calories using this site.....it seems pretty accurate to me. Just enter your weight and the number of minutes you did Zumba.

    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
  • BeachLife76
    BeachLife76 Posts: 78 Member
    I researched also and found 500 calories for an hour and that was for 150 lb person. So average 125 every 15 minutes. You can add your own exercise and put minutes and how many calories you burned doing that. Good luck!
  • 0Jaime0
    0Jaime0 Posts: 26
    I log it under "aerobics, general" I was doing it under "dance" but someone pointed out you burn way more calories than you do just dancing. I don't go to class, I just do it on my Wii. I do need to buy a HRM though.
  • makeachange22
    makeachange22 Posts: 151
    am i the only one who has zumba in her list?
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