Zumba wont come up in 'exercise'

It's not on the site as an actual workout... I've recently purchased a heart rate monitor so that I could get accurate measurements rather than what I can find when I Google "how many calories does Zumba burn".

There are so many variables when it comes to this number- weight, height, age, body fat %, so on....
For me, I am 5'6" and 144, and in 55 minutes I burn 394 calories (give or take a few- I don't count the cool down stretch). When I first started Zumba, I was 160 and I was burning around 450. So as I've lost the weight, I am progressively burning less calories as my heart and muscles get stronger.

I would highly recommend a heart rate monitor if you're serious about getting calories precise. It's helped me out a lot. When I was using the numbers I found by Googling it, I was overestimating by almost 100 calories. [And I've read many places that an extra 100 calories a day leads to a 5-10lb weight gain in a year, so that's pretty crappy when you're trying to lose the fat!]

Hope that helps

I log my Jazzercise under "Slimnastics, Jazzercise" I'm sure Zumba is similar.
I have a Garmin HRM and Love it.

Tesco had some cheap'er' HRMs with chest straps, I saw the other day.

I use a Garmin Forerunner 110 and I LOVE it.

Incidentally, I burned 395 this morning in 50 mins with cooldown, whereas you'll find others posting results way higher so it really is a good idea to get a HRM so you know what YOUR body is doing, as we all differ so much. (I'm 5'1 and weight 136)