Zumba calorie burn
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Ponkeen
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So I did an hour of Zumba this morning, and mfp wants to log the hour as well over 700 calories burned. I only logged about half an hour, as that seems like way more burn than you actually get. I mean, I go all in in fitness clsses, but I have a hard time believing that Zumba burns buco calories. What do you think?
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Depends for me I burn anywhere from 450-650 calories it depends on the instructor. My higher intense instructors push me harder then my Saturday instructor is more laid back lots of fun and just what I need after a long week at work.0
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700 for an hour seems extremely high. I think you made a good choice to only log 1/2.0
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Every zumba class is different, however I find 700 way too high. I would think logging around 350 would be better but depends on how intense the class0
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You could use the calorie calculators and put in a custom workout instead. Might be more accurate.
They are mentioned here
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1275400/calculators
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amyrebeccah wrote: »Or you could keep an hour (so you have a good idea of how long you're working out) and hand-modify the calorie counts. I never understand why people would cut their time in half instead of just cutting the calories in half.
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I've been to some Zumba classes where the instructors are the craziest dancers who'd like you to dance your %$&^ out: non-stopping fast beat music for the entire hour (or 50 min). That I think I might have burned around 650 kcal. But for all the other Zumba classes with most songs are slow to moderate tempo (or even moderate to fast, not as bad-*kitten*), I think 300-350 kcal would be the max for the same length of time. OP I'd do the same (cut it into half) and make note saying it's actually an hour.0
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