Beach Bums!!!

PrincessLaundry
PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
HOORAY!!! I found a calories buned list for all of the beach bums out there! YEY!!!


Feel the Burn
Here are how many calories (approximately) a 150-pound person will burn per hour of several beach sports. (Calories burned will be higher or lower depending on your body weight.)

Activity Calories per Hour
Playing catch: baseball, football 175
Playing Frisbee® 210
Building sand castles 210-315
Surfing or bodyboarding 210
Water walking 280-560
Kayaking 350
Snorkeling 350
Beach racquet activities: paddleball, badminton, tennis 350-500
Ocean swimming or bodysurfing 420
Beach soccer 500
Beach volleyball 560

Source: Exercise Testing and Prescription, by David C. Nieman (McGraw Hill, 2002).

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  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    HOORAY!!! I found a calories buned list for all of the beach bums out there! YEY!!!


    Feel the Burn
    Here are how many calories (approximately) a 150-pound person will burn per hour of several beach sports. (Calories burned will be higher or lower depending on your body weight.)

    Activity Calories per Hour
    Playing catch: baseball, football 175
    Playing Frisbee® 210
    Building sand castles 210-315
    Surfing or bodyboarding 210
    Water walking 280-560
    Kayaking 350
    Snorkeling 350
    Beach racquet activities: paddleball, badminton, tennis 350-500
    Ocean swimming or bodysurfing 420
    Beach soccer 500
    Beach volleyball 560

    Source: Exercise Testing and Prescription, by David C. Nieman (McGraw Hill, 2002).
  • quinnybear
    quinnybear Posts: 243
    i miss the beach...:cry:
  • PrincessLaundry
    PrincessLaundry Posts: 2,758 Member
    i miss the beach...:cry:

    Are you at Beale? LOL I know some people you will know... How funny!
  • quinnybear
    quinnybear Posts: 243
    yes. and the smoke is really bad!
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