calories burned?

[yu xiang]

hey guys, i just wanted to know the average number of calories burned in a normal 18 holes round of golf (walking golf not with buggy). im 17 years old and i carry my own golf bag. Would my age affect the calories burned? your replies would be much appreciated. thank you

[Iktomi]

Re: calories burned?

calories burned depends on weight and intensity plus time. Person weighing 150 pounds (68 kilos) walking at 3.0 miles per hour (5.6 kilometers per hour) on level ground will burn approximately 5-7 calories per minute. Depending on the weight of the bag, walking uphill, you may burn 8-11 calories per minute. And to make it even more complicated (sorry) you have to subtract the calories you would have already burned over that given time from the total (net calories). Average calories per 18 holes around 300 to 600 give or take a calorie.

Hope this helped.

[Hannu]

Re: calories burned?

Check this calorie calculator

http://www.pennhealth.com/health_inf.../cal_burn.html

It's from University of Pennsylvania Health system. You just fill in your weight, physical activity and duration.

There are two categories for golf - carrying your bag or general.
(I have seen calculator with more options, but seem to have lost the links:-)

Hannu

[fahie]

Re: calories burned?

it all depends on how good you are aswell

[Hannu]

Burning calories with golf

I have lost 25 kg in about a year. I used to be 100 kg and at the moment I am 75 kg. I have monitored my physical activity and nutrition during the past year.

For nutrition I use a program Nutris (www.nutris.com). Nutris has also a diary and a calculator for physical activity, but I started by using a program called Metpro. To evaluate my energy consumption I have used a heard rate monitor (Polar F55) and Armband from http://www.bodymedia.com/main.jsp

By comparing results on different ways of measuring energy consumption in a round of golf, I have noticed that it is not very exact. Difference between methods can be 50%. (Still it's the same round and same person.)

Also I am monitoring physical activity all the time. It is not useful to estimate only some activities - like golf, because it will affect your behavior before and after your round too.

I started to monitor nutrition and physical activity to loose weight and to get in better physical condition. Now I am more interested in the intensity of the physical activity than the actual total. It is not how much you burn calories, for me - the quality and intensity is important.

I compare the intensity to my physical capacity - the maximum I could do. Work done under 40% of my max is for basic endurance (and also burning fat). 40 - 60 % is aerobic exercise and 60 - 90% is for power and strength. Of course all physical activity burns calories - also inactivity. We burn calories about 1 kcal per hour per kilogram of our weight when we are resting. (I am 75 kg so every hour I burn 75 kcal just watching golf on television:-)

Yu Xiang, I might be able to give you a better answer, if I knew why do you want to know how much calories are burned during a golf round.

Hannu