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daniellerp

Does anyone know about how many calories (maybe per hour) burned when rototilling? I just came in from rototilling a new area to expand my garden and it really kicked my booty....I'm soaking with sweat! I figured it was worth recording in my excercise log but I couldn't find an entry.

JJHudgens

You'll really only know by using a heart rate monitor!

Kolohe71

No way to tell for certian. I would just log the time as "Gardening, General". Will probably be less then actual, but it's better than nothing.

daniellerp

I know....hard to tell exactly

Livestrong.com stated-
"Tilling Garden burns approximately 394.6253619 calories per hour for an average, 145 pound person"
Not sure if this is using a rototiller or doing it by hand.

It sure does workout your deltoid muscles though!

Cristy_AZ

I know....hard to tell exactly

Livestrong.com stated-
"Tilling Garden burns approximately 394.6253619 calories per hour for an average, 145 pound person"
Not sure if this is using a rototiller or doing it by hand.

It sure does workout your deltoid muscles though!

for sure!! next time try wearing a heart rate monitor, then you'll know for sure!! sounds like a great workout though!

rjrandmer

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/
If you go to this site you can enter your weight and what you did and it will tell you how many you burned. It is under tilling garden.