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Hey ladies! Does anyone know how many calories per hour can be burned in poling? Right now I am DESPERATELY trying to lost weight by counting calories and how much I am burning in exercise (livestrong.com to the rescue!) The site doesn't have pole dancing as an option. The closest is just "dancing." I would like to be a little more accurate if possible.
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That's a good question..depending on how much I do, I normally put it n as gymnastics and dancing..
It's not easy to calculate this. It varies depending on your weight, your heart rate, your age and your ability to sustain the activity continuously for the given time. Depending on the structure of the class it can be compared to traditional dance classes or more often to low or even high impact aerobics. There are many variables but on an average I wouldn't count on more than 200 calories an hour.
I calculated mine based on my calorie counter app. I am 118 lbs and do 90 minute advanced level classes. I broke it down int he app as 15 minutes of stretching/yoga, 15 minutes of light calethsenics, 30 minutes of heavy calethsenics, and 30 minutes of dance (fast-paced). When I added up the calories burned from those activities it came up to 213 calories. Of course, this is a very personal estimate as not everyone's classes are the same but you can use your app the same way! :)
The best way would be to get a heartrate monitor that also tracks calories. Wish I could make suggestions, I've been researching them myself. Calories burned over time has so many variables. Then there's the thousands of exercises you can do on the pole and count it as pole dancing. I've seen studios advertise a 400 calorie burn per class, but they're trying to sell. I've been tracking my food calories, but understand it's just an estimate. I never take exercise calorie calculations seriously. Calorie counting can be amazing or a nightmare, but that's an off topic discussion I'll save for private messaging if your interested.
I have to be doing something wrong. I might not be active enough? Even though my whole stretching, hoop and/or pole or bellydance, and my PT strength training takes me at least 2 hours every night to complete and gets me tired and my herat rate up. Bleh.
I have a very nice polar heart monitor that tells me exactly how many calories etc I burn. I used to use it all the time when cycling long distances. Havent cycled in over a year due to my Lyme disease, but I will see if the batteries are still active and try to give you an idea on at least what I burn per hour while poling.
That would be cool! Thanks.
I wore my bodybugg to my level 2 class (1 hr clas) and it showed about 250 calories burned per hour. At times it showed up to 4 calories per minute, which is about what I'd burn alternating walking & running. Straight out sprinting was 6 calories per min, so poling is a great calorie burner!
I was gonna say get a body bugg too! It is so cool! You can see on a graph the time line of what you were doing and how it translates to calories burned. I love to look at it and try to remember what I was doing when as I see the graph change!
Practicing super advanced moves burns more calories too. I think of it more as a circuit training type workout. Doing cardio (dance) and strength together.
I wish I could get a bodybugg, but I can't justify the expense when I can just check my heart rate manually.
It is comparable if not more than crossfit in one hour. Spinning burns more calories though than static. The thing is the calculations have to be in concordance to your body ...and so, also one has to keep moving for the whole hour to be accurate because I see people saying I poled for 2hrs and they in fact only did 30 min. with standing around for the 1 1/2 hr. I understand that everyone can have down days but these are usually the same people.
I am just going to start to pole w my heart monitor. Im going to start is after my warm up. I know everyones different, im courios myself. :)
Damn batteries went dead since I haven't used it for a few years..... :(
So I tried using my calorie counting watch just now. Did A LOT of spins, transitions, and floor work. Got my heartrate between 75% and 82% most of the time. I did double check that my watch is counting my heart rate accurately by measuring it myself and it is on target. So....my watch said I burned 777 calories in the last hour. I know that is an average, but that seems so HIGH!
That's awesome!! I heard you can burn that many calories! It's probably right on. :D
That's awesome!! I heard you can burn that many calories! It's probably right on. :D
I'm not sure about it's accuracy. I may hang onto the watch for ease of taking my heart rate and then use this website to calculate my calories burned by an average heart rate during exercise. http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm According to this website I burned 520 calories in the hour (based on my height, weight, and average heart rate.) Quite a difference!
I think it's quite accurate b/c a few months back there was an article that pole fitness came second to a sport which the activity evades me at this time but, it's running up walls, over fences, roof tops and so forth. Crossfit was placed 4th. I researched crossfit and they said that one burns approx 800 cal. in a work out b/c you continue to burn calories post intense activity. Pole is intense and so, I think it is quite accurate.
Maybe you can use what the device tells you and log it for your net calories and adjust it based on what happens with your weight over time? You can use it your monitor for some overall trends and see how tracking net calories works out for you. Just my 2 cents... the scale can be a device of torture so be sure to take measurements of areas easy to measure like your neck, smallest part of your waist and widest part of your hips. You can measure every 2-4 weeks and that will show you what's going on too. I have gained weight on the scale but lost inches! My measuring tape is near my cosmetics and I see it daily. I measure every 2-4 weeks. The scale... I want to throw it off a bridge and actually buried it deep in the back of a spare closet.
You know, when I first started this diet I was okay eating the restricted calories without getting hungry. The last few days I am getting hungry a lot, so maybe I am burning more than I thought. I had to eat some rice last night when I got home from dance cuz I was sooo hungry. This was at 9:30 p.m.
That could very well be, you probably need more calories right now. Poling is really hard work! Be sure to feed your body. If you are anything like me if you don't eat enough you GAIN! Also protein and fats help you feel fuller, try a lean protein source with avocado for a protein/fat combo for snack. That helps me.
Is there any particular snack you eat? I've been eating a handful of nuts, but that lasts me a short while.
We are all so individual and there is so much trial and error to find out what works best. I found personally that fats and protein combo keeps me fuller longer and works well for snack. An example of some snacks I will eat for protein/fat is chicken breast and diced avocado (about enough to fill a 1/2 to 3/4 cup measuring cup). I base the portion size on my hunger. A favorite of mine is pinto or black beans with a tablespoon of salsa and diced avocado (about the same 1/2 - 3/4 cup). I buy canned beans and I rinse them under water then put them in a pyrex and put in the fridge so they are ready when I am. I also like celery sticks that I put peanut butter on. If I am craving sweet I eat 2 small tangerines with a scoop of chocolate Vega shake and go protein powder mixed with water. That is just protein no fat but it helps when I have a sweet tooth. If I am crazy desperate hungry I eat one piece of bread with some peanut butter folded in half and a cup of 1% skim milk. That is borderline for me though because the bread/milk is not good for me. That is more of a 'comfort food' comprimise. If I eat breads, granola, cereals, oatmeals I get ravenous hungry and fast... that stuff does not sustain me at all and then I end up craving really startchy bad carbs like bread and chips. For meals I always do regular dressing on my salads (I measure 2 tablespoons for the serving to make sure I am not getting 400 dressing calories) and put 1 tablsespoon of sunflower seeds and 1/4 to 1/2 of a diced avocado on them. Also this sounds weird but I love pinto or black beans sprinkled on top of my salad. Those are a few examples of what has worked for me... for breakfast I have green smoothie (blended kale, spinach, frozen fruit and a wee bit of apple jucie for the base) that I sip on for a few hours and beans with salsa. I save my fats for afternoon early evening when I am most hungry.
Just In reply to the hunger issue, I found that melon is a good snack, I like pink cantaloupe as its sweet, and you can eat a whole one with hardly any calories at all.
