how many calories burned with reel mower?

LorienCoffeeBean

gee thanks. you are so increasingly helpful.

Helpful is his middle name! He loves to help. :bigsmile:

I have one of those mowers, and it sucks @$$. I burn about the same as a kickboxing class when I use it, but my burn would most likely not be the same as yours. You'd be better off using a heart rate monitor to get a better estimate.

i dont have a heart rate monitor or funds to get one.

you could sell the reel mower to pay for the heart rate monitor.

Then she would have to cut the grass with scissors.

But at least she would know exactly how many calories she was burning.

I like the way you look on the bright side.

LMAO

whierd

Sorry OP....LMFAO.

The reason you're getting these responses is because there are about a million different variables to contend with here. There really is no accurate answer to your question. Maybe just guesstimate 5-6 calories per minute...300-350 calories per hour would seem reasonable...I have absolutely nothing to back that up, but it would seem reasonable to me given my previous experience with my reel mower.

that is a reasonable answer.
perhaps a bit touchy this morning but god damn it there are a lot of folks on here that seem to enjoy posting sarcastic comments (and some people are down right mean) to peoples real questions. im not an idiot, i just wanted some advice on how to calculate it. or even roughly guess it.

Hi! I am one of those people that enjoy posting sarcastic comments, though the strike system severely limits my meanness.

Unfortunately there is no way to accurately log it, as distance, grade, lubrication of the bearings, sharpness of the blade, and moisture on the grass. I would personally log it as walking and maybe add 10% onto that. I am sure you arent looking for an exact science.

Marina809

Then she would have to cut the grass with scissors.

Believe it or not, I've done that... when my old reel mower broke. True story, lol. It was only a tiny patch of grass next to my patio though.I have no idea how many calories I burned.

skullshank

tyler wins this thread.

you buddy.

Capt_Apollo

this thread is exactly what myfitnesspal is all about.

us all being *kitten* but ultimately helping someone... no matter how butthurt they get.

LorienCoffeeBean

this thread is exactly what myfitnesspal is all about.

us all being *kitten* but ultimately helping someone... no matter how butthurt they get.

i didnt say everyone was an *kitten*.

cmcollins001

tyler wins this thread.

you buddy.

Contrarian

this thread is exactly what myfitnesspal is all about.

us all being *kitten* but ultimately helping someone... no matter how butthurt they get.

i didnt say everyone was an *kitten*.

We know we are. No one needs to tell us. Most of us are secretly very nice, though. We just think we're hilarious.

bigphatcat

I need to see more of these responses...lol

TyTy76

this thread is exactly what myfitnesspal is all about.

us all being *kitten* but ultimately helping someone... no matter how butthurt they get.

i didnt say everyone was an *kitten*.

Just me?

LorienCoffeeBean

cmcollins001

Nice!! You're going to do just fine here.

cwolfman13

Sorry OP....LMFAO.

The reason you're getting these responses is because there are about a million different variables to contend with here. There really is no accurate answer to your question. Maybe just guesstimate 5-6 calories per minute...300-350 calories per hour would seem reasonable...I have absolutely nothing to back that up, but it would seem reasonable to me given my previous experience with my reel mower.

that is a reasonable answer.
perhaps a bit touchy this morning but god damn it there are a lot of folks on here that seem to enjoy posting sarcastic comments (and some people are down right mean) to peoples real questions. im not an idiot, i just wanted some advice on how to calculate it. or even roughly guess it.

You're killing me today dude...my boss is going to think I'm not doing **** in here if I keep laughing like this.

Wienerbua

I used to have a Brill reel mower, worked for about 3 years. I agree there are way too many variables. I'd say using it is not much harder than a gas powered mower if, and only if, your grass is scraggily because it is dry or it is just short. Initially, my grass was.

In my part of the world, it is humid and rains a lot which makes it harder to cut when the grass is wet and we have Zoyzia grass which is thick like Bemuda grass, plus slopes on our 3000 sq foot lawn. Plus, there would be twigs fallen from trees and little wood chips that would cause the mower to clinch up. I think over time my lawn got healthier too which made it thicker and lusher. All these things made it harder and harder to cut. I actually injured my back. I'd dread it more than an intense 20 minute kettlebell workout.

There is somwhere on Exercise a setting for "Mowing Lawn, General" or something like that. It's probably over stated though but I put 45 minutes for cutting my grass . . . now with an electric mower. Unless you have a real small lawn and/or easy grass, I'd get an electric. You might get by with a weed wacker too.