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[SunsetRunner]

What would calorie burn be considered for an hour of Body Pump?  Frustrating that it won't sync...

[heather_stella]

I used to log this as 'aerobics' on myfitnesspal and I would burn around 300 calories. I am 131lbs and 5'5". Hope this helps! 

[SunsetRunner]

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[gerrymcd]

it all depends on your current fitness level, how much you weigh, the amount of weight you are lifting, etc.

Could be anywhere from 300 to 700+ calories.  

[SunsetRunner]

Is there somewhere I could calculate that? Thank you


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[gerrymcd]

It would be a very long winded calculation to count each set of reps, etc.  An easier way to to wear a heart rate monitor.  You can buy them pretty cheaply.  I wear a bluetooth connected version that cost $70, but you can get a simple watched based model for as little as $14 (the cheapest one I've bought).  In my experience they all seem to give pretty much the same reading (I've owned quite few versions over the years - I have a tendency to lose them, or put them through the wash)

[gerrymcd]

Intregued, I looked for the calorie count per hour of body pump.  Its not as hight as I estimated. 

Its ~480 calories per hour for a make, and ~340 for a female.  You can get a lot more more details from the official body pump website.

[slysam]

I'd log it as circuit training. There are a lot of workouts I would log as circuit training so I am not sure exactly what the database means. But when I compared it to my HRM and also the activity level it gave it seemed about right for resistance training where you have minimal or no rests and switch between muscle groups. It will really depend on your stats, your fitness level, how heavy the weights are, how many reps, how little rest, etc.

[SunsetRunner]

Thank you

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[SunsetRunner]

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[Mary]

I wore a heart rate monitor a few times to Body Pump and I think I burned around 380 calories, according to it.  For me, that is about a METs value of 6, or 6 times my BMR calories per minute.  

[SunsetRunner]

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