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Kathee1956
Kathee1956 Posts: 8 Member
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So I just put up 100 bales of hay and cleaned up 4 horse stalls...how do I find out what calories I burned?
Thanks

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  • alipene
    alipene Posts: 945 Member
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    I guess it depends on how accurate you want to be. I'm sure there's a scientific way to calculate and if you Google it you may even find a related calorie counter. I think I would probably look through the mfp exercise database and adapt one on of the 'exercises' already listed. For example you may equate your hay baling to 'moving furniture' and the stall cleaning to 'cleaning, moderate/vigorous effort'. I'd then check how many calories I would have burned doing them and use that to create my own exercises 'putting up bales' , 'stall cleaning' etc. :happy:
  • Kathee1956
    Kathee1956 Posts: 8 Member
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    Thanks:smile:
  • suzetteducrepe
    suzetteducrepe Posts: 34 Member
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    I saved this link when I saw it posted somewhere recently:

    http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/caloriesburned.html
  • luvriden
    luvriden Posts: 52
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    what I do when I don't know the calories burned is that the time x 2 = burned. Such as scooping manure for 60 minutes get me 120 calories burned. I also use that when I ride my horse because the calories burned is soooo way off in my opinion :-)
  • luvriden
    luvriden Posts: 52
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    I saved this link when I saw it posted somewhere recently:

    http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/caloriesburned.html

    Or This :wink:
  • Kathee1956
    Kathee1956 Posts: 8 Member
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    THANKS I dont want to over value my chores and the over eat my calories back.....the over eat is part of the reason Im the shape Im in to start with:ohwell: but there isnt alot of "horsey" calorie charts to refer to.

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