How many calories can you burn?

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Want to know how many calories you are burning in 30 minutes doing your favorite activity? I've listed some of the more popular exercise activities and the number of calories that they burn. All of the calorie calculations assume a 150 pound person doing the activity for 30 minutes. If you weigh more, you will burn more calories. If you weigh less, you will burn fewer calories.

Bicycling

• >20 mph - 545.5 calories
• 16-19mph, no drafting - 409 calories
• 14-15.9 mph, no drafting - 340.9 calories
• 12-13.9 mph, no drafting - 272.7 calories
  
• Mountain biking - 289.7 calories
• Stationary: moderate, 150 watts - 238.6 calories
• Stationary: vigorous, 200 watts - 357.9 calories

Running

• 6 min/mile - 545.4 calories
• 7 min/mile - 477.2 calories
• 8.5 min/mile - 392 calories
• 9 min/mile - 374.9 calories
• 10 min/mile - 340.9 calories
• 11.5 min/mile - 306.8 calories
• 12 min/mile - 272.7 calories
• up stairs - 511 calories

Walking

• 12 min/mile - 272.7 calories
• 13 min/mile - 214.7 calories
• 15 min/mile - 170.4 calories
• 17 min/mile - 129.5 calories
• 20 min/mile - 112.5 calories
• 30 min/mile - 85.2 calories

Gym Activities

• Aerobics, low impact - 170.4 calories
• Aerobics, high impact - 238.6 calories
• Step Aerobics, 10" - 12" step - 340.9 calories
• Step Aerobics, 6" - 8" step - 289.7 calories
• Elliptical Machine - 245.4 calories

Click here for a great online calorie calculator to find out the number of calories burned during your favorite activity. It not only includes "exercise" activities, but lots of "around the house" activities, as well. Enjoy.

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