A healthy weight loss plan must include exercise. If you exercise seriously, you can determine just how many calories you are burning over the course of a specific time period. By consulting a calorie counter, you will be able to see how many calories you are burning based on the exercise or sport in which you are engaging.
Running and Walking
According to the freedieting.com calorie calculator, a 225-lb. man who runs a 10-minute mile will burn 1,080 calories. By picking up the pace of the mile, the runner will burn more calories. A 9-minute mile will burn 1,188 calories, an 8-minute mile will burn 1,350 calories and a 7-minute mile will burn 1,566 calories. You can also burn significant calories by walking. You will burn 432 calories by walking a mile in 17 minutes, and you will burn 540 calories by going that distance in 13 minutes.
Aerobics
Aerobics classes are a popular way to exercise and burn calories. The amount of calories you burn will depend on your level of experience and how fast-paced your class moves. A high-impact step aerobics class will burn 1,080 calories in an hour for a 225-pound man. A high-impact non-step class will burn 756 calories. A low-impact class with a step will also burn 756 calories while a low-impact non-step course will burn 594 calories.
Competitive Sports
You can burn a significant amount of calories if you play sports. Basketball is played on a competitive and recreational basis. A 225-lb. man can burn 864 calories by playing basketball for 60 minutes. A competitive football player will burn 972 calories in an hour while a flag or touch football player will burn 864 calories. A volleyball player can burn 532 calories in an hour while tennis player will burn 756 calories in an hour. Racquetball is an intense sport that demands hard work and will burn 1,080 calories in an hour.
Winter Activity
You don't have to stop exercising when the weather gets cold. Winter sports give you the opportunity to burn calories nearly as well as you can in good weather. Cross country skiing for an hour will help a 225-lb. man burn 864 calories in an hour. Downhill skiing is a bit more thrilling, and that activity will burn 648 calories in an hour. Snow-shoeing for 60 minutes will help you burn 864 calories in an hour.
Strength Building
Strength building is an important part of weight loss. Lifting weights will help you get stronger and more flexible when done correctly. It is also an effective calorie-burning activity. Lifting free weights will help you burn 648 calories in an hour. Circuit training on machines such as Nautilus and Bowflex will burn 864 calories in an hour. Working out for 60 minutes on a rowing machine will burn 918 calories in an hour.
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