Ever wonder how many calories you’ve burned while working up a sweat? How about for everyday tasks like yardwork or washing dishes? Well ponder no longer—Men’s Fitness did the math. The calorie-burn for the following activities have been calculated for a 180-lb man.
| Activity | Calories Burned Per Hour |
| Baseball | 408 |
| Basketball | 653 |
| Boxing | 980 |
| Biking (at 11 mph) | 490 |
| Cleaning the House | 245 |
| Dancing | 367 |
| Doing Laundry | 176 |
| Eating | 122 |
| Fencing | 490 |
| Football | 653 |
| Gardening | 327 |
| Golf | 245 |
| Jumping Rope | 816 |
| Kickboxing | 816 |
| Mountain Biking | 694 |
| Office Work | 122 |
| Pushup | 653 |
| Reading | 106 |
| Rock Climbing | 898 |
| Shaving | 163 |
| Soccer | 572 |
| Swimming (freestyle) | 572 |
| Tennis | 572 |
| Ultimate Frisbee | 653 |
| Volleyball | 327 |
| Yard Work | 408 |
| Yoga | 204 |
| Walking (at 3 mph) | 269 |
| Washing Dishes | 188 |
| Weightlifiting | 490 |
