Calories Burned Dancing at the Club Calculator

The average person can burn about 60 calories per ten minutes of dancing at the club. The amount of calories burned dancing will vary based on factors such as weight, gender, and how energetic your dancing is, but overall, dancing is a great cardio workout – and a lot of fun!

If you’re really dancing up a storm in the club and moving quickly, you can burn about 180 calories in 30 minutes if you weigh around 125lbs. If you weigh more like 155lbs, the same amount and intensity of dancing will help you burn in the region of 223 calories. 

How many calories do you burn dancing at the club?

How many calories you’ll burn dancing at the club is down to your weight, the intensity with which you’re exercising, and how long you keep it up for. The more you weigh, the more calories you’ll burn, and if you’re really working up a sweat and getting out of breath, that also indicates that you’re burning more calories. 

For 10 minutes of moderate dancing, a 120lb person can burn around 59 calories. If you’re 150lbs, it’s more like 73 calories, and if you’re closer to 200lbs, it’s closer to 100 calories. 

But if you’re going for a really big night, and your main objective is to hit the dance floor, you could burn a lot more calories. 

Say you spend a total of one and a half hours on the dance floor throughout the night, and you’re dancing at a moderate level, getting a bit sweaty and out of breath. If you’re 120lbs, you could be looking at 530 calories burned. If you’re 180lbs, it’s closer to a whopping 796 calories burned for the night. 

How many calories are burned by dancing for 30 minutes?

Depending on your weight, 30 minutes of dancing can burn the following amount of calories:

Weight	Mild intensity	Moderate intensity	High intensity
120lbs	136	176	190
140lbs	158	206	222
160bs	181	235	254
180lbs	204	265	285
200lbs	226	294	317

Is dancing at the club considered exercise?

Dancing at the club is fantastic exercise – the faster you move and the more you exert yourself, the better. Any type of activity that raises your heart rate and causes you to break a sweat is considered aerobic exercise, so make sure you dance with enough effort to feel a bit sweaty and out of breath, and you’ll know you’re working your cardiovascular system effectively.

To gauge whether you’re dancing at a moderate or intense level of exercise, look for the following signs: for moderate intensity, you’re breathing a bit harder, you might develop a light sweat after about 10 minutes, and you can talk but you won’t be able to sing along to the music. For high intensity, your breathing is much harder, you can’t talk without stopping for breath, and you’ll start sweating after only a couple of minutes. 

Can I lose weight by dancing every day?

Adding dancing into your daily routine is an easy way to burn off calories, and as long as you’re not adding those calories back in, you can lose weight this way. 

The basic premise of weight loss is that you must burn more calories than you consume. So, if you’re dancing at the club instead of sitting at home, that should help you towards any weight loss goals you may have. However, if you decide to consume calorific drinks or snacks while you’re at the club, or you stop for a greasy late-night meal on the way home, that could counteract the calorie-burning effects of your dancefloor efforts.  

However, throwing a little boogie into your routine every morning or evening can certainly add an extra calorie deficit and contribute in a small way to weight loss. If you want dancing to make up a bigger part of your weight loss picture, you’ll have to do high intensity dancing for a longer period of time every day. 

Highly energetic dance forms such as Zumba, swing dancing and hip-hop dancing are excellent styles to try if you’re looking to lose weight. Surprisingly, line dancing is also up there in terms of high calorie-burning dance styles, so break out your cowboy boots to break a sweat!