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taubele · 10-12-2011, 02:41 PM

Hi there!

If it tracks your calories burned for you, you can simply enter another activity.

As an example - I do Zumba workouts fairly regularly, but there's no Zumba category either. Plus, the burn will be a little different from everyone based on effort, weight, height, etc.

I wear a heart rate monitor when I work out with Zumba, and it gives me an average calories burned per minute (usually somewhere around 13). Thus, when I do my Zumba workouts, I will just log them as an activity that burns 13 cals/minute (I believe I often use stationary biking with very vigorous effort, and sometimes running or rowing when my burn goes up or down). It doesn't matter the activity - but the burn DOES matter. Just figure out your cals/minute and find the closest activity you can. Works for me!

10-12-2011, 02:41 PM	#162 (permalink)
taubele Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 860	Hi there! If it tracks your calories burned for you, you can simply enter another activity. As an example - I do Zumba workouts fairly regularly, but there's no Zumba category either. Plus, the burn will be a little different from everyone based on effort, weight, height, etc. I wear a heart rate monitor when I work out with Zumba, and it gives me an average calories burned per minute (usually somewhere around 13). Thus, when I do my Zumba workouts, I will just log them as an activity that burns 13 cals/minute (I believe I often use stationary biking with very vigorous effort, and sometimes running or rowing when my burn goes up or down). It doesn't matter the activity - but the burn DOES matter. Just figure out your cals/minute and find the closest activity you can. Works for me! __________________ Terri Female, 28 years old, 5'4 1/2" tall Starting weight 1/4/11 = 215.2 lbs. Weight 9/3/12 = 164.9 (net: -50.3 lbs.) Current mini-goal: 160 lbs. Next mini-goal: 150.2 lbs. <--- Official "Healthy BMI" weight Estimated final goal: 130 lbs. "You don't have to change your life today. You only need to change your day today."