North Mimms
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I'm going on the 5:2 diet.
5 days playing golf, 2 days off
5 days playing golf, 2 days off
How many calories does a round of golf burn?
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shortstuff
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Baloney! The earlier estimates of 500-600 is about right.
JT77
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As someone said earlier it's around 1500 calories according to a study carried out by reebok.
MadAdey
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The calorie counters say that it is around the 600 mark for the distance walked. But then you have to take into account that is walking on the flat. If you go up and down a lot of hills then that will increase calories burned. Also add in the swinging of the golf clubs. An average golfer goes round in roughly 85, if he has 36 putts then that leaves 49 swings of the club, add in a couple of practice swings every time and know you have had 147 swings.
So take the 600 calories burned for the walk, add in the for going up and down hills, add in swinging the clubs. I can see how these studies soon get up over the 100 mark.
So take the 600 calories burned for the walk, add in the for going up and down hills, add in swinging the clubs. I can see how these studies soon get up over the 100 mark.
freddielong
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My fitness pal must us some sort of formula that includes time exercising to work out the calories but is miles out, 600 is closer to the mark.
shortstuff
Assistant Pro
That is also baloney. More than half of your daily calorie limit in one round of golf?? 1500 cals is equivalent to running a half marathon!
AmandaJR
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I use a Polar FT4 heart rate monitor and it has a "rough" calculator based upon gender, weight, age, time exercising and heart rate - MFP without fail always gives 50%+ more calories per exercise.
I've also used a Sensewear Armband and the same applies.
JT77
Tour Winner
What are u basing the figure 500/600 cals on?
If it is walking 5 miles then u need to factor in every swing, carrying 12-15kg bag and the time involved, also as was said u have to account for the terrain.
http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist.htm
Shows cals burned per sport per hour
If it is walking 5 miles then u need to factor in every swing, carrying 12-15kg bag and the time involved, also as was said u have to account for the terrain.
http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist.htm
Shows cals burned per sport per hour
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Sweep
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The average person burns 100 calories for every 1 mile run. So a round of golf should burn around 500 calories.
6inchcup
Journeyman Pro
not enough to counteract the big breakfast in club house,the mars bars and drinks while playing,the few pints and lunch in the club after playing and the special coffee and mint slims,o how i love company expence accounts ( playing partners )
shortstuff
Assistant Pro
These figures suggest that a 200lb bloke like me would burn something like 1600 calories over a 4-hour round. It just isn't true. A 5 mile walk (ok with a bag and over terrain) and about 100 swings (including practice swings) does not add up to this amount of calories. It's not continuous walking/swinging - there's a lot of standing around waiting to play etc in those 4 hours. I still think 500-600 is about the right figure.
JT77
Tour Winner
Based on what?
Bear in mind you burn calories just doing nothing.
These figures are scientific not just 'I think it's...'
For the record I agree that it seems a lot
But take that as a man you need say 2000 calories a day just to be. That means over a 4.5 hour round you will burn 375 calories without doing anything.
Now add that to your excercise and maybe that's where the higher figures come from.
I'm no expert like
Bear in mind you burn calories just doing nothing.
These figures are scientific not just 'I think it's...'
For the record I agree that it seems a lot
But take that as a man you need say 2000 calories a day just to be. That means over a 4.5 hour round you will burn 375 calories without doing anything.
Now add that to your excercise and maybe that's where the higher figures come from.
I'm no expert like
chillicon
Assistant Pro
You will burn the best part of 500 calories sat watching golf on TV in 4 hours.
Ethan
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Indeed. The question is how many extra colours do you burn playing golf. It really can't be 1500. I have just been to the gym and rowed for 14k on a Concept 2 and burned an estimated 750 calories, based on average body weight, presumably. No way is a game of golf twice as collier burning.
North Mimms
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The real question is... Why am I not thin?
chillicon
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Were you rowing for 4 hours? I find it strange that you would trust implicitly the concept2 calorie burning output, but not the scientific results showing calories burned playing golf.
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I agree, I was wearing a watch showing calories burned and filled in my daily intake of food and declared the exercise I was doing whether it was playing golf, walking the dog and even some gardening, all of it being matched to the profile and target I chose to lose a certain amount of weight, which I comfortably did. If playing golf was only around 500-600 calories I'd have put weight weight on and not have lost over the 1 stone I did in a very short period., an 11 stone person will burn 95 calories per hour when sleeping so why would it only be the same when playing golf!!
chillicon
Assistant Pro
Is it a glandular thing?
North Mimms
Tour Winner
I think it's a chocolate thing...
shortstuff
Assistant Pro
Ok here's where the confusion may be. My daily TDEE is 2400 calories, so 100 per hour. This is calculated from a number of standard formulas you can look up on the web, which take into account your weight and typical daily activity (say day at the office).
Watching TV I will burn calories at the same rate, so there is no extra calories burned here. At the end of the day it's another 2400 calories. So watching tv for 4 hours does burn 400 calories.
Playing golf for 4 hours, you have the 400 calories (as above). Then there's the calorie burn from playing which I estimate at 500 - 600. I'm not sure if that means you can add the two figures and say that 900-1000 calories were burned in that 4 hour period or if there's some double accounting here.
It's confusing but I'm still sure it doesn't add up to 1500. Most of us would be a lot slimmer if it did.
