Calculate YOUR Calories Burned for 800+ Activities

You don’t work out just to feel good — you want to burn calories. But how many are you burning? Did you know that women burn more calories than men? Weight, height and age also matter. Our customized calorie calculator shows YOUR calories burned on over 800 activities from walking and running to kite surfing and stand up paddle boarding. Every activity burns calories — even just breathing. But obviously some activities burn more calories than others. We’ve taken a detailed look at some popular and interesting activities. Check out the articles below.
How many calories do you burn running?

Calories Burned Running for Women (and Men Too!)

Running is a great way to get in shape and burn some calories. All you need are running shoes and some outdoor space or a treadmill. But did you know women burn more calories than men? Use the charts to find YOUR calorie burn.  [continue reading] 

How Many Calories Do You Burn Walking?

Calories Burned Walking for Women (and Men Too!)

Walking is probably the very best exercise — the human body was made for it. But did you know that women burn more calories walking than men? Your weight and speed also make a difference. See the charts for women and for men to get YOUR calorie burn.  [continue reading] 

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Stand Up Paddle Boarding: A Solid Workout

Stand up paddle boarding is a surprisingly easy and very fun water sport that gives you a unique connection to nature. Don’t be intimidated — anyone can do it. And you’ll get good a core workout while you burn some calories!  [continue reading] 

A kiteboarding kite flies high.

Kiteboarding: Fun, Addictive, and a Great Workout

Kiteboarding combines wakeboarding or surfing with sailing and paragliding. It’s a fun and addictive combination that will give you a great workout.  [continue reading] 

Take the stairs and burn calories instead of electricity!

Climbing Stairs: Burn Calories, Not Electricity

Climbing stairs is great for burning calories and improving your cardiovascular health. Plus it’s free — you don’t need a gym membership or any expensive equipment.  [continue reading] 

Calculating Your Calories Burned For Weight Loss

Your body burns calories all day long, even when you are sleeping (or watching tv). But if you want to lose weight, you will need to add some exercise to your daily routine because you need to burn off an extra 3,500 calories for every pound you want to lose. That may seem like a difficult task. But don’t get discouraged. Find an activity you like and just get started. If you burn 250 – 500 extra calories per day, you’ll lose one pound every 1 -2 weeks. It won’t take you long to make see some meaningful results! Not sure how to get started? See our article on The Best Exercise To Lose Weight. You’ll be surprised.

What Activities Burn the Most Calories

In a hurry to lose weight? You may want to know which activities burn the most calories. That would be running a sub-five minute mile. If you weigh 140 pounds, running 4.3 minutes per mile for an hour will burn about 1460 calories. Next on the list is chopping wood at 51 blows per minute. That will burn over 1100 calories. Do you like cycling? Competitive mountain biking burns about 1000 calories per hour. Looking for something more realistic? Running up stairs burns about 950 calories per hour. Aggressive cross country skiing (5 – 8 mile per hour) will burn almost 800 calories per hour. Jumping rope or running 7 minute miles gets you about 780 calories per hour. Running 8 minute miles? That’s about 730 calories an hour.

Where is the Actual Calories Burned Calculator?

We had to take our calories burned calculator offline for some maintenance. It calculates your exact calories burned for over 800 activities based on your specific gender, weight, height, and age. We have highlighted the most popular and interesting activities in the articles above. Are you eager to see the full calculator return? If so, leave a comment below and let us know so we can speed up our work fixing it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease :-)

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