The 5 activities below are based on the general description of Weight lifting and the associated calories burned. Each Weight lifting activity can be scaled by duration and your weight, using our free calculator, to give a personalised estimate to answer the question how many calories burned while Weight lifting.

The weight lifting calories are given for a range of activities from weight lifting, body building, high intensity to weight lifting, free weights, low intensity. The burnt calories will be based mainly on your weight, the intensity of your activity and the duration of the activity, which in this case is weight lifting.

Based on the the list of weight lifting activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 440 Calories for one hour of weight lifting. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 377 Calories for one hour of weight lifting.

The mean calories burned per minute of weight lifting, based on the list of 5 activities, shown below, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 7 Calories per minute. The average burnt weight lifting per minute for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 6 Calories per minute.

From our list of weight lifting activities, the highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by weight lifting, body building, high intensity. For this activity in one hour an average man burns 517 Calories while an average woman in one hour burns 444 Calories.

The weight lifting activity with the lowest calories burnt is weight lifting, free weights, low intensity, which for an average man in one hour burns 259 Calories, and for an average woman burns 222 Calories.

As previously mentioned the burnt calories will be based mainly on your weight, the intensity of your activity, in this case weight lifting, and how long you are doing weight lifting. To personalise the burned calories, click on one of the weight lifting activities and select your weight and duration to find out how many calories are burned while Weight lifting.





Weight lifting Calculator - per hour Calories Burned

weight lifting, body building, high intensity - calories burned  Man=517 kcal, Woman=444 kcal.
weight lifting, free weights, high intensity - calories burned  Man=517 kcal, Woman=444 kcal.
weight lifting, free weights, low intensity - calories burned  Man=259 kcal, Woman=222 kcal.
weight lifting, free weights, medium intensity - calories burned  Man=388 kcal, Woman=333 kcal.
weight lifting, power lifting, high intensity - calories burned  Man=517 kcal, Woman=444 kcal.




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