How Many Calories Burned...?

     How many calories burned in a day?  That depends. Are you playing ping pong or shoveling snow?   Read on, it's all here.

     Are you wondering what exercise will burn off that 400 calorie hamburger you just splurged on?  What about an hour of an hour of zumba (more than enough) or 2 hours of golf?

      The easiest one by far will be spending the rest of your lunch hour walking back to the office - take the longest route possible!    You will have to walk your dog for another half hour when you get home if you want to zero out that burger.

     Consider this:

Calories burned walking: 4 calories a minute for slow walking 7 calories burned for brisk walking 10 calories burned power walking/jogging 1 hour of brisk walking = 420 calories burned Calories burned running: 10 calories a minute 1 hour of running = 600 calories burned

     Live near a gym? You may prefer getting in shape swimming laps or taking an aerobics swimming class.

     Water aerobics offers many benefits including no impact on your bones, painless movement and the force of the water giving you enough resistance to do some good!

Calories burned swimming: 10 calories a minute-strenuous strokes 1/2 hour of lap swimming = 300 calories burned

     What about parking your car and riding your bike to work?   Many cities are becoming more bike friendly to get people out of their cars. Bike riding over public transportation is investing in your health!

Calories burned cycling: 4 calories a minute light cycling 7 calories a minute moderate cycling 10 calories a minute vigorous cycling 1 hour of bicycle riding = 600 calories burned

     What else can you do to be active, burn calories, make new friends, learn a new skill and add more adventure to your life?

How many calories used for:

Light activities

4 calories a minute and 240 calories in an hour

golf	gardening	tennis	housework
calisthenics	yoga	bowling	ping pong
ice skating	acquarobics	skate boarding	line/square dancing

Moderate activities

7 calories a minute 420 calories in an hour

light weight training	light tennis	moderate raquetball
aerobics	football grid iron	basketball	baseball
walking downstairs	downhill snow skiing	shoveling snow	ballroom dancing

Heavy activities

10 calories a minute 600 calories in an hour

weight training	wrestling	advanced judo	advanced racquetball
Tae bo	kick boxing	football	climbing upstairs
skipping	cross country skiing	advanced acquaerobics	dancing/Zumba

     Life is too short to not take up dancing, or...!   If you want a lifetime of fat loss AND more fun than you’ve ever had in your life then get serious about line dancing,  yoga, baseball, gardening...get moving!

     If you decide to take up the easiest exercise of all check out the articles below for more ideas about how you can lose fat permanently.

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A pedometer can motivate you to keep on increasing those calories burned every single day by counting steps, miles and calories burned!

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