Not a walker? Here are some other good calorie-burning summer activities (calories burned per hour, based on weight of about 150 lbs).
01. Badminton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
02. Bowling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
03. Croquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
04. Golf (carrying your bags) . . . 375
05. Horseback riding (trot) . . . . . 430
06. In-line skating . . . . . . . . . . . 400
07. Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
08. Softball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
09. Swimming (crawl) . . . . . . . . 540
10. Tennis (singles) . . . . . . . . . . 435
11. Touch football . . . . . . . . . . . 420
12. Volleyball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
13. Water skiing . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
* Source: Too Busy to Exercise by Porter Shimer
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
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10 comments:
How in the world does horse back riding burn calories? LOL! Great TT, Heather.
I've ridden horses and it takes a lot of muscle strength to stay on, plus grooming and lifting tack and things. So I can see where it would burn calories. Great list if you're healthy enough to do those things.
Jennifer: It's all that bouncing up and down, plus muscle strength. ;-)
Anita: I've never done more than a trail ride, but I'm betting that anything above that takes a lot more strength and stamina. I much prefer to walk or ride a bike. ☺
Good post. This reminds me I should exercise more. I think I might go for a walk around the neighborhood. :)
I pick swimming every time! Except for when I pick dancing!
Most of these will make me red in the face very quickly.
Can I just walk? How many calories for that? ;)
Mia: Thank you -- I hope you enjoyed your walk!
Colleen: I used to love swimming, but the lakes are too full of toxic blue-green algae most the summer, and I stopped frequenting the pool at the apartment complex where I used to live because it was always too full of unsupervised and unruly brats.
Alice: I used to enjoy a few of these. I can't bowl anymore as it is hard on my neck, and it's been a couple years since I attempted badminton and volleyball.
LOL -- walking id my preferred activity, too -- that was a T13 of a couple weeks ago. ☺
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