How Many Calories are Burned by Canoeing?
For whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing, which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of canoeing activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 215 Calories. In one hour whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing will burn 431 Calories.
Summary of Canoeing Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing which is the most common canoeing activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is canoeing, rowing, kayaking, competition, >6 mph, vigorous effort, and the lowest which is canoeing, rowing, 2.0-3.9 mph, light effort, giving the average calories burned per minute and per hour, along with food calorie equivalents and our new proprietary calories burned score© and calories burned rank©The calorie score gives an indication of the relative burn rate of the canoeing activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different canoeing activities, where 100% is the maximum calorie burn which we estimate from running at a pace of 4 minutes per mile which is a world class speed for running for 30 mins.
The calorie rank is the rank of the canoeing activity compared with all other 800 activities in our database to give an indication of the percentage of activities which have a higher or lower calorie burn. A rank of 1 means it is the highest ranking activity in terms or calorie burn and a rank of 100 means it is the activity with the lowest carlorie burn compared with all other activities.
Effect of Intensity on the Calorie Calculator
Although the above is a typical example for canoeing, the calculator we use to determine the calories burnt depends on the intensity, duration and your body weight. At the bottom of the article we have a variety of different intensities which can be personalized based on your weight and the duration of the activities, using our free calculator.
Calorie Score and Calorie Rank for Canoeing
At dietandfitnesstoday we have a new proprietary concept of a Calories Burned Score© and Calories Burned Rank©.
Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for a Typical canoeing Activity
As we have previously mentioned Whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing is a moderate and typical level of intensity for canoeing and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by canoeing. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 215 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 185 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing is 7 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 6 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 431 calories for a typical man, and 370 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 14 minutes of the activity whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing and to burn 100 calories with the same canoeing activity for a typical female would take 17 minutes.
Score and Rank
Whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing has a Calorie Burned Score© of 19.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 19.20 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 71.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 71.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 310.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing -
- aerobic, low impact
- army type obstacle course exercise, boot camp training program
- ballet, modern, or jazz, general, rehearsal or class
- carrying 1 to 15 lb load, upstairs
- carrying 15 pound load (e.g. suitcase), level ground or downstairs
Comparison with Inactivity
30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means Whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing burns 5.4 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 5.0 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 215 calories burnt by an average man whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing is equivalent to 0.4 Big Macs, 0.8 snickers bar, 1.8 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.7 cheeseburgers, 0.8 slices of pizza or 0.6 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 185 calories is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.7 snickers bar, 1.5 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.6 cheeseburgers, 0.6 slices of pizza or 0.5 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Canoeing
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity canoeing? Taking this example of whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.03 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.03 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 8 weeks for a man and 8 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 4 weeks for a man and 4 weeks for a woman.
Canoeing Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by canoeing, rowing, kayaking, competition, >6 mph, vigorous effort. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 539 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 462 Calories.
This activity of canoeing, rowing, kayaking, competition, >6 mph, vigorous effort has a Calories Burned Score© of 52.90 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 52.90 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 23.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 23.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 26.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than canoeing, rowing, kayaking, competition, >6 mph, vigorous effort
Canoeing Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The canoeing activity with the lowest calories burnt is canoeing, rowing, 2.0-3.9 mph, light effort, which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 121 Calories, and for an average woman burns 104 Calories.
This activity of canoeing, rowing, 2.0-3.9 mph, light effort has a Calories Burned Score© of 9.30 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 9.30 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 86.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 86.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 617.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than canoeing, rowing, 2.0-3.9 mph, light effort
Average Calories Burned by Canoeing
Based on the the list of 9 canoeing activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 268 Calories for 30 minutes of canoeing. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 230 Calories for 30 minutes of canoeing.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of canoeing for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| canoeing, rowing, kayaking, competition, >6 mph, vigorous effort - calories Male=539 kcal, Female=462 kcal. | |
| canoeing, rowing, in competition, or crew or sculling (Taylor Code 260) - calories Male=517 kcal, Female=444 kcal. | |
| canoeing, portaging - calories Male=302 kcal, Female=259 kcal. | |
| canoeing, rowing, 4.0-5.9 mph, moderate effort - calories Male=250 kcal, Female=214 kcal. | |
| whitewater rafting, kayaking, or canoeing - calories Male=215 kcal, Female=185 kcal. | |
| canoeing, on camping trip - calories Male=172 kcal, Female=148 kcal. | |
| canoeing, rowing, for pleasure, general (Taylor Code 250) - calories Male=151 kcal, Female=129 kcal. | |
| canoeing, harvesting wild rice, knocking rice off the stalks - calories Male=142 kcal, Female=122 kcal. | |
| canoeing, rowing, 2.0-3.9 mph, light effort - calories Male=121 kcal, Female=104 kcal. | |
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