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Calories Burned Skating | Calculator & Formula

LAST UPDATE: September 24th, 2020

The average person burns 640-850 calories per hour skating on the ice.

The number of calories burned skating will depend on your weight and the intensity of your skate. A 150-pound (68kg) person doing a slow 5.5mph (9kmh) skate will burn 394 calories per hour. A 200-pound (90.8kg) person doing an ice dancing routine will burn the same amount in 17 minutes.

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How many calories are burned skating?

Formula

Calories burned per minute = (MET x body weight in Kg x 3.5) ÷ 200

“MET” is a measurement of the energy cost of physical activity for a period of time. You can find an activity’s MET on the chart above.

A task with a MET of 1 is roughly equal to a person’s energy expenditure from sitting still at room temperature not actively digesting food.

A task with a MET of 2 uses twice as much energy as a task with a MET of 1. A task with a MET of 10 uses 10 times as much energy as a task with a MET of 1.

MET values “do not estimate the energy cost of physical activity in individuals in ways that account for differences in body mass, adiposity, age, sex, efficiency of movement, geographic and environmental conditions in which the activities are performed. Thus, individual differences in energy expenditure for the same activity can be large and the true energy cost for an individual may or may not be close to the stated mean MET level as presented in the Compendium.” (as quoted from the main page of the Compendium of Physical Activities).

Example

A person weighs 180 pounds (81.65kg) and ice dances (a task that has a MET value of 14) for 1 hour (60 minutes).

Calories Burned from skating (ice dancing) (per minute) = (14 x 81.65 x 3.5) ÷ 200 = 20.00

Calories Burned from skating (ice dancing) (for 60 minutes) = 20.00 x 60 = 1200

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