Calories Burned by 30 Minutes of general gardening at a moderate effort
Last Update - 14th January 2016
The calories burned, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 164 Calories, in 30 minutes of general gardening at a moderate effort.
The calories burned, for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 140 Calories, in 30 minutes of general gardening at a moderate effort.
Calories Burned Score and Rank
The activity general gardening at a moderate effort has a Calorie Burned Score© of 13.80 out of 100. This is our new score, which relates the calories burned to the maximum possible calories. This score the calorie burn is 13.80 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible.
This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 78.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 78.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. By comparing to our full database of activities there are 468.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn.
Calories per minute and per hour
The calories burned per minute, by general gardening at a moderate effort for an average man is 5 Calories per minute, and for an average woman is 5 Calories per minute.
The calories burned in one hour is 327 calories for a typical man, and 281 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
Activities Which Burn the Same Calories
The activities which burn the same number of calories as general gardening at a moderate effort are as follows -
- activity promoting video game (e.g., Wii Fit), moderate effort (e.g., aerobic, resistance)
- calisthenics (e.g., push ups, sit ups, pull-ups, lunges), moderate effort
- carpentry, outside house, building a fence
- cleaning, sweeping, slow, moderate effort
- custodial work, moderate effort (e.g., electric buffer, feathering arena floors, mopping, taking out trash, vacuuming)
- farming, rice, planting, grain milling activities
- fishing, set net, setting net and retrieving fish, general
- general home exercise
- gymnastics, general
- horse racing, walking
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 general gardening at a moderate effort burns 4.1 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 3.8 times more calories for an average female.
Equivalent Calories in Food
This level of 164 calories burnt by an average man is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.6 snickers bar, 1.4 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.5 cheeseburgers, 0.6 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins. For an average female burning 140 calories is equivalent to 0.2 Big Macs, 0.5 snickers bar, 1.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.5 cheeseburgers, 0.5 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss From general gardening at a moderate effort
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity general gardening at a moderate effort? Taking this example of 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 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 for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 5 weeks for a man and 6 weeks for a woman. To personalise the calories burned general gardening at a moderate effort, 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.