Calories Burned While Swinging

Calories Burned While Swinging
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Calories are the units of energy found in all the food and drink you consume. Physical exercise can help you burn calories. Swinging a tennis racket, golf club or baseball bat will help you lose weight, keep fit and stay healthy.

Baseball

The calories you burn are calculated based on your weight and the amount of time you spend on any activity. If you weigh 155 lbs. and spend an hour playing baseball, according to Nutristrategy, you will burn 352 calories. If you weigh 180 lbs. you'll burn 409 calories per hour.

Golf

Swinging a golf club can also help you burn calories. If you weigh 155 lbs. and carry your own clubs on a round of golf, you will burn 410 calories every hour, according to the Harvard Medical School. If you weigh 185 lbs., you will burn 488 calories.

Tennis

An hour spent swinging a tennis racket is the most effective method for burning calories in comparison with baseball and golf. The Harvard Medical School discovered if your starting weight is 155 lbs., you will burn 520 calories every hour. If you weigh 185 lbs., you will burn a huge 622 calories per hour spent playing tennis.

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Article reviewed by Allen Cone Last updated on: Jun 14, 2011

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