The State of Virginia put together a handy exercise calories burned chart. It lays it all out. Except of course it didn't reveal calories burned climbing stairs or during sex. Sorry. But it served as the basis for this…

Calories Burned Climbing Stairs

Calories Burned During Walking

Mini Exercise Calories

Burned Chart

For instance, if you wanted to know how many calories burned during walking - it is about 270. For a 125-pound person moving at 4 MPH.

But notice what happens when you go hiking cross country. As I said in another article about calories burned while walking you're working harder here. So the number of burned calorie count is higher. Or 360 an hour.

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Our handy dandy exercise calories burned chart showed that the calories burned running at a 12-minute mile pace gives you 480. Increase the pace to 8-minute mile and your hourly calories burned running jumps to 750.

While calories burned stationary bike for that same person would be 420 if exercising moderately. Bump that up to a vigorous pace and the exercise bikes calories burned jumps to 630 per hour.

What about elliptical trainers - calories burned? How's 540 sound? And that stair-step machine you love burns off 360 calories.

That gives you some idea of calories burned during exercise. ANY of the activities above should increase your heart rate to 70-80% of its maximal potential so as to bring about the desired cardio improvement.