How many calories do you burn?
When it comes to workouts, not all are made equal. So if you’re into counting calories and all that, it probably pays to know exactly what you’re burning off, so you can put more in — wink, wink.
Here are the workouts that burn the most (and the least) amount of calories, based on a 60kg woman.
Skip your little heart out for 30 minutes (if you can) and you could burn: 369 calories/1544KJ
Run for 30 minutes at 12km/hr and you could burn: 345 calories/1443KJ
Spin those wheels in a 30 minute RPM class and you could burn: 255 calories/1067KJ
Do a series of body weight exercises (pull-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks etc) for 30 minutes and you could burn: 240 calories/1004KJ
Sweat it out in a 30 minute circuit training class and you could burn: 240 calories/1004KJ
Sparring and punching for 30 minutes in a boxing class and you could burn: 234 calories/979KJ
30 minutes of high-impact aerobics and you could burn: 219 calories/916KJ
Jogging at a steady 6.5km/hr for 30 minutes and you could burn: 180 calories/753KJ
A vigorous 30 minutes spent on the rowing machine and you could burn: 180 calories/753KJ
30 minutes of weight training (squats, deadlifts etc) in a slow and controlled manner and you could burn: 150 calories/628KJ
30 minutes of elliptical and you could burn: 150 calories/628KJ
Getting downward dog and bendy in a 30 minute Ashtanga yoga class and you could burn 120 calories/502KJ
Take part in a 30 minute Pilates class and you could burn: 90 calories/377KJ
So there you have it, how many calories do you burn each workout? It’s interesting to see that running flat-out for a full 30 minutes burns 345 calories while slow and controlled weight training can burn 150 calories. Go weights!