Calories burned in yoga?

CollisionofNova
CollisionofNova Posts: 98
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm one week into my 30 day yoga challenge, and I was staring at MFP's calorie count for yoga (25 calories per 10 minutes). I can't help but feel it's...off somehow? That's only slightly more than preparing food!

I understand that some yoga is slow moving and long stretches, but some routines are incredibly fast and involve things like push ups or deep lunge poses. Does this seem off to anyone else or am I just looking to a way to eat more? :bigsmile:

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  • sarkris
    sarkris Posts: 41
    I burn about 330-ish in 35 mins of gentle yoga according to my hrm. But I'm also 207 lbs :)
  • CollisionofNova
    CollisionofNova Posts: 98
    I burn about 330-ish in 35 mins of gentle yoga according to my hrm. But I'm also 207 lbs :)

    That's a lot more! Even accounting for a discrepancy between your HRM and MFP and your weight versus mine, it does seem like it should be higher.
    I wish they had an "active yoga" exercise or something!

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