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How Many Calories Are Burned in a Spinning Class?

After attending a few Spinning classes, and I wanted to look up the number of Calories I burned while Spinning.
There are plenty of “Spinning Calculators” out there, but here’s the problem – depending on which site I look at, I’m told that I burned anywhere from 600 to 1200 calories in a single spinning class.
Wow, [...]

How many calories does activity X burn?

Activity (1 hour)
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155lbs
190lbs

Aerobics, general Aerobics, high impact Aerobics, low [...]

What is your Maximum Heart Rate?

The easiest and best known method for calculating your maximum heart rate is to subtract your age from 220.
Basic Formula
Max Heart Rate = 220 – Age
While this calculation is sufficient for most purposes, recent research has shown that the relationship between a person’s maximum heart rate and age is not linear. Hence, there are [...]