Winter Activities And Calories Burned

Tips to stay active during winter as it is often easy to get discouraged.

Activities and burning calories:

1: Cross Country Skiing, this push pulling motion with both upper and lower body exercise burns about 500-700 calories per hour.

2. Snowshoeing Similar to cross country skiing, however, is more lower-body focused should expect to burn about 400-600 calories per hour.

3. Downhill skiing/snowboarding. Have fun on the slopes burning 300-450 calories every hour.

4. Hockey with friends is similar to snowshoeing in calories burned if recreationally played 400-600 / hour.

5. Ice skating, due to the pacing it is unexpected however ice skating burns 500-700 calories, which is higher than recreational hockey.

6. Hiking, depending on several factors of incline, speed; a person should expect a gradual nose hill walk to burn 430-650 calories an hour.

7. Dog walking. Not only do we need exercise but our furry family members also require exercise. You can expect to burn 200-470 calories.

8. Raking leaves, not the most fun or exciting however does burn 250-400 calories.

9. Splitting wood, a high-intensity upper body workout that should burn 400-500 calories

10. Running, depending on temperature a general outdoor jog should burn 600-1200 calories an hour

A fun one is snow shoveling burns about 223 calories every 30 minutes. This one can be done in an interval fashion as throughout the day you’ll likely be doing multiple rounds!

Reference: https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/10-ways-to-burn-calories-outdoors-this-winter