Calories Burned Per Minute for Various Activities
Estimated calories burned are based on activities per minute. Actual calories burned vary with your individual body weight, the more you weigh, the more you burn, as indicated by the chart.
| Activity | Weight in pounds:
105 – 115 |
Weight in pounds:127 – 137 | Weight in pounds:
160 – 170 |
Weight in pounds:
180 – 200 |
| Aerobic Dancing | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 |
| Basketball full court | 9.8 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 14.5 |
| Bicycling -Stationary 10 mph | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
| Bicycling -Stationary 20 mph | 11.7 | 13.3 | 15.6 | 17.8 |
| Bicycling – 10 mph | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 14.5 |
| Dancing – Rock & Roll | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Golf – using handcart | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| Hiking (with backpack) | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| Jogging – 5 mph | 8.6 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.7 |
| Lawn Mowing (power motor) | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| Running – 8 mph | 10.4 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 17.3 |
| Sex – active | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| Skating – fast | 8.1 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 12 |
| Skiing – down hill | 7.8 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| Skiing – cross country | 13.1 | 15 | 17.8 | 19.4 |
| Snow shoveling – light | 7.9 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 12.5 |
| Snow shoveling – heavy | 13.8 | 15.7 | 18.5 | 20.5 |
| Stair Climbing – normal speed | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
| Swimming – 20 yds. a min. | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| Swimming – 60 yds. a min. | 11 | 12.5 | 14.8 | 17.9 |
| Tennis (singles) | 7.8 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 11.6 |
| Volleyball | 7.8 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 11.6 |
| Walking, 2 mph | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Walking 4 mph | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Watching TV | not avail. | 145 per hour | not avail | not available |
Other Activities – listed by the hour and a half only.
Estimated calories burned are based on one and a half hours of each activity at a body weight of 150 pounds. Actual calories burned vary with your individual body weight, the more you weigh, the more you burn. Yes, you can burn calories while shopping! Probably more when trying on lots of clothes too. 
| Housecleaning | 864 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Shopping | 325 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Bowling | 415 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Yard Work | 555 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Laundry | 150 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Mowing Lawn | 325 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Driving Car | 125 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Food Shopping w/Cart | 150 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Kissing | 150 – calories per one and one half hour |
| Sitting at Rest | 1.6 – calories per hour |
May 2006 – Recent studies showed that gardening also burned a lot of calories. Sorry, I don’t have the numbers, but was not surprised to read this in a nursing and medical journal. (Maybe that’s what “yard work” was considered at the time these numbers were published several years ago.
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