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Hot Yoga - Heart Rate/Calories Burned



TRAINING ZONES


Warm up Zone = 50 - 60% of your maximum heart rate based on age.


Fat Burning = 60 - 70% of your maximum heart rate, this zone burns more total fat calories the any other zone.


Aerobic Zone = 70 - 80% of your maximum heart rate, this improves your cardiovascular and respiratory system and increases the strength of your heart.


Anaerobic Zone = 80 - 90% of maximum heart rate. The benefits of this zone include an improved VO2 maximum (the highest amount of oxygen one can consume during exercise) and thus an improved cardiorespiratory system.


Red Line Zone = 90 - 100% of maximum heart rate, although this zone burns the highest number of calories, it is very intense. Most people can only stay in this zone for short periods.


Your max heart rate is the basic formula of 220(men) or 226(women) subtract your age.  As an example, the max heart rate for a 32 year old would be 188 beats per minute (bpm).  In the example below the average heart rate for the duration of the class is 140 bpm or 75% of the peak heart rate.



Vinyasa Class - 75 Minutes


Gender - Male                             Calories Burned - 700-800

Weight - 230 lbs                          Average Heart Rate - 140 bpm  ****Aerobic Zone******

Age - 32                                      Peak Heart Rate - 176 bpm

















Tradtional Hot Class - 90 Minutes


Gender - Female                         Calories Burned - 700-800

Weight - 115 lbs                          Average Heart Rate - 138 bpm  ****Aerobic Zone******

Age - 38                                      Peak Heart Rate - 180 bpm

















Vinyasa Class - 75 Minutes


Gender - Male                             Calories Burned - 700-800

Weight - 180 lbs                          Average Heart Rate - 144 bpm  ****Aerobic Zone******

Age - 34                                      Peak Heart Rate - 183 bpm


















Vinyasa Class - 75 Minutes


Gender - Male                             Calories Burned - 700-800

Weight - 160 lbs                          Average Heart Rate - 126 bpm  ****Aerobic Zone******

Age - 54                                      Peak Heart Rate - 148 bpm