The average calories spent per hour by a 150-pound person are listed below. (A lighter person burns fewer calories; a heavier person burns more.) Since exact calorie figures are not available for most activities, the figures below are averaged from several sources and show the relative vigor of the activities.
Activity | Calories burned |
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Bicycling 6 mph | 240 cals./hr. |
Bicycling 12 mph | 410 cals./hr. |
Cross-country skiing | 700 cals./hr. |
Jogging 5 1/2mph | 740 cals./hr. |
Jogging 7 mph | 920 cals./hr. |
Jumping rope | 750 cals./hr. |
Running in place | 650 cals./hr. |
Running 10 mph | 1280 cals./h |
Swimming 25 yds/min. | 275 cals./hr. |
Swimming 50 yds/min. | 500 cats./hr. |
Tennis-singles | 400 cals./hr. |
Walking 2 mph | 240 cals./hr. |
Walking 3 mph | 320 cals./hr. |
Walking 41/2 mph | 440 cals./hr. |
The calories spent in a particular activity vary in proportion to one’s body weight. For example, a 100-pound person burns 1/3 fewer calories, so you would multiply the number of calories by 0.7. For a 200-pound person, multiply by 1.3.
Working harder or faster for a given activity will only slightly increase the calories spent. A better way to burn up more calories is to increase the time spent on your activity.