Calories Burned in Spin Class

Hi everyone.  I took my first Spin class today, and the activity counter on this website shows that I burned approx. 1,152 calories for one hour of vigorous activity.  Another website shows approx. 1,500 for high intensity, and approx. 1,200 for moderate intensity.  It was also based on my current weight (244 lbs.) Is it possible that I burned over 1,000 calories in 1 hour of Spin class?  If so, I'm definately going back next week (sore behind and all)!  If it helps, our instructor believes in the "no-recovery" method, so we worked hard the entire time.

Thanks.

Ursula

haha well i'll tell youthat in every spin class you are going to be workign hard the entire time. you recover after class, not during it. but spin is notorious for burning tons of cals. so 1000 cals sounds possible, but i woul destimate a little lower. cc tells me i burn about 700 cals in 45 minutes of spin but i estimatei t to be a little lower just to be safe.

my heart rate monitor tells me i burn 623 in an hour class and i am 142lbs. you are pretty close to 1,000. try a gel seat too it is much more comfortable.

I started spinning less then a year ago...weighing in at over 321lbs...I burned the hours away on the bike and in 11 months have lost over 126lbs...trust me you burn a TON of calories on the bike!  After a few months of this, you should add a little bit of running for even more cardio conditioning...WTG Keep it up!

I burn roughly 1000 calories as well. It's amazing!