Rowing is not the most common of physical activities, but it's effective at elevating your heart rate and burning calories. You can row outside or mimic the movements using a piece of stationary cardiovascular rowing equipment.
Weight Loss
Burning calories from rowing can help facilitate weight loss or maintain your current healthy body composition. To lose weight, you must burn more calories than you consume. To maintain your current weight, you must burn the same amount of calories you consume.
Calories
A 150 lb. person will burn about 477 calories per hour of rowing at a moderate intensity, according to Health Status. Rowing at a vigorous intensity will increase the number of calories burned in an hour to 720.
Considerations
Besides exercise intensity, the number of calories you will burn for every hour of rowing depends on your own body weight. You can calculate an estimation of how many calories you will burn by using an online calorie calculator.
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