Hot yoga

TheeMrsPerez
TheeMrsPerez Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
There is no option in "exercises" for a 60-75 min hot yoga class. HELP!!

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  • Panda_Poptarts
    Panda_Poptarts Posts: 971 Member
    Hot yoga has been shown to burn very similar calories to regular yoga, since sweating doesn't really burn calories. http://moveyourhyde.com/about-power-yoga/does-sweating-burn-calories/

    For this reason, MFP's standard "yoga" entry would be sufficient.
  • MyBoyG
    MyBoyG Posts: 104 Member
    It should be listed as Bikram Yoga.
  • TheeMrsPerez
    TheeMrsPerez Posts: 4 Member
    I agree, but unfortunately it's not
  • punkrockgoth
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
    There's an entry for yoga. Or were you wanting "hot" specifically? If that's the case, don't worry about it, it burns pretty much the same as regular yoga and MFP will completely overestimate the calories burned.
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    Same as power yoga, or vinyasa yoga, if those are options. The "hot" part doesn't affect the calories, your body doesn't have to work to keep warm so theoretically it would burn less but I guess it's not material.

    A lady in my power yoga class (maybe 150lb) wears a fitbit and it gave her 400-some odd calories for a one hour, fifteen minute class (but the last 10 minutes are laying down so closer to 60min active). Mapmyrun gives me the same calories per minute as my slow jog, but effort feels higher in the jogging, for me.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    hot yoga is like regular yoga
    some of it is bikram(traditional) or vinyasa or power yoga
    all vary in the amount of calories burned.

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