Calories Burned Shooting?
emay45
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Does anyone know how many calories would be burned at the shooting range?
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It would be really hard to say, its not really an aerobic activity, you dont get your heart rate up and there isnt a lot of movement.1
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Probably not much more than just standing around, maybe you could enter it as walking at 2 mph for about half the time? I don't know if there is something in there for standing.0
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The kind I'm doing doesn't really involve standing around. It's more of a competetive type.0
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It would be really hard to say, its not really an aerobic activity, you dont get your heart rate up and there isnt a lot of movement.
Depends on what type of range. I've been through training where you were pouring sweat, and your heart was racing, and you were running from target to cover. We usually do some type of warm up before shooting, and then do some exercises to try to shoot from different positions (lots of squats/lunges). I know I am sore the next day from our qualifications.
I'd definately count the time at the range for exercise- at least from my experience and activity level on those days.0 -
If you invest in a heart rate monitor, you will know exactly how many calories you burn doing anything. A lot of people on here rave about the Polar F6. I have the Polar FT4 which was $100 through my gym.3
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It would be really hard to say, its not really an aerobic activity, you dont get your heart rate up and there isnt a lot of movement.
Depends on what type of range. I've been through training where you were pouring sweat, and your heart was racing, and you were running from target to cover. We usually do some type of warm up before shooting, and then do some exercises to try to shoot from different positions (lots of squats/lunges). I know I am sore the next day from our qualifications.
I'd definately count the time at the range for exercise- at least from my experience and activity level on those days.
Exactly. It is challenging.0 -
I read that shooting a pistol in the standing position burns roughly from 100 to 170 (depending on what you are doing) calories an hours.0
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I read that shooting a pistol in the standing position burns roughly from 100 to 170 (depending on what you are doing) calories an hours.
Running FROM someone shooting a pistol burns considerably more........11 -
According to: http://www.exercise.com/activity/pistol-shooting-or-trap-shooting, someone weighing 150 pounds, shooting for 60 minutes, would expend 170 calories.
However, if I were in the middle of an IDPA match, I would probably burn a lot more, because I would be moving quite a bit.0 -
"FROM someone shooting a pistol burns considerably more........" (Azdak)
Your statement is pretty much accurate :laugh:
Keep Calm and Carry On,
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I've been curious about this too, I've ready 82-170 on different website for standing and shooting at the range. I've never thought about wearing my HRM to the range maybe next time.0
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If it was rough shooting - a walked up day or similar, I'd log it as just that, walking.
Driven shoots....
Hmm. I dunno I probably wouldn't bother.
Deer stalking etc involves a little bit of creeping about...not sure I'd bother logging that either.0 -
not enough to worry about2
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Unless you're on a specific course of fire that includes both static AND dynamic shooting scenarios, don't bother. Most of the time I"m at the range I'm either just standing kneeling or prone.
You're at the range, there's not much better than that. You don't have to make going to the range a workout, it's already a blast (pun intended).1 -
sigh.... watch your diet and dont try and count every single fraction of a calorie burned...
should i start logging sex and *kitten*? no! I dont get laid enough and im too lazy to do it myself4 -
I just was out the range shooting for work (had to re-qualifiy) and it's not something I do all the time. I shot 3 weapons 9mm, shotgun, and M-16, we go through several courses of fire and while I am not running and rolling my heart rate got up there and stayed in the fat burning range most of the 120 minutes of actual shooting/qualifying time. I am 145-150 pounds and I burned 500 calories. I am most def counting that and wouldn't say that it was nothing.2
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Calories burned while standing and shooting a pistol.... :noway: Don't give yourself so much credit, the gun is the one doing the work.
Did you look up how many calories you burn just standing there without the pistol? If someone's sedentary TDEE is 2,000, then that would be 83 calories right there. So...
Not EVERY activity, no matter how outdoorsy it is, how macho it makes you feel, or how much it makes you sweat because it's hot or marginally stressful, counts as exercise.
The calories burned come from working the muscles with sufficient intensity over time, not from simply doing an activity or feeling like you're doing work.
Please. Think.3 -
I think this Passive Aggressive (fill in the blank) When I am "Just standing there" as you put it I am not in my f-ing fat burning zone so it's obviously not the same thing. Different strokes for different folks...ANY activity that is not part of my NORMAL routine I count PERIOD. You don't have to like it....you don't have to do it. TDEE doesn't work for me never has. Oh, and me holding a freaking 25 pound weapon up with no support for 30 minutes...yeah that's fing work for a small woman.Calories burned while standing and shooting a pistol.... :noway: Don't give yourself so much credit, the gun is the one doing the work.
Did you look up how many calories you burn just standing there without the pistol? If someone's sedentary TDEE is 2,000, then that would be 83 calories right there. So...
Not EVERY activity, no matter how outdoorsy it is, how macho it makes you feel, or how much it makes you sweat because it's hot or marginally stressful, counts as exercise.
The calories burned come from working the muscles with sufficient intensity over time, not from simply doing an activity or feeling like you're doing work.
Please. Think.5 -
The Presidents Challege tracker, which is managed by the University of Indiana, lists one hour of trap and skeet shooting as earning 145 points. Their website states points are nearly equal to calories burned. That should be a pretty close approximation.1
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Accurate as long as the shooter misses.0
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Try this site where you can put in your height, age, sex and it will figure out the calories burned. While it is not a lot of calories burned, you definitely get an arm workout because of the weight of the gun and the action resulting in pulling the trigger. When I shoot I switch hands frequently which is a good thing to do so you can feel comfortable in case you ever need to shoot using your non-dominate hand.
http://www.fitday.com/webfit/burned/calories_burned_Pistol_shooting_or_trap_shooting_standing.html1 -
Even if you were there for an hour, it likely wouldn't be more than 150 calories.Does anyone know how many calories would be burned at the shooting range?
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Here is another site to try out.
https://www.fitwatch.com/caloriesburned/calculate?comp_cd00=04130&descr=pistol+shooting+or+trap+shooting,+standing&mets=2.50 -
Don't log it and enjoy the extra weight you will lose from the minimal calories you burned.2
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This is a strange thread to necromance.1
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Here is more scientific answer I just found:
https://www.medicaldaily.com/addicted-guns-heres-how-using-firearm-affects-your-biology-410542
The author is decided pro-gun control, but the details a host of benefits to firing a gun:
"In addition to a flood of hormones, shooting a gun can also burn calories — a surprising amount. For example, the average 130-pound shooter will burn about 148 calories per hour at the shooting range, while heavier shooters clocking in at around 205 pounds can burn as many as 233 calories an hour."0 -
Dynamic shooting yes.. it's calories burning.. target pinking (where you don't have to walk down range to change target) little to no burn0
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Here is more scientific answer I just found:
https://www.medicaldaily.com/addicted-guns-heres-how-using-firearm-affects-your-biology-410542
The author is decided pro-gun control, but the details a host of benefits to firing a gun:
"In addition to a flood of hormones, shooting a gun can also burn calories — a surprising amount. For example, the average 130-pound shooter will burn about 148 calories per hour at the shooting range, while heavier shooters clocking in at around 205 pounds can burn as many as 233 calories an hour."
Although this is a crazy 9-year-old zombie thread...
Wouldn't a 130-pound couch sitter also burn about 148 calories per hour?!? That's a really small burn over an hour.0
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