Does Anyone Do Zumba and has one of those calories burned odmeter pulses?

Wonder how many calories are burned in one hour of Zumba dance class. Just wonder if it is more than 5 miles on the elpitical machines. I burn according to the input of 620-650 per 60 minutes?

I think it probably depends on your height, weight, and activity level with Zumba, but my heart rate monitor logs anywhere from 650-800 calories per one hour class. It's at the low end when I am tired or not really in the mood to work out LOL...

I have the same results as Raelene, and I weigh quite a deal more. But average 700 per hour, and it's much more fun than an hour on the elliptical trainer

I heard someone saying that you can loose up to 1000 calories an hour.

Wow - really

I go to Zumba and love it and had no idea it burned as much.

i use to go to zumba just dont have the time now but i love it so much that i just bring it up on my computer and do it here in my living room .but any one know how much doing 50 crunches ,20 push ups and 20 15 ft dashes burns just wondering mind ya the push ups or the girly push up cause i can do the other ones yet.

Thanks you ladies for the input of numbers it makes me feel great knowing some or what your calories burned are.

i've just started going zumba its great..not sure how many calories it burns but its fun and would recommend it to everyone..it deffo gives you the feel good factor )

Love Zumba, the instructor did tell me you can burn between 700 and 1000 calories in an hour. The class in my town is getting so crowded on Thursday nights, I am afraid I might take an elbow to the eye because everyone stands so close!

I also do Zumba, but at home as i have got there Zumba fitness dvd set and shakers from a deal i found on tv. Love love love it , plus my hubby finds it most entertaining watching me shake my stuff! lol

starting zumba on monday with my daughter cant wait! want to lose 10 pounds by 50th bd in march but mainly tone

where do you get these odometers to tract calories?

Various brands of heart rate monitors will track calories burned, like the one Raelene talked about. I'm not sure of the accuracy, but I would imagine you have to input your weight, and maybe other factors as well, in order to get a proper calculation. I'm looking into these HRMs now, as I'd like to know calories burned when I'm doing some non-standard exercises. HRMs can be ordered online or are available at most sporting goods stores. I think someone else also talked about a BodyFit monitor???

I got my heart rate monitor at Dick's Sporting Goods. It is a Polar FT7 and I did have to put in my height, weight, birthdate. It has a strap that you wear around your chest and then the watch type part for your rist. Do research them as there are so many on the market. I also hear BodyFit and BodyBugg are supposed to be great. The Polar FT7 is more for use while you are working out..I think the BodyBugg you actually can wear all day/night and it tracks your resting rate calories too.

I do zumba and I wear a calorie meter thingy with chest strap. Its made by timex and I have caliburated it. I burn between 900 and 1450 calories!! Yes totally true! Although it probably helps that I visit different zumba classes each time with different zumba instructors! Its soo much fun I recommend it to everyone!!

is zumba good they have classes for it in my gym, but i just do the machines, i dont feel like ive done enough unless im sweating, lol

Thanks to everyone on info about monitors! Cant wait to get monitor and see how many calories burned

just bought zumba fitness for the xbox kinect....highly addictive and great fun..even got the kids doing it with me

don't mean to get caught up in semantics, but is an odometer the same as a pedimeter??? just trying to figure out whether in need to get yet another gadget to track calories. thanks.

Odometer is for the auto and pedometer, the ped part of the word is for walking. Use the pedometer when you go for a walk.