Exercise calories burned

Calculate the total number of calories you bum per day. Use basal metabolism for sleeping hours, and between 90 and 150 Cai/h, depending on your weight and activity level, for your waking hours. If you exercise regularly, include the number of calories burned during your exercise. (Moderate exercise uses about 300-500 Cal/h while strenuous exercise uses 500-700 Cal/h.)... 

Team sports, such as volleyball or softball, are other options for increasing activity levels. A person engaging in any strenuous exercise should take caution at first, so as to not strain the body and cause injury. Table 8.1 lists some activities that can help a person expend energy and burn off calories. 

Overall, a person should aim to burn about 150 calories per workout to start this leads to an expenditure of 450 calories per week. The goal number of calories to burn is 1,000 per week. This would equal walking 30 minutes a day or one hour 3 times per week. Specific recommendations have been made by the National Institutes of Health with regard to exercise ... 

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS AN ADJUNCT TO DIETARY PRACTICES. The need for following a carefully controlled diet is lessened somewhat by exercising enough to burn off at least 300 to 500 extra Calories (kcal) daily. Fig. P-35 shows that women who engaged in recreational physical activities were able to keep trim while consuming more calories than those whose activity levels were lower. 

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