How many calories do you burn with Bikram Yoga?

Someone weighing 180 lbs burns approximately 429 kilocalories per hour with Bikram Yoga. Fill in the form and calculate how many calories you burn with Bikram Yoga or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.

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How many calories do you burn with Bikram Yoga?

Someone weighing 180 lbs burns approximately 429 kilocalories per hour with Bikram Yoga. Fill in the form and calculate how many calories you burn with Bikram Yoga or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.

Bikram Yoga Calorie Calculator

Burned calories (KCAL)
with Bikram Yoga

429


Bikram Yoga, a type of Hot Yoga, is a phisycal type of Yoga where you do your yoga exercises in a temperature around 100 Fahrenheit. In a typical Bikram Yoga class you will do the same 26 Hatha Yoga positions in common order.

If you put enough effort into a Bikram Yoga session, you are able to burn up to 600 calories in one single class of 90 minutes. The heath will warm up your muscles and this will result in a higher amount of calories burned during the exercises. The ammount of burned calories will be half if the same yogi exercises (Hatha Yoga) are practiced in a non-heated yoga class.


Yoga

Usually, performing yoga can help you burn around 100 to 600 calories in an hour, depending on the style, the pose, and the person. All Yoga styles are very different in their intensity and pace.

Hatha Yoga - Hatha is a very basic style of yoga taught at a slow pace. This is often the type of yoga used in beginner’s class. Hatha Yoga burns from about 180 to 220 calories per hour.

Bikram Yoga - Bikram Yoga, a type of Hot Yoga, is a physical type of Yoga where you do your yoga exercises in a temperature around 100 Fahrenheit. In a typical Bikram Yoga class you will do the same 26 Hatha Yoga positions in common order. Bikram yoga burns from about 350 to 450 calories per hour.

Ashtanga Yoga - Ashtanga yoga is a very intense and athletic form of yoga. Therefore it is a very good way to help you burn down some calories. With Ashtanga Yoga You will probably burn around twice as much as you will with Iyengar Yoga. Ashtanga yoga burns from about 250 to 350 calories per hour.

Vinyasa Yoga Vinyasa Yoga is a very dynamic way of practicing yoga and is one the most popular types at the moment. Vinyasa Yoga is also known as Flow Yoga. You will flow from one posture to the other. Vinyase yoga one of the types of yoga which will burn the most calories. Vinyasa yoga burns from about 400 to 500 calories per hour.

Hot Yoga Yoga performed in a very warm and humid room is called Hot Yoga. There are different types of Hot Yoga classes. During a standard class of Hot Yoga, the room is heated to approximately 105 F (40 C). The hot temperatures makes Hot Yoga an extreme intense type oy Yoga.

Iyengar Yoga Ivengar Yoga is a very popular type of Yoga, introduced by the Indian B.K.S. Iyengar. In a standard Iyengar Yoga class you will perform a variety of postures while controlling the breath, all at a very slow pace. Although it is not the most intense type of Yoga, you will definitely get a workout. If you are a beginner with Yoga, or If you have an injury, Iyengar is the best type of Yoga for you. Iyenga yoga burns from about 160 to 200 calories per hour.

Calories burned with Yoga (weight: 180 lbs)

MET 15 min. 30 min. 45 min. 60 min.
Ashtanga Yoga 4 86 171 257 343
Bikram Yoga 5 107 214 321 429
Hatha Yoga 2.5 54 107 161 214
Hot Yoga 5 107 214 321 429
Iyengar Yoga 2.3 49 99 148 197
Power Yoga 4.2 90 180 270 360
Vinyasa Yoga 5.5 118 236 354 472
Yoga 3.1 66 133 199 266

How do we calculate the amount of calories burned with Bikram Yoga?

This calculation uses the MET value (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) of Bikram Yoga. The MET value of Bikram Yoga = 5. We multiply the MET value with the person\'s body weight in kilogram. Then we multiply this with 0.0175 and the duration in minutes.

A person weighs: 180 lbs
MET value of Bikram Yoga: 5
Time: 30 minutes
The calorie calculation for Bikram Yoga for 30 minutes is as follows:

(180/2.20462) * 5 * 0.0175 * 30 minutes = 214

30 minutes of Bikram Yoga burns 214 kcal.