Calorie Burn Chart

When you’re choosing which exercise to perform, sometimes it’s handy to have a calorie burn chart.  You can choose an exercise that fits into your time constraints, or even your mood, more effectively by knowing how many calories you’ll burn.  There are many calorie burn charts available, but I thought I’d share just a few common exercises and their expected calorie burns if you performed the activity for an hour:

• Running, 10mph (6 minute mile) — 1126 calories
• Running, 5mph (12 minute mile) — 563 calories
• Walking, 3mph, moderate pace — 246 calories
• Swimming, freestyle, vigorous pace — 704 calories
• Bicycling, light effort — 429 calories
• Aerobic, low impact — 357 calories
• Aerobic, high impact –  500 calories

The chart assumes a person weighs 150 lbs, as most calorie burn charts do.  If you weigh more, you will burn more calories and if you weigh less, you will burn fewer calories.  Keep in mind, too, if you track your calories burned on a piece of exercise equipment.  If it doesn’t ask for your weight, it assumes calorie burn for a 150 lb person.

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