How Many Calories are Burned by Pilates?
For pilates, general, which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of pilates activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 129 Calories. In one hour pilates, general will burn 259 Calories.
Summary of Pilates Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on pilates, general which is the most common pilates activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is pilates, general, and the lowest which is pilates, 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 pilates activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different pilates 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 pilates 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 pilates, 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 Pilates
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 pilates Activity
As we have previously mentioned Pilates, general is a moderate and typical level of intensity for pilates and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by pilates. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 129 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 111 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Pilates, general is 4 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 4 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 259 calories for a typical man, and 222 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 25 minutes of the activity pilates, general and to burn 100 calories with the same pilates activity for a typical female would take 25 minutes.
Score and Rank
Pilates, general has a Calorie Burned Score© of 10.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 10.20 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 85.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 85.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 568.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than pilates, general
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Pilates, general -
- airline flight attendant
- airplane repair
- ballroom, slow (e.g., waltz, foxtrot, slow dancing, samba, tango, 19th century dance, mambo, cha cha)
- bowling (Taylor Code 390)
- butchering animals, small
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 Pilates, general burns 3.2 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 3.0 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 129 calories burnt by an average man pilates, general is equivalent to 0.2 Big Macs, 0.5 snickers bar, 1.1 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.4 cheeseburgers, 0.5 slices of pizza or 0.3 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 111 calories is equivalent to 0.2 Big Macs, 0.4 snickers bar, 0.9 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.4 cheeseburgers, 0.4 slices of pizza or 0.3 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Pilates
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity pilates? Taking this example of pilates, general in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.02 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.02 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of pilates, general for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 13 weeks for a man and 13 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of pilates, general for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 6 weeks for a man and 7 weeks for a woman.
Pilates Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by pilates, general. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 129 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 111 Calories.
This activity of pilates, general has a Calories Burned Score© of 10.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 10.20 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 85.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 85.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 568.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than pilates, general
Pilates Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The pilates activity with the lowest calories burnt is pilates, general, which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 129 Calories, and for an average woman burns 111 Calories.
This activity of pilates, general has a Calories Burned Score© of out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of out of 100 ie it is in the top % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact activities that have a higher calorie burn than pilates, general
Average Calories Burned by Pilates
Based on the the list of 1 pilates activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 129 Calories for 30 minutes of pilates. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 111 Calories for 30 minutes of pilates.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of pilates for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| pilates, general - calories Male=129 kcal, Female=111 kcal. | |
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