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Old 03-20-12, 04:21 PM  
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Oh, come on now... 1800 calories/hour??

So on the WW board, someone was asking about counting points for her Zumba class, and was told by her instructor that they are burning between 1600-1800 calories per class

Seriously now, I would think a fitness instructor would at least have a little sense about realistic calorie burns during a workout.
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Old 03-20-12, 04:26 PM  
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My guess is maybe she heard wrong -- 160-180 is more likely & even that would have to be someone who weighs more working very hard. did you tell her that was impossible?
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Old 03-20-12, 04:28 PM  
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on the other hand, i hope there's a disclaimer before going to that class. I suspect she might lose whole people - they're mamboing & then *poof* gone in a puff of smoke...
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Old 03-20-12, 04:39 PM  
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Clearly she meant the whole class is burning that amount. Totally reasonable.
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Old 03-20-12, 04:51 PM  
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Or maybe the instructor was discussing the upcoming summer Olympics and how many calories Michael Phelps burns in his workouts.
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Old 03-20-12, 04:55 PM  
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Surely an hour of Zumba burns more calories than 160-180 in an hour.

Most people would burn more than that just walking an hour, and from what I've seen (not having ever taken Zumba personally), it's pretty sweat-inducing.
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Old 03-20-12, 05:18 PM  
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I am a Zumba instructor and I wear a Bodybugg when I teach so I know about how many calories I burn. When I teach an hour of Zumba it clocks in about 1000 calories. The two caveats with that number are that I am a very large woman and jumping around with all of this extra weight makes my calorie burn much higher. Also keep in mind that the instructor is usually working quite a bit harder than the students are working in a class.

I have talked to another instructor who is smaller than I am and she burns around 500-600 calories per class so maybe her instructor said/meant 600-800 calories in a class.
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Old 03-20-12, 05:42 PM  
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Yes that sounds right. There are women in my Zumba class who wear HR monitors and they appear to burn close to 600 calories per class. The instructor probably said or meant 600-800.
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Old 03-20-12, 05:45 PM  
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Yes that sounds right. There are women in my Zumba class who wear HR monitors and they appear to burn close to 600 calories per class. The instructor probably said or meant 600-800.
Wow!
That's a very good calorie burn for one class! Are these 1 hr classes?
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Old 03-20-12, 05:48 PM  
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When I did live Zumba classes & wore a GoWearFit monitor, I burned about 450-500 cals. in an hour.

For live barre classes, I burned 180 -200 cals in a hour.

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