Rockwell Fitness

Caloric Expenditure for Physical Activities Chart

Filed under: Rockwell Fitness — Rick Rockwell @ 4:29 pm

Energy Expenditure for Selected Physical Activities

Physical Activity

Cal/min/lb

 

Aerobic dance

 

  • Low

0.050

  • Medium

 

0.060

  • High

 

0.070

Archery

0.032

Backpacking

0.052

Badminton

 

  • Average skill

 

0.038

  • High skill

 

0.065

Baseball

 

  • Catch 

 

0.019

  • Game

 

0.032

Basketball

 

  • Shooting

 

0.034

  • Half court

 

0.040

  • Full court

 

0.060

Bicycling

 

  • Slow (5.5 mph)

 

0.025

  • Moderate (10 mph)

 

0.050

  • Fast (13 mph)

 

0.071

  • Racing (18 mph)

 

0.091

Billiards 

0.012

Bowling 

0.030

Boxing (punching bag)

0.028

Calisthenics

0.033

Canoeing

 

  • Slow (2.5 mph)

 

0.023

  • Fast (4.5 mph)

 

0.047

Circuit training

 

  • Without weights

 

0.040

  • With weights

 

0.053

Cross-country skiing

 

  • Slow (3 mph)

 

0.055

  • Medium (5 mph)

 

0.075

  • Fast (7 mph)

 

0.095

Fencing

 

  • Moderate

 

.0033

  • Vigorous

 

0.057

Field hockey

0.060

Fishing

0.016

Football

 

  • Catch

 

0.019

  • Touch

 

0.040

  • Competitive

 

0.068

Golf

0.036

Gymnastics

 

  • Light

 

0.022

  • Heavy

 

0.056

Handball

0.063

Hang Gliding

0.026

Hill climbing

0.055

Hockey

 

  • Ice

 

0.060

  • Street

 

0.060

Horseback Riding

 

  • Walk

 

0.019

  • Trot

 

0.046

  • Gallop

 

0.067

Ice Skating

0.053

Judo 

0.087

Jumping rope:

 

  • Slow

 

0.068

  • Medium

 

0.078

  • Fast

 

0.088

Karate

0.087

Kayaking

0.038

Kick Boxing

0.076

Kickball

0.052

Lacrosse

0.087

Mountain Climbing

0.086

Racquetball

 

  • Beginner

 

0.050

  • Intermediate

 

0.065

  • Advanced

 

0.080

Rollerblading

 

  • Slow

 

0.048

  • Medium

 

0.077

  • Fast

 

0.106

Rowing

 

  • Moderate 

 

0.036

  • Vigorous

 

0.118

Running

 

  • 5 mph = 12.0 min/mile

 

0.070

  • 6 mph = 10.0 min/mile

 

0.080

  • 7 mph = 8.6 min/mile

 

0.090

  • 8 mph = 7.5 min/mile

 

0.100

  • 9 mph = 6.7 min/mile

 

0.110

  • 10 mph =6 min/mile

 

0.115

  • 11 mph =5.5 min/mile

 

0.131

Sailing

0.020

Scuba Diving

0.053

Skating

 

  • Moderate

 

0.040

  • Vigorous

 

0.065

Skiing: Downhill

0.060

Snowshoeing (2.5 mph)

0.067

Soccer

 

  • Casual

 

0.053

  • Competitive

 

0.076

Softball

0.021

Squash

0.010

Stair Climbing

0.045

Swimming (Crawl stroke)

 

  • 30 yards/min

 

0.045

  • 50 yards/min

 

0.076

Table tennis

0.030

Tennis

 

  • Doubles

 

0.045

  • Singles

 

0.060

Volleyball

 

  • Non-competitive

 

0.023

  • Competitive

 

0.036

  • Beach

 

0.060

Walking:

 

  • 2 mph

 

0.020

  • 3 mph

 

0.028

  • 4 mph

 

0.042

Water Aerobics

0.030

Water skiing

0.053

Weight Lifting

 

  • Light

 

0.023

  • Free Weights

 

0.039

  • Nautilus

 

0.042

  • Universal

 

0.053

Whitewater Rafting

0.038

Windsurfing

0.023

Wrestling

0.091