Just Dance vs Zumba

Question: Which form of exercise (Zumba or Just Dance) would cause a person’s heart rate to be higher?

Hypothesis: If we compare Zumba and Just Dance heart rates, then zumba will lead to a higher heart rate because we will require more energy to dance Zumba than the required energy it takes for Just Dance.

Procedure:

Just Dance

1. Record Heart Rate
2. Picked A Song To Dance To
3. All 5 Danced To The Same Song
4. Recorded Heart Rate After Dancing
5. Repeat Two More Times on Different Days

Zumba

1. Record Heart Rate
2. Picked A Song To Dance To
3. All 5 Danced To The Same Song
4. Recorded Heart Rate After Dancing
5. Repeat Two More Times on Different Days

Materials:

1. Wii & Controllers
2. TV
3. Just Dance Game
4. Computer
5. Blood Pressure/ Heart Rate Cuff & Monitor

Abstract: Throughout this experiment we were trying to understand which dance workout would increase our heart rate quicker between Zumba and Just Dance. We figured that Zumba would increase the most compared to Just Dance. All five subjects tested through three trials for both Zumba and Just Dance. Their heart rate was measured before and after each song. We came to the conclusion that Zumba led to a higher heart rate with a 17% increase, while Just Dance had a 6.8% increase.

Conclusion:

In our experiment we were trying to find whether Zumba got our heart rate to increase more than Just Dance. We finished our experiment and using our results we were able to prove our hypothesis correct because on average our heart rate increased by 17% by doing Zumba and on average our heart rate increased by only 6.8% with Just Dance.