Calories Burned by 30 Minutes of rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty
Last Update - 14th January 2016
The calories burned, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 323 Calories, in 30 minutes of rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty.
The calories burned, for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 277 Calories, in 30 minutes of rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty.
Calories Burned Score and Rank
The activity rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty has a Calorie Burned Score© of 30.40 out of 100. This is our new score, which relates the calories burned to the maximum possible calories. This score the calorie burn is 30.40 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible.
This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 52.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 52.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. By comparing to our full database of activities there are 158.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn.
Calories per minute and per hour
The calories burned per minute, by rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty for an average man is 11 Calories per minute, and for an average woman is 9 Calories per minute.
The calories burned in one hour is 646 calories for a typical man, and 555 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
Activities Which Burn the Same Calories
The activities which burn the same number of calories as rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty are as follows -
- aerobic, step, with 6 - 8 inch step
- bicycling, general
- carrying groceries upstairs
- dog sledding, mushing
- moving, carrying or pushing heavy objects, 75 lbs or more, only active time (e.g., desks, moving van work)
- rollerblading, in-line skating, 14.4 km/h (9.0 mph), recreational pace
- shoveling snow, by hand, vigorous effort
- snow shoveling, by hand, vigorous effort
- walking or walk downstairs or standing, carrying objects about 75 to 99 lbs
Comparing to 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 rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty burns 8.1 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 7.5 times more calories for an average female.
Equivalent Calories in Food
This level of 323 calories burnt by an average man is equivalent to 0.6 Big Macs, 1.2 snickers bar, 2.7 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.1 cheeseburgers, 1.1 slices of pizza or 0.8 large blueberry muffins. For an average female burning 277 calories is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 1.0 snickers bar, 2.3 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.9 cheeseburgers, 1.0 slices of pizza or 0.7 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss From rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty? Taking this example of in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.05 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.04 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 5 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 for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 2 weeks for a man and 3 weeks for a woman. To personalise the calories burned rock climbing, ascending rock, high difficulty, please enter your weight and time spent performing the activity, in minutes, into the box below and press the calculate button to find your calories burned.
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Reference:
Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
Ainsworth, B, Haskell, W, Whitt, M.
Med Sci Sports Ex, 32(9): S498-S516, 2000.