I didn't realise Golfing burns so many calories.

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On Saturday I set my Endomondo going as I teed off on the first. Over the 18 holes that took 4hours and 9 minutes I walked 7.4km and burned a staggering 1803kcal.

I really couldn't believe that it burns that much, but that little app on my phone tells me it does so it's gotta be right. the one thing I would query is that it doesn't know if I was carrying, pulling or using an electric trolley so it can't be that accurate?

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/5660639
 
la_lucha said:
On Saturday I set my Endomondo going as I teed off on the first. Over the 18 holes that took 4hours and 9 minutes I walked 7.4km and burned a staggering 1803kcal.

I really couldn't believe that it burns that much, but that little app on my phone tells me it does so it's gotta be right. the one thing I would query is that it doesn't know if I was carrying, pulling or using an electric trolley so it can't be that accurate?

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/5660639
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Gor blimey Guvnor!! that's a lot, if I factor in the tomato in my bacon roll & the sultanas in my fruit cake I have had one hell of a workout AND eaten 2 of my 5 a day. :whoo:
 
ArnoldArmChewer said:
Gor blimey Guvnor!! that's a lot, if I factor in the tomato in my bacon roll & the sultanas in my fruit cake I have had one hell of a workout AND eaten 2 of my 5 a day. :whoo:
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Not sure I could say the same about my Sausage and Egg Batch? Maybe the tomato in my sauce counts as one of my 5 a day?
 
la_lucha said:
On Saturday I set my Endomondo going as I teed off on the first. Over the 18 holes that took 4hours and 9 minutes I walked 7.4km and burned a staggering 1803kcal.

I really couldn't believe that it burns that much, but that little app on my phone tells me it does so it's gotta be right. the one thing I would query is that it doesn't know if I was carrying, pulling or using an electric trolley so it can't be that accurate?

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/5660639
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Anything that tries to tell you how many calories you have burned is making several assumptions to make an educated guess. Take the figures with a large pinch of salt.
 
la_lucha said:
On Saturday I set my Endomondo going as I teed off on the first. Over the 18 holes that took 4hours and 9 minutes I walked 7.4km and burned a staggering 1803kcal.

I really couldn't believe that it burns that much, but that little app on my phone tells me it does so it's gotta be right. the one thing I would query is that it doesn't know if I was carrying, pulling or using an electric trolley so it can't be that accurate?

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/5660639
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Obviously not enough calories burnt, because I play about 5 rounds a week and still seem to be putting on weight! :mmm:
 
I found via a fitness app (My Fitness Pal) that pushing / pulling a trolley of clubs round 18 holes burns around 1600 calories - so if your course is slightly longer than the 'average' (whatever that may be) then that sounds plausible!
 
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