Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Choose Your Indoor Strength Training


Knowing how much you burn doing both indoor and outdoor cardio is important, but so is knowing how many calories you'll burn doing all your strength training moves. Strength training is just as important to weight loss and maintenance as cardio is, but it often falls by the wayside in favor of cardio. Here are some different strength training moves and the amount of calories they burn. The calculation is based on a 130 pound woman, so it will vary slightly depending on your size.

Crunches (1 min)                          5 calories burned
Pushups (1 min)                           7 calories burned
Beginner Pilates (60 min)               200 calories burned
Advanced Pilates (60 min)             250 calories burned
Vigorous Weight Lifting (30 min  179 calories burned
Light Weight Lifting (30 min)         101 calories burned
Power Yoga (60 min)                       304 calories burned
Vinyasa Yoga (60 min)                    257 calories burned
Shoveling Snow (30 min)               180 calories burned
Raking Leaves (30 min)                 150 calories burned


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