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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Open Sports Sci J. 2012 Sep 2;5:1–6. doi: 10.2174/1875399X01205010001

Table 2.

EE and HR at baseline and during game play (Mean ± SD)

GAME Baseline EE
(kcal/min)
Gross EE
(kcal/min)
Gross EE
(kcal/hr. per
kg)
Resting HR
(bpm)
Average HR
(bpm)
Average
Percent
HRR (%)
Gold’s Gym 1.5 ± 0.30* 7.2 ± 2.3 6.0 ± 1.9 70 ± 18 126 ± 23 44.1 ± 15.9
Biggest Loser 1.3 ± 0.35 7.0 ± 1.9 5.6 ± 1.6 66 ± 11 126 ± 20 47.3 ± 12.7
Just Dance 1.1 ± 0.21 5.3 ± 1.9 4.8 ± 1.7 71 ± 12 117 ± 19 36.0 ± 14.3
Your Shape (Cardio) 1.3 ± 0.28 7.9 ± 2.3 6.8 ± 2.0 68 ± 11 134 ± 17* 49.2 ± 10.8
Your Shape (Strength) 1.3 ± 0.28 6.1 ± 1.5 5.2 ± 1.3 68 ± 11 128 ± 17 51.1± 11.1
Your Shape (Combined data) 1.3 ± 0.28 7.0 ± 1.9 6.0 ± 1.6 68 ± 11 131 ± 17 46.7 ± 10.9
Pooled Data 1.3 ± 0.31 6.7 ± 2.1 5.7 ± 1.8 69 ± 13 125 ± 20 44.6 ± 14.1

Note: Resting data for Your Shape is the same for Cardio, Strength and Combined data because it was the same participants, the only difference is in values during playing the various components (strength, cardio, or combined). Pooled data is an average of each of the games: Gold’s Gym, Biggest Loser, Just Dance, and Your Shape (combined data only for this game)

*

Significantly different from Just Dance (p<0.05)

Significantly different from baseline values (P<0.01)

Significantly different from Gold’s Gym and Your Shape Cardio portion