Calories Burned for Various Activities
This calculator is designed to estimate the approximate number of calories you will burn when your peform a particular activity. This calculator is useful when you are on a program to lose weight, or more appropriately, burn fat. You may use it in concert with a dietary log to estimate how much weight you will lose or gain over a given period. It can be used to record activities performed and/or to plan your activities in advance.
For some activities, the calculater estimates calories burned based upon your current body weight, elapsed time, and distance travelled. For all other activities the calculator estimates calroies burned based upon your current body weight, and elapsed time.
Instructions
Select an activity from the drop down menu. Input your current weight, and select the appropriate weight units, kg or lbs. Input the elapsed time for performing the activity.
Some activities require you to input the distance travelled in performing the activity, and select the appropriate disance units, km, m, miles, yards, or feet.
Click the Calculate button and the estimated number of calories burned for your selected activity will be displayed below.
Distance
meters
feet
km
miles
yards
Calories
Time
Aerobics, low impact
Aerobics, high impact
Aerobics, medium impact
Badminton, competitive
Badminton, social
Baseball
Baseball, playing catch
Baketball, game
Basketball, nongame
Basketball, shooting baskets
Basketball, wheelchair
Bicycling
Billiards
Bobsledding
Body building, vigorous
Body building, moderate
Bowling
Boxing, match
Boxing, punching bag
Boxing, sparring
Calisthenics, vigorous
Calisthenics, light/moderate
Carpentry
Circuit training
Cleaning, vigorous
Cleaning, moderate
Cleaning, light
Coaching
Cooking
Cricket, batting/bowling
Croquet
Curling
Cyclo-cross
Dancing
Darts
Diving, springboard/platform
Fartlek (Speed Play)
Fencing
Fishing
Football, playing catch
Football, competitive
Football, touch/flag
Frisbee
Frisbee, ultimate
Gardening
Golf, using push cart
Golf, using power cart
Golf, carrying clubs
Golf, mini or driving range
Gymnastics
Hacky sack
Handball
Hiking
Hockey, field
Hockey, ice
Horseback riding
Hunting
Inline Skating
Inline Skiing (no poles)
Jai alai
Kayaking
Kickball
Lacrosse
Lawn bowling
Luge
Marching
Martial arts
Moto-cross
Moving furniture
Mowing lawn
Music playing
Nordic Ice Skating
Nordic Inline Skating
Nordic Inline Skiing
Nordic Walking
Paddleboard
Painting
Ping pong
Polo
Pushing stroller
Race walking
Racquetball, casual
Racquetball, competitive
Raking lawn
Rock climbing
Rope jumping, fast
Rope jumping, moderate
Rope jumping, slow
Rowing, vigorous
Rowing, light
Rowing, moderate
Rugby
Running
Running, up stairs
Sailing, casual
Sailing, competitive
Shoveling snow
Shuffleboard
Skateboarding
Skating, ice, moderate
Skating, ice, speed
Skating, ice, competitive
Skating, ice, light
Skiing, cross-country, racing
Skiing, cross-country, moderate
Skiing, cross-country, light
Skiing, downhill
Skiing, water
Ski-mobiling, water
Seadooing
Skin diving
Scuba diving
Sledding
Snorkeling
Snow shoeing
Snowmobiling
Soccer, casual
Soccer, competitive
Softball
Squash
Stair-climber
Stretching
Surfing
Sweeping
Swimming, backstroke
Swimming, breaststroke
Swimming, butterfly
Swimming, leisurely
Swimming, sidestroke
Swimming, sychronized
Table tennis
Tai chi
Tennis, doubles
Tennis, singles
Tobogganing
Volleyball, beach
Volleyball, competitive
Volleyball, noncompetitive
Walking
Wallyball
Water aerobics
Water polo
Water volleyball
Weight lifting/training, vigorous
Weight lifting/training, moderate
Whitewater rafting/kayaking
Windsurfing
Yoga
Minutes
Activity
Weight
kg
lbs