Calories burned while walking with ankle weights?

Scorpiomom222
Scorpiomom222 Posts: 1,462 Member
edited September 21 in Fitness and Exercise
I have NO idea how to figure this out! I walked 50 minutes with 8 lbs on each ankle, but don't know what that would amount to. Help!!!

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  • TheNewJessieMae
    TheNewJessieMae Posts: 767
    I dont have an answer for u, but I would love to know myself.
  • lt3ag4s
    lt3ag4s Posts: 835 Member
    Calculate as if you were 16lbs heavier.
  • Scorpiomom222
    Scorpiomom222 Posts: 1,462 Member
    Thank you!
  • championnfl
    championnfl Posts: 324 Member
    I would record as walking 50 mins. and know that it was more for the day.I do this with chores in the house.[sweeping, walking up and down stairs,etc.:ohwell:
  • Erynlizabeth
    Erynlizabeth Posts: 1
    The comment about calculate if you were 16 pounds heavier is not right. I dont know the answer but this is wrong. If you were 16 pounds heavier, your weight would not be distributed directly on your ankles; basically you're adding resistance to the muscle movement; a 140 pound person bench pressing a 50lb bar is NOT doing the same work as a 190 pound person benching a 10 pound bar.
  • StarflowerST
    StarflowerST Posts: 19 Member
    Okay, this is only 2 years beyond the posting point, but I just read that a 140 lb woman will burn 38 calories every 10 minutes with 5 lb ankle weights.
  • aakaakaak
    aakaakaak Posts: 1,240 Member
    User a calorie counting heart rate monitor. I would suggest using a Polar FT4, as this seems to be the most popular.
  • Whyareyoumad
    Whyareyoumad Posts: 268 Member
    I would think a HR monitor would be the only way to know for sure.
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