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Body Combat

xkarlax
xkarlax Posts: 36 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi people

Im a fan of Body Combat just wondering what i put this down as in my exercise log?? and how many calories roughly are burned in a hours class?

Thanks

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  • rfcollins33
    rfcollins33 Posts: 630
    I actually put mine under "teaching aerobics class," bt I'm sure others use different modes. Curious to see as well!
  • Caseyanna
    Caseyanna Posts: 53
    I log it under "Punching, kicking, lunging" and around 450 cals/hr.
  • hyde1977
    hyde1977 Posts: 476 Member
    I wear my HRM for the class and I burn any where from 450-650 depending on how much I put into it!
  • Fattack
    Fattack Posts: 666 Member
    I put it down as aerobics, although it's probably a bit more high intensity than that :) I saw an interesting blog post that did a formula for body combat as roughly, per class, 10calories per kg of body weight.
  • snkeller24
    snkeller24 Posts: 459
    I also log it under 'punching kicking asswhooping'-whatever. I wear my HRM and was in the high 500's. Same with body attack.
  • RGPargy
    RGPargy Posts: 285 Member
    I wear a HRM and also burn anything from 450-650 cals! I have created my own exercise, called Body Combat (funnily enough!) and log it under that. :)
  • jessiecrow
    jessiecrow Posts: 7
    i log my body combat class under 'martial arts'.
  • xkarlax
    xkarlax Posts: 36 Member
    great thank you x
  • raychybabe
    raychybabe Posts: 121 Member
    Up until now I've been logging body combat classes under high impact aerobics which is only 363 cals per hour which seemed really low for such a demanding class. Checked with instructor, apparently the top end is anything between 700-1000 cals, so im going to log it as "karate/judo/taekwondo" whcj is 560 cals per hour which sounds more realistic. Anyone agree?

    edit: just changed it to "martial arts" which is slightly lower at 476 cals per hour (Im thinking I'd rather underestimate than overestimate)
  • soogie_lynch
    soogie_lynch Posts: 7
    I wear my hrm and for Body Combat, I burn 450-530 calories in 55 min and burn 580-645 in Body Attack. I made my own exercise category to track.
  • smiler1978
    smiler1978 Posts: 28
    I usually clock up around 650 with my hrm in an hr! x
  • aussiesarah
    aussiesarah Posts: 68 Member
    I'm 5'7" and my HRM generally says about 450-500 for Combat classes. Enjoy!
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