Calories burnt by Exercise

This page shows you the number of calories you burn for 20 minutes participation in different exercises. We should all aim to take 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5 days a week. This can be a mixture of all types of physical activity, anything that makes you slightly out of breath and raises your heart rate slightly.

This table doesn’t only show values for organised exercises, but also for more enjoyable pass times, like walking, dancing and gardening which many of us enjoy to do.

ACTIVITY CALORIES
Leisurely walk 80
Dancing 120
Cycling 160
Running 90
Aerobics 140
Weights 140
Cleaning 50
Driving 35
Swimming 100
Tennis 120
Rowing 200
Golf 45
Circuit Training 260
Skipping 100
Gardening 160
Skiing 130

It is interesting to note that our days resting requirement is 1300 calories for women, and 1600 for men. This is the minimum calories we would need to maintain a healthy weight if we stayed in bed all day!

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3 Responses to “Calories burnt by Exercise”

  1. krissy says:

    This is great, will really help burn those unwanted calories each day :)

  2. Paul Hoff says:

    Superb post! I’m extremely interested in knowing how the cals are burnt! I guess there would be some difference depending on the amount of effort put in on each category, i.e. fast paced walking rather than leisurely etc, i’m surprised at how low swimming came out, less surprised at the figure for gardening, i’m a pro gardener in the UK, and i never have a problem losing the Christmas weight!

    great info though, thanks

  3. Tom Scheetz says:

    I reguarlly use carb cycling as im a bit of a body builder but its a good way for anyone looking to lose weight.

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