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Mon Feb 23Whoever thinks horse riding and care isn't excercise never owned a horse! Between the shoveling and the grooming and the training, you're burning up a lot of calories-- for example, riding at a trot burns more calories than a brisk walk!
Horse Activities - Calories burned per hour:
| ACTIVITY: | For 130 lb person: | For 155 lb person: | For 190 lb person: |
| Shoveling | 354 cal/hr | 422 cal/hr | 518 cal/hr |
| General Horse Riding: | 236 cal/hr | 281 cal/hr | 345 cal/hr |
Riding horse at the walk: |
148 cal/hr | 176 cal/hr | 216 cal/hr |
| Riding horse at the trot: | 384 cal/hr | 457 cal/hr | 561 cal/hr |
| Riding horse at a gallop: | 472 cal/hr | 563 cal/hr | 690 cal/hr |
| Horse Grooming | 354 cal/hr | 422 cal/hr | 518 cal/hr |
| Baling hay/cleaning barn: | 472 cal/hr | 563 cal/hr | 690 cal/hr |
| Shoveling Grain | 325 cal/hr | 387 cal/hr | 474 cal/hr |
| Fencing | 354 cal/hr | 422 cal/hr | 518 cal/hr |
| Polo | 472 cal/hr | 563 cal/hr | 690 cal/hr |
| Hiking, cross country (if your horse is hard to catch...) | 354 cal/hr | 422 cal/hr | 518 cal/hr |
| Brisk walking 4 MPH | 236 cal/hr | 281 cal/hr | 345 cal/hr |
| Walking, carrying 15 lb load: | 207 cal/hr | 246 cal/hr | 302 cal/hr |
| Category : | Animal Articles |
