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Activity Calorie Burners
If you expend 500 more calories than you consume each day, you'll drop a pound a week. Not a bad return on your exercise investment. Here, how long it will take, doing your favorite activities, to hit the magic number.
Activity time to burn 500 calories*
Golf 1 hour, 45 minutes
Race-walking (4.5 mph) 1 hour, 10 minutes
High-impact aerobics 1 hour, 5 minutes
Rowing 55 minutes
Jumping rope 45 minutes
Running (6 mph) 45 minutes
Group cycling 45 minutes
Rock climbing 40 minutes
Boxing 40 minutes
Elliptical trainer 40 minutes
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