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Calories Burned Per Minute for Various Activities

Estimated calories burned are based on activities per minute. Actual calories burned vary with your individual body weight, the more you weigh, the more you burn, as indicated by the chart.

Activity

Weight in pounds:

105 - 115


Weight in pounds:

127 - 137


Weight in pounds:

160 - 170

Weight in pounds:

180 - 200




Aerobic Dancing 5.8 6.6 7.8 8.6
Basketball full court 9.8 11.2 13.2 14.5
Bicycling -Stationary 10 mph 5.5 6.3 7.8 8.3
Bicycling -Stationary 20 mph 11.7 13.3 15.6 17.8
Bicycling - 10 mph 5.5 6.3 7.8 14.5
Dancing - Rock & Roll 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.9
Golf - using handcart 3.3 3.8 4.4 4.9
Hiking (with backpack) 5.9 6.7 7.9 8.8
Jogging - 5 mph 8.6 9.2 11.5 12.7
Lawn Mowing (power motor) 3.5 4.0 4.8 5.2
Running - 8 mph 10.4 11.9 14.2 17.3
Sex - active 3.9 4.3 5.6 5.9
Skating - fast 8.1 9.3 10.9 12
Skiing - down hill 7.8 10.4 12.3 13.3
Skiing - cross country 13.1 15 17.8 19.4
Snow shoveling - light 7.9 9.1 10.8 12.5
Snow shoveling - heavy 13.8 15.7 18.5 20.5
Stair Climbing - normal speed 5.9 6.7 7.9 8.8
Swimming - 20 yds. a min. 3.9 4.5 5.3 6.8
Swimming - 60 yds. a min. 11 12.5 14.8 17.9
Tennis (singles) 7.8 8.9 10.5 11.6
Volleyball 7.8 8.9 10.5 11.6
Walking, 2 mph 2.4 2.8 3.3 3.6
Walking 4 mph 4.5 5.2 6.1 6.8
Watching TV not avail.
145 per hour
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Other Activities - listed by the hour and a half only.

Estimated calories burned are based on one and a half hours of each activity at a body weight of 150 pounds. Actual calories burned vary with your individual body weight, the more you weigh, the more you burn. Yes, you can burn calories while shopping! Probably more when trying on lots of clothes too.

Housecleaning 864 - calories per one and one half hour
Shopping 325 - calories per one and one half hour
Bowling 415 - calories per one and one half hour
Yard Work 555 - calories per one and one half hour
Laundry 150 - calories per one and one half hour
Mowing Lawn 325 - calories per one and one half hour
Driving Car 125 - calories per one and one half hour
Food Shopping w/Cart 150 - calories per one and one half hour
Kissing 150 - calories per one and one half hour
Sitting at Rest 1.6 - calories per hour

May 2006 - Recent studies showed that gardening also burned a lot of calories. Sorry, I don't have the numbers, but was not surprised to read this in a nursing and medical journal. (Maybe that's what "yard work" was considered at the time these numbers were published several years ago.



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