How many calories does an hour of yoga actually burn?

lemonginger35
lemonginger35 Posts: 38 Member
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I'm doing traditional yoga - Hatha yoga with a mix of Iyengar yoga

Thanks.

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Do you feel the two entries in the database feel somewhat reasonable for you? There's no real way to measure it outside of a metabolic chamber.

    Search the exercise database for "yoga".
  • echmain3
    echmain3 Posts: 231 Member
    Negligible.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Tracking your intake over a period of time is your best bet.
  • gainer39911
    gainer39911 Posts: 125 Member
    Get a heart rate monitor, measure your average HR over your exercise period, and use any of the online calculators to determine your calorie expenditure.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    gainer39911 wrote: »
    Get a heart rate monitor, measure your average HR over your exercise period, and use any of the online calculators to determine your calorie expenditure.

    A HRM can be reasonably accurate with steady state cardio where your HR is elevated to the aerobic zone. It isn't going to be remotely accurate for something like yoga or any exercise that is not done in the aerobic zone as the algorithms used assume steady state, aerobic cardio.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    gainer39911 wrote: »
    Get a heart rate monitor, measure your average HR over your exercise period, and use any of the online calculators to determine your calorie expenditure.

    Heartbeats don't equal calories and yoga would be a totally inappropriate use of a HRM for calorie estimates.

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