Yoga video - Calories burned correct?

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Dani9585
Dani9585 Posts: 215 Member
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I did a Yoga with Adriene (45 min - "Deep stretch") video. MFP is calculating this at 134 calories burned when I have identified it simply as "stretching," but it seems inflated to me. I identified it as stretching, rather than "yoga," as it was not a "power-type" yoga. I'm newer to CICO though, so perhaps I'm wrong.

Thoughts/ opinions?

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  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    It could go either way. You burn calories just sitting there, remember.
  • mitch16
    mitch16 Posts: 2,113 Member
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    Seems a little high for a yin-type yoga class, IMO. (I do vinyasa/flow yoga classes and only give myself ~200 calories for 75 minutes of work.) If you are eating back your exercise calories then I would err on the conservative side for any calorie burns.
  • LZMiner
    LZMiner Posts: 300 Member
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    Yeah, I wish MFP had a few different calorie options for yoga. I do a lot of YWA, and it gives me 70 calories for 30 minutes. I log it!
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
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    Dani9585 wrote: »
    I did a Yoga with Adriene (45 min - "Deep stretch") video. MFP is calculating this at 134 calories burned when I have identified it simply as "stretching," but it seems inflated to me. I identified it as stretching, rather than "yoga," as it was not a "power-type" yoga. I'm newer to CICO though, so perhaps I'm wrong.

    Thoughts/ opinions?

    You're correct, yoga isn't a particularly high calorie expenditure, even Astanga.

    I generally assume 50-75 cals for an hour of Astanga.
  • Dani9585
    Dani9585 Posts: 215 Member
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    Ok thank you. I'm going to reduce the calorie amount to 50 and leave it at that. :)

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