How Many Calories are Burned by Badminton?
For badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450), which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of badminton activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 302 Calories. In one hour badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) will burn 603 Calories.
Summary of Badminton Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) which is the most common badminton activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450), and the lowest which is badminton, social singles and doubles, general, giving the average calories burned per minute and per hour, along with food calorie equivalents and our new proprietary calories burned score© and calories burned rank©The calorie score gives an indication of the relative burn rate of the badminton activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different badminton activities, where 100% is the maximum calorie burn which we estimate from running at a pace of 4 minutes per mile which is a world class speed for running for 30 mins.
The calorie rank is the rank of the badminton activity compared with all other 800 activities in our database to give an indication of the percentage of activities which have a higher or lower calorie burn. A rank of 1 means it is the highest ranking activity in terms or calorie burn and a rank of 100 means it is the activity with the lowest carlorie burn compared with all other activities.
Effect of Intensity on the Calorie Calculator
Although the above is a typical example for badminton, the calculator we use to determine the calories burnt depends on the intensity, duration and your body weight. At the bottom of the article we have a variety of different intensities which can be personalized based on your weight and the duration of the activities, using our free calculator.
Calorie Score and Calorie Rank for Badminton
At dietandfitnesstoday we have a new proprietary concept of a Calories Burned Score© and Calories Burned Rank©.
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for a Typical badminton Activity
As we have previously mentioned Badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) is a moderate and typical level of intensity for badminton and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by badminton. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 302 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 259 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) is 10 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 9 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 603 calories for a typical man, and 518 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 10 minutes of the activity badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) and to burn 100 calories with the same badminton activity for a typical female would take 11 minutes.
Score and Rank
Badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) has a Calorie Burned Score© of 28.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 28.20 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 57.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 57.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 177.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450)
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) -
- backpacking (Taylor Code 050)
- basketball, officiating (Taylor Code 500)
- bicycling, stationary, general
- broomball
- canoeing, portaging
Comparison with Inactivity
30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means Badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) burns 7.6 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 7.0 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 302 calories burnt by an average man badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 1.1 snickers bar, 2.5 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.0 cheeseburgers, 1.1 slices of pizza or 0.8 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 259 calories is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 0.9 snickers bar, 2.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.9 cheeseburgers, 0.9 slices of pizza or 0.7 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Badminton
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity badminton? Taking this example of badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.04 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.04 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 6 weeks for a man and 6 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 3 weeks for a man and 3 weeks for a woman.
Badminton Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450). For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 302 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 259 Calories.
This activity of badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) has a Calories Burned Score© of 28.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 28.20 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 57.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 57.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 177.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450)
Badminton Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The badminton activity with the lowest calories burnt is badminton, social singles and doubles, general, which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 237 Calories, and for an average woman burns 203 Calories.
This activity of badminton, social singles and doubles, general has a Calories Burned Score© of 21.40 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 21.40 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 68.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 68.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 279.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than badminton, social singles and doubles, general
Average Calories Burned by Badminton
Based on the the list of 2 badminton activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 269 Calories for 30 minutes of badminton. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 231 Calories for 30 minutes of badminton.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of badminton for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450) - calories Male=302 kcal, Female=259 kcal. | |
| badminton, social singles and doubles, general - calories Male=237 kcal, Female=203 kcal. | |
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