How Many Calories Are Burned By Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program?

How Many Calories Are Burned by Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program?

May 26, 2011 | By Jason Brick

The Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program takes advantage of two trends in American culture: the group fitness boom and a greater awareness of world music. By combining high-impact aerobics techniques with Latin dance movements and music, creators Jaana Kunitz and Julia Powers provide a calorie-burning workout many find more fun and energetic than standard aerobics.

Program Basics

The Core Rhythms Dance Exercise Program DVDs guide the user through a series of movements taken from traditional aerobics, cardio kickboxing and Latin dance styles like salsa and rumba. The program includes multiple DVDs, each set for a workout of different intensity and with different background movement. As with Latin dance, many of the movements in the program focus on working the muscles of the core -- your belly, lower back and hips.

Calories Burned

The website HealthStatus.com provides information on the calories you burn in different activities. Although it doesn't have data on the Core Rhythms program specifically, it does provide figures for aerobics workouts in general. According to HealthStatus, a 140-lb. woman will burn between 200 and 225 calories in 30 minutes of a program like Core Rhythms, depending on her level of exertion. You can expect results in the low range for the beginning DVDs, and higher results from the expert programs.

Weight

Your body weight plays a major role in how many calories you burn in a workout, for the simple reason that heavier people are carrying around more weight. A 160-lb. person will burn between 220 and 260 calories doing 30 minutes of Core Rhythms workout. A 110-lb. person would burn just 150 to 180.

Other Factors

Counting calories is not an exact science. The specific calorie total you will burn in a Core Rhythms workout will vary from session to session, according to such diverse factors as time of day, air temperature, what you've eaten and even your mood during the workout. Further, regular exercise will increase the rate of your baseline metabolism: how many calories your body burns in all activities throughout the day. This means that the more Core Rhythms workouts you do, the more calories you will burn during your next session.