I was going for an hour drumming away and by the end I was pretty damned tired! Does anyone know how many calories a hardcore drumming session might burn? The exact number would obviously be hard to tell.. but I think it could be compared to a 30 minute run. Im tired!

i wouldnt suggest drumming for cardio exercise.. go take a run outside or something.. drumming is great but it's not exercise.. in the end you're still sitting on your ass (same as a couch potato would)

[Great White Buffalo]

I have CHF and have had it since I was 24,I'm 29 now. My Cardiologist says that playing the drums is the BEST cardio workout you can do! It increases blood circulation and speeds up breathing and actually helps to lower your blood pressure. I dont get to get out and exercise but I do practice 3 to 4 times a week and this has helped me dramaticly in becoming healthy again..

[Tainojim]

Great White Tatanka, is right about getting great vascular and muscle tones. Drumming works out every part of the body, twice better than bicycling or running, as long as you keep away from the alcohol. I've had the same chat with my doctors, especially since my lumbar surgery after a work injury seven years ago.
And you do burn a lot more calories drumming for an hour than running. As a matter of fact, running is to be done with running shoes, so as to prevent physical impacts on the legs and back.
This is no bull, I seriously spoke to my surgeon, pain management doctor , and family doctor before getting back on the drum throne. They advised that I should keep up the drumming. Even though I can't walk, stand or lay down for too long. Sometimes I even sleep in a recliner to keep the pressure off my lumbar and cervical.

For those of you really want to burn calories, try going to a sweat lodge.

Remember that the medicine wheel always comes full circle.

Tainojim- Native American Indian