So, Friday night, I did a little Science Experiement -- I
wore my heart rate monitor to Wild West! Most of my church friends love to two-step (And turns out, alot of the guys are REALLY GREAT at it!) -- So we go dancing alot...
I turned on the heart rate monitor whenever we got there and turned it off when I looked down and saw I had lost connection, i.e., I moved the chest strap somehow and it lost connection with my skin -- it has a hard time reconnecting.
Here are my conclusions:
I turned on the heart rate monitor whenever we got there and turned it off when I looked down and saw I had lost connection, i.e., I moved the chest strap somehow and it lost connection with my skin -- it has a hard time reconnecting.
Here are my conclusions:
Max heart rate was 173
(I usually get max HR around 180 in my work out classes).
Avg heart rate was 118 (I usually get avg HR around 140-150 in my work out classes).
In 2 hours, I burned 635 calories (317 cal/hr). (In 1 hour of my book camp class, I burn 500-700 calories depending on leg vs. arm day and how hard I push myself.)
It looks like I danced about 8 songs during that time b/c there is about 8 peaks! (This is all just guessing) Somewhere in there were the "pop music breaks" My guess would be the 10-20 minute mark, and the 1hr- 1:10 min mark as my HR was medium for an extended period of time. So, two-step and polka seem to get my heart rate higher than "pop" music. Wish I would have noted when Copperhead Road came on!!
I would say that we danced a moderate amount that night over all, (the guy/girl ratio was off, lots of ppl to visit with, it was REALLY hot so I spent alot of time in front of a fan, etc) -- so -- maybe on a CRAZYYY night we could burn 400 calories per hour!?!
I sweat like crazy when dancing AND when working out -- but like Sara Strickland and I talked about -- when I work out I am not trying to look cute/decent/presentable! Also, I wear "wicking" (?) clothes that don't "FEEL" as sweaty and don't show my sweat rings -- Sorry - that's really gross!
Conclusion:
-- Calorie wise 2 hours of dancing is approximately equal to one hour of working out!
-- Plus, dancing is really fun! And dancing is a social activity.
-- THUS -- WE SHOULD ALL GO DANCING MORE OFTEN!!
Just interesting to see! haha!
Happy Tuesday, Amy
Avg heart rate was 118 (I usually get avg HR around 140-150 in my work out classes).
In 2 hours, I burned 635 calories (317 cal/hr). (In 1 hour of my book camp class, I burn 500-700 calories depending on leg vs. arm day and how hard I push myself.)
It looks like I danced about 8 songs during that time b/c there is about 8 peaks! (This is all just guessing) Somewhere in there were the "pop music breaks" My guess would be the 10-20 minute mark, and the 1hr- 1:10 min mark as my HR was medium for an extended period of time. So, two-step and polka seem to get my heart rate higher than "pop" music. Wish I would have noted when Copperhead Road came on!!
I would say that we danced a moderate amount that night over all, (the guy/girl ratio was off, lots of ppl to visit with, it was REALLY hot so I spent alot of time in front of a fan, etc) -- so -- maybe on a CRAZYYY night we could burn 400 calories per hour!?!
I sweat like crazy when dancing AND when working out -- but like Sara Strickland and I talked about -- when I work out I am not trying to look cute/decent/presentable! Also, I wear "wicking" (?) clothes that don't "FEEL" as sweaty and don't show my sweat rings -- Sorry - that's really gross!
Conclusion:
-- Calorie wise 2 hours of dancing is approximately equal to one hour of working out!
-- Plus, dancing is really fun! And dancing is a social activity.
-- THUS -- WE SHOULD ALL GO DANCING MORE OFTEN!!
Just interesting to see! haha!
Happy Tuesday, Amy
**UPDATE**
Y'all didn’t check me -- the graph totally cuts off at 1:35 -- sooo We burned
635 calories in 95 minutes ===> which is 400 calories per hour!! DANG we are
way better than we thought!!! Yahoo!! Who wants to do dancing right now?!
...just kidding...
...just kidding...
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