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How many calories do we burn doing yoga?
Everything you need to know about yoga
Do you know how many calories you can burn when doing yoga for 30 minutes or 1 hour? By entering your overall activity time and your weight in kilos, you can get an idea of how many calories you burn doing yoga.
Yoga: A few examples of energy expenditure depending on weight and activity time.
Use the table below to see how many calories you lose by practising yoga!
Yoga
Normal intensity
Kilocalorie expenditure
| Weight | 15 minutes | 30 minutes | 1 hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kg | 32 | 63 | 126 |
| 50 kg | 39 | 79 | 158 |
| 60 kg | 47 | 95 | 189 |
| 70 kg | 55 | 110 | 221 |
| 80 kg | 63 | 126 | 252 |
| 90 kg | 71 | 142 | 284 |
Everything you need to know about yoga
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOGA
Although some people, wrongly, would be hard pressed to say that yoga is a sport, we can safely say that many sportspeople practise it as a complement to their sport, and for obvious reasons.
If there’s one virtue of yoga, it’s that it makes thebody more supple and warms it up, as well as allowing it to breathe more easily.
In short, yoga is now a tool of choice in sports preparation, as well as a good ally for exercising the body and mind, whatever the age of the practitioner.
Some benefits of doing yoga:
- Muscular strengthening: The various yoga postures stimulate and strengthen muscles throughout the body. The asanas help to develop muscular strength, endurance and flexibility, particularly in the muscles of the trunk, legs, arms and back.
- Improved flexibility: Yoga helps to stretch muscles, tendons and joints, which helps to improve the body’s flexibility. Regular yoga practice increases range of movement, prevents stiffness and improves posture.
- Stimulation of blood circulation: The various yoga postures stimulate blood circulation throughout the body. Stretching and inverted postures help to improve the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the cells, as well as eliminating toxins and metabolic waste more efficiently.
- Improving breathing: Yoga places great emphasis on conscious, deep breathing. Pranayama exercises teach breathing techniques that encourage slower, deeper and more controlled breathing. This helps to reduce stress, calm the nervous system and improve lung capacity.
- Reduced stress and anxiety: Regular yoga practice promotes relaxation of the body and mind. Breathing exercises, stretching postures and meditation techniques help to release physical and mental tension and reduce stress, anxiety and sleep disorders.
- Improved concentration and mental clarity: Yoga offers meditation and attention-focusing techniques that promote concentration, mental presence and clarity of mind. This improves concentration, memory and creativity.
- Emotional balance: Yoga teaches techniques for managing emotions and stress. By developing greater self-awareness and control over their emotional reactions, yoga practitioners can cultivate a state of inner balance and calm.
In conclusion, yoga is a holistic practice that offers many benefits for the body and mind.
How to calculate the number of calories burned doing yoga
The result displayed is expressed in Kcal and is calculated using the MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task). The MET for each activity is the result of statistical data and cannot therefore be interpreted as an exact calculation, but rather as an estimate that takes into account the MET value and the ratio between the time spent doing an activity and the weight of the individual.
For example: the MET value for yoga is 3. This means that a person practising yoga consumes 3 times more energy than when resting during the session.
Discover the detailed formula to calculate your daily energy expenditure while doing yoga
Consumption in Kcal per minute = (METs*3.5*Weight in kilos)/200
So for a 70kg person swimming for 30 minutes:
Consumption in Kcal per minute = (3*3.5*70)/200 = 3.675 Kcal/mn
So for 30 minutes = 3.675*30 = 110.25 kcal for 30 minutes
