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Calories per hour for Exercise

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Calories Burnt per hour

Sedentary Activities
  • Lying down or sleeping 90
  • Sitting quietly 84
  • Sitting and writing, card playing, etc. 114
Moderate Activities (150-350)
  • Bicycling (5 mph) 174
  • Canoeing (2.5 mph) 174
  • Dancing (Ballroom) 210
  • Golf (2-some, carrying clubs) 324
  • Horseback riding (sitting to trot) 246
  • Light housework, cleaning, etc. 246
  • Swimming (crawl, 20 yards/min) 288
  • Tennis (recreational doubles) 312
  • Volleyball (recreational) 264
  • Walking (2 mph) 198
Vigorous Activities More than 350
  • Aerobic Dancing 546
  • Basketball (recreational) 450
  • Bicycling (13 mph) 612
  • Circuit weight training 756
  • Football (touch, vigorous) 498
  • Ice Skating (9 mph) 384
  • Racquetball 588
  • Roller Skating (9 mph) 384
  • Jogging (10 minute mile, 6 mph) 654
  • Scrubbing Floors 440
  • Swimming (crawl, 45 yards/min) 522
  • Tennis (recreational singles) 450
  • X-country Skiing ( 5 mph) 690
Hourly estimates based on values calculated for calories burned per minute for a 150 pound (68 kg) person.

William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch, Victor L. Katch, "Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance" (2nd edition), Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1986;
Melvin H. Williams, "Nutrition for Fitness and Sport," William C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, 1983

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