Just dance? huh whaaaaaaaat?

fantomette
fantomette Posts: 148 Member
edited October 6 in Fitness and Exercise
Danced non-stop for 15 minute (with Just dance on my Xbox). I am sweating like in hell and...only 80something calories!?!? How's that possible?
Entered it under "dancing"...
Help me

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  • keesh1123
    keesh1123 Posts: 229 Member
    MFP calculations may be (probably are) inaccurate. It doesn't weigh in how hard you actually worked. Could be more, and it could be less. I would suggest investing in a HRM for more accurate calculations.
  • shellyhurst
    shellyhurst Posts: 12
    Would HRM stand for Heart Rate Monitor?
  • keesh1123
    keesh1123 Posts: 229 Member
    Would HRM stand for Heart Rate Monitor?

    Hey, Yep. :)
  • espence30
    espence30 Posts: 116 Member
    Use an HRM.... its more accurate than MFP... As said above =)
  • cheshirequeen
    cheshirequeen Posts: 1,324 Member
    i have the wii zumba and it has a belt and the remote and tells you how many calories you burnt. if i put it under dance on here it would be half as much.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    My daughter and partner have just been doing this and were bouncing round waving their arms like they were attached to a windmill. It looks pretty vigorous! I'll have a go tomorrow when it's a bit quieter... :-) (I have zero coordination)
  • juliapurpletoes
    juliapurpletoes Posts: 951 Member
    well seeing that if you just sat on the couch you'd burn about 1 calorie per minute ...and an 80 calorie total burn is about 5 cals perminute in 15 minutes. How much arm movement is included in your dance? I suppose if you ran at full sprint you might but 8-10 cals per minute....

    So 80 cals sounds about right if you are lower in weight - alot of this depends on how much you weigh!
  • Tskitzo
    Tskitzo Posts: 42
    This is why I like YourShape: Fitness for the Kinect. Tells you how many calories you burn on the screen as you're working out. :3

    Though otherwise I would definitely go with what the others are saying, HRM seems like a good investment for times when the calories and such aren't given to you right there.
  • fantomette
    fantomette Posts: 148 Member
    I was sweating way more than when I go out for a run or a vigorous walk... and yes, it looked like I was attached to a windmill! LOL
    Oh now I really want YourShape Fitness for Kinect, sounds awesome.
    Thanks
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