Calories Burned Per Activity

Calories Per Activity & HDL Cholesterol Levels

How Many Calories Does It Use Up?

  Average Calories Expended
per Hour
Activity 120-130 lb Person 170-180 lb Person
Aerobic dancing
Backpacking
Badminton
Basketball
Game
Nongame
Bicycling
Outdoor
Stationary
Bowling
Canoeing
Chopping wood
Dancing
Gardening
Golfing (walking, carrying or pulling bag)
Handball
Hiking
Jogging
5.0 mph (12 min/mile)
6.0 mph (10 min/mile)
Racquetball
Rope Skipping
Rowing
Running
7.0 mph (9 min/mile)
8.0 mph (7.5 min/mile)
10.0 mph (6 min/mile)
Scuba diving
Skating, ice or roller
Skiing
Cross-country
Downhill
Soccer
Squash
Stair climbing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Walking
2.0 mph (30 min/mile)
3.0 mph (20 min/mile)
4.0 mph (15 min/mile)
290-575
290-630
230-515

400-690
170-515

170-800
85-800
115-170
170-460
170-575
115-400
115-400
115-400

460-690
170-690

460
575
345-690
345-690
170-800

690
745
860
290-690
230-460

290-800
170-460
290-690
345-690
230-460
230-690
170-290
230-515
170-400

115
170
260

400-800
400-880
320-720

560-960
240-720

240-1,120
120-1,120
160-240
240-640
240-800
160-560
160-560
160-560

640-960
240-960

640
800
480-960
480-960
240-1,120

960
1,040
1,200
400-800
320-640

400-1,120
240-640
400-960
480-960
320-640
320-900
240-400
320-720
240-560

160
240
360


HDL Cholesterol Levels

  Normal Range,
mg/100 ml.
HDL Cholesterol at Age Males Females
20 and under
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60 and over
30-65
30-70
30-70
30-70
30-70
30-70
30-70
30-75
35-80
35-85
35-85
35-85