Just Dance 3

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Hotfoxy
Hotfoxy Posts: 2 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there

Ive been doing Just Dance daily to gain 3000 sweat points.

Im having trouble figuring out how many calories im loosing whilst im doing it. I read around some forums that its around 600 calories for 3000 sweat points which works out at around 45 minutes.

Surely this is a little too much? Im worried im putting the wrong number of calories in.. is anyone else using Just Dance and what do you think the calorie loss is?

Thanks x

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  • timea_84
    timea_84 Posts: 38 Member
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    Hi! I'm glad someone posted something about this game, I love playing it. I don't know how many sweatpoints I'm earning cause I haven't paid attention BUT I did wear my heart rate monitor the past two times I played. One night I burnt 601 cals playing for 53 minutes, and last week I burnt 641 cals playing for 58 minues. I'm 6' 161lbs 27 yrs. Hope this helps
  • Hotfoxy
    Hotfoxy Posts: 2 Member
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    Hmm so i guess it must be around this figure then.. just seems a lot to me?
  • timea_84
    timea_84 Posts: 38 Member
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    I think it's right, I sweat as much while playing as I do while taking a spin class, my heart rate is up the whole time. I'll keep tracking
  • sarahmaryfearnley
    sarahmaryfearnley Posts: 366 Member
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    I log it as dancing general or dancing aerobic if I'm really kicking butt and just time how long I'm doing it for.

    It is crazy fun and I get sweaty. :)
  • Nariel
    Nariel Posts: 11 Member
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    I love using JD3 for my work outs. Push myself harder with the game than just on the treadmill. For the calorie estimation, I've been using "Dancing, aerobic, ballet or modern" from the MFP exercises.
  • newmeat30
    newmeat30 Posts: 766 Member
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    I don't have Just Dance but I have the ABBA version (love it!). I use my HRM when I "play" and on average I burn 400 calories for 65 minutes. (5'2, 125 lbs)
  • kammy92
    kammy92 Posts: 408 Member
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    One website I saw said 6 calories per minute ..........it's posted here somewhere, the website ....
  • Virginia90
    Virginia90 Posts: 317 Member
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    I'm 5'1" and 210.5lbs, and I burned 700 calories doing level two of the 30 day shred and then Just Dance 3 for another hour. It was combined time/cals, but I average about 220 calories for the 30 Day Shred. So for a little less than an hour of Just Dance (ONLY the time I was actually dancing - I paused the HRM between songs), I burned about 480 calories. hth!

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