Zumba

natillypooch
natillypooch Posts: 19
edited September 28 in Introduce Yourself
Hi all

Does anybody else do zumba dancing, ive done an hours class tonight and had to put it down as aerobic dance,
but its very active and i think the calories burnt off would be more than ive guestimated!!

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  • TracyJaneLee
    TracyJaneLee Posts: 12
    I record zumba as 650 for an hour class, as the people who had monitors were all registering between 550 - 800 calories
  • knkmfp
    knkmfp Posts: 295 Member
    I read elsewhere on internet that it's about 590 cal per hour, though obviously that depends on your weight.
  • natillypooch
    natillypooch Posts: 19
    Thankyou, i thought i was doing it low, i put 390 cals but its a pretty tough workout x
  • poesch77
    poesch77 Posts: 1,005 Member
    I did 48min off the PS3 Zumba today and the HRM said 500 calories......but it depends on your weight, age, and how hard you work at it!!!
  • mikesnwgirl
    mikesnwgirl Posts: 112
    I have always wondered this too. I think an hour work out come to 397 or something like that for me when I enter it as arobic dance. I can never eat back the calories even when I try so I just figure it doesn't really matter anyway. I really hope that they will get zumba in the data base soon! Maybe if we all complain about it! I love Zumba it's what first motivated to me start losing weight. I actually feel like I can do it and I want to got to class.
  • kellyscomeback
    kellyscomeback Posts: 1,369 Member
    I record zumba as 650 for an hour class, as the people who had monitors were all registering between 550 - 800 calories

    I've never gone over 500 calories/hr with my HRM and the DVDs. But it's going to depend on your weight, workout length and intensity level. IMO it's better to under estimate than over.
  • natillypooch
    natillypooch Posts: 19
    Ive just googled it and it said for 150lb person you can burn an average of 536 calories in an hrs work out, i mean i give it my all at the class and im shattered and sweating like mad when i finish, which has enabled me to have a nice treat of a caramel kit kat lol!
    Ive entered it into my database as 515 to be in the middle!
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