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How many calories does paddle boarding burn?

Set the time and the kind of paddling. Ranges are for a 140 to 200 lb paddler, worked out from the Compendium of Physical Activities, from a gentle float to a race.

1 h
Type of paddling

Our guide gives ranges and does not tie them to a body weight, so read these as ranges too.

You burn about
240to345
calories in 1 h of easy cruise paddle boarding
Calories per hour, next to other sports
SUP, easy cruise240 to 345
Running, 6 mph755
Cycling, 12–14 mph616
Swimming laps, easy447
Walking, 3.5 mph331
Solid bar: the low end of the range. Pale bar: the high end.
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Calories by session.

Every kind of paddling at four session lengths, ready to screenshot or cite.

Calories burned paddle boarding by type of paddling and session length
Paddling30 min1 hour90 min2 hours
Yoga or gentle90 to 130180 to 255270 to 385360 to 510
Easy cruise120 to 175240 to 345360 to 520480 to 690
Steady touring210 to 295415 to 590625 to 885830 to 1,180
Hard workout310 to 445620 to 890930 to 1,3351,240 to 1,780
Racing350 to 500700 to 1,0001,050 to 1,5001,400 to 2,000
Method

Where the numbers come from.

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Twice walkingRecreational paddling at 2.5 mph can burn twice what you burn walking at a medium pace.How many calories does paddle boarding burn?
Up to 1,125Racing tops the list at 713 to 1,125 calories an hour. Touring and surfing sit in the 600s and 700s.How many calories does paddle boarding burn?
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