Calorie consumption: Sports and other activities

How high is the calorie expenditure for sports and other activities? That, of course, also depends on individual factors such as one's body weight, training condition and intensity and therefore varies from case to case. However, orienting oneself to average estimates can help to lose weight in a targeted and effective way. Because physiologically it is a proven fact that whoever burns more calories than they consume loses weight. So here is a brief overview of the average calorie expenditure for sports and other activities. More information on this topic is provided by the health portal kalorienverbrauch.at.

Calorie expenditure for various sports per 60 minutes at a glance:

• Intense gymnastics such as yoga or Pilates burn about 280 calories.
• Dancing results in an average calorie expenditure of 240 calories.
• Walking burns up to 360 calories.
• Brisk jogging is a true fat burner, as it burns approximately 800 calories per 60 minutes.
• Hiking in mountainous terrain burns up to 500 calories.
• Cycling yields a calorie expenditure of about 420 calories.
• Playing soccer burns on average as much as 560 calories per hour.
• Swimming burns 680 calories.
• Inline skating not only has a high fun factor but also uses a lot of energy — up to 800 calories in an hour.
• Calorie expenditure is also very high with Bikram Yoga (hot-room yoga); the body can burn up to 1,000 calories during a training session.

Calorie expenditure for other activities per 60 minutes at a glance:

Calorie expenditure in household chores

• Cooking and ironing burn about 120 calories.
• Tidying up consumes about 180 calories per hour.
• Making beds and cleaning windows each amount to 210 calories.
• Vacuuming burns up to 100 calories per hour.

Calorie expenditure for other activities

• Mowing the lawn burns 240 calories.
• Washing the car burns 270 calories in an hour.
• Intensive gardening burns about 330 calories.
• Shoveling snow has a high calorie expenditure, averaging 360 calories per hour.

Calculate calorie expenditure for sports and other activities and slim down

By saving just 250 calories a day in food and burning an additional 250 calories through exercise, you can easily lose 2 kg of excess weight per month. If someone does not want to make any changes to their diet, they can of course burn 500 calories through physical activity. Just one hour a day of brisk jogging, hiking or inline skating is enough to slim down effectively. So it's worth calculating the calorie expenditure for sports and other activities!

Author: Marion Selzer, nutrition and diet consultant

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