What Exercises Burn the Most Calories?


If you want to start a new exercise regime in order to lose weight, you probably find yourself wondering what exercises burn the most calories.  I don’t blame you, nowadays time means money, and we don’t want to waste time doing a workout that doesn’t burn many calories. I myself like to partake in time-effective exercises, meaning ones that burn the most in the least amount of time. In this blog post, I will provide you with a list of exercises and how many calories one may burn per hour doing them.


HOWEVER, only use this list to see which workouts burn more, and which ones burn less. You should not use this to see how many calories you will personally  burn. This is because the number of calories you burn depends on a lot of different factors, including your weight, conditioning level, metabolism, workout intensity, and even your sex.



Amount of calories burned every hour for 155lbs. person (roughly!):



RUNNING  (10 min mile)                                                 704 CALORIES

SWIMMING (breaststroke)                                             704 CALORIES

JUMPING ROPE (moderate)                                           704 CALORIES

YOGA (Vinyasa)                                                              594 CALORIES

CYCLING (moderate- 12-14 mph)                                  563 CALORIES

ZUMBA                                                                           536 CALORIES

ROWING MACHINE (moderate)                                   493 CALORIES

HIGH IMPACT AEROBICS                                           493 CALORIES

TENNIS                                                                           493 CALORIES

WEIGHT LIFTING (body building- vigorous)                   422 CALORIES