calories burned for sun salutations

newme201213
newme201213 Posts: 116 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
does anyone know how many calories are burned while during sun salutations??

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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    2 to 3
  • ATLMel
    ATLMel Posts: 392 Member
    2 to 3

    Probably.

    Sun Salutations are great for opening up your joints and getting a little heat into your body. It is not, however, a calorie scorcher.
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
    You can estimate it. How much does it increase your heart rate and for how long? With that and your weight and age, you can go to one of many web sites that allows you to use heartrate to estimate caloric burn.

    But if this is a form of meditation, then wellbert is pretty much on the money - it'll burn about the same number of calories as when you are at rest. Basically none for all practical purposes.
  • MFPLynne
    MFPLynne Posts: 39 Member
    I know I burn more than 2 calories when I do them. :) MFP has yoga in its database.
  • SaraEHS
    SaraEHS Posts: 1
    Search for yoga under cardiovascular exercise in the exercise tab. Type in the amount of time you do Sun Salutes. 10 minutes burn 28 calories, etc...
  • theyogadoer
    theyogadoer Posts: 2
    Hey, everyone! I'm a Yoga instructor, so I thought I'd weigh in on this subject.

    Depending on level of intensity in the yoga practice you'll burn anywhere from 200 to 445 calories doing Sun Salutations for one hour. An hour of Vinyasa or flow style yoga will burn the same (anywhere from 200 to 445 calories) depending on how much effort you are putting in and speed. Hatha yoga burns roughly 100 to 175 per hour.

    I hope this was helpful!
  • tbaby1504
    tbaby1504 Posts: 1 Member
    I found this online and it breaks down some of the yoga calories burned: http://thecaloriecounter.net/yoga-calories-burned/
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