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Energy Expended During Exercise


Use this Guide to help you estimate the amount of energy (measured in calories) that you expend for different types of exercise. For the average person, the expenditure of 1500 calories per week is recommended. According to studies, this level of exercise will improve your health and extend your life expectancy. This chart gives the average number of calories a 154-pound person would burn per hour doing the following activities:

Calories expended per hour of exercise at the following activities:

Activity

Calories

Jogging
Tennis
Cross-country skiing
Soccer
Handball
Rope jumping
Basketball
Running
Squash
Downhill skiing

About 750 calories
Between 280 and 630 calories
Between 420 and 840 calories
Between 350 and 840 calories
Between 560 and 840 calories
Between 630 and 810 calories
Between 210 and 840 calories
About 1070 calories
Between 560 and 840 calories
Between 350 and 560 calories

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