Calories Burned by 30 Minutes of water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace
Last Update - 14th January 2016
The calories burned, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 194 Calories, in 30 minutes of water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace.
The calories burned, for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 166 Calories, in 30 minutes of water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace.
Calories Burned Score and Rank
The activity water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace has a Calorie Burned Score© of 16.90 out of 100. This is our new score, which relates the calories burned to the maximum possible calories. This score the calorie burn is 16.90 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible.
This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 74.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 74.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. By comparing to our full database of activities there are 366.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn.
Calories per minute and per hour
The calories burned per minute, by water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace for an average man is 6 Calories per minute, and for an average woman is 6 Calories per minute.
The calories burned in one hour is 388 calories for a typical man, and 333 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
Activities Which Burn the Same Calories
The activities which burn the same number of calories as water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace are as follows -
- basketball, shooting baskets
- caulking, except log cabin
- chopping wood, splitting logs, moderate effort
- ethnic or cultural dancing (e.g., Greek, Middle Eastern, hula, salsa, merengue, bamba y plena, flamenco, belly, and swing)
- farming, taking care of animals (e.g., grooming, brushing, shearing sheep, assisting with birthing, medical care, branding), general
- fishing, crab fishing
- forestry, moderate effort (e.g., sawing wood with power saw, weeding, hoeing)
- furriery
- home repair, general, moderate effort
- jogging, on a mini-tramp
Comparing to 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 water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace burns 4.9 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 4.5 times more calories for an average female.
Equivalent Calories in Food
This level of 194 calories burnt by an average man is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.7 snickers bar, 1.6 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.6 cheeseburgers, 0.7 slices of pizza or 0.5 large blueberry muffins. For an average female burning 166 calories is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.6 snickers bar, 1.4 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.6 cheeseburgers, 0.6 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss From water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace? Taking this example of in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.03 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.02 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 8 weeks for a man and 13 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 4 weeks for a man and 5 weeks for a woman. To personalise the calories burned water walking, moderate effort, moderate pace, please enter your weight and time spent performing the activity, in minutes, into the box below and press the calculate button to find your calories burned.
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Reference:
Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
Ainsworth, B, Haskell, W, Whitt, M.
Med Sci Sports Ex, 32(9): S498-S516, 2000.