Downhill skiing calorie burn?

cbroverman
cbroverman Posts: 5 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi, does anyone really believe the huge burn that MFP gives you for downhill skiing, or know any more information? It gave me over a thousand calories burned for 3.5 hours, even though you end up riding the chairlift a lot of that. Any advice/knowledge if this is correct? Thanks!

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  • OnyxPenguin
    OnyxPenguin Posts: 5 Member
    I tend to try to balance it by putting in the time that I'm actually skiing not sitting on the lift. I think the calories burnt are for the time actually skiing. I took my heart rate montior out on the hill one day though and burnt about 1400 calories in about 6 hours on the hill, including chairlift, lunch and warm up time.
  • patrickblo13
    patrickblo13 Posts: 831 Member
    I would agree with the above poster. I usually determine how much time I actually ski....i think it also depends on what and how you ski. i am a very aggressive skier and ski lots of bumps and trees.

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