Below are estimates of number of calories burned per hour
performing common activities with horses:
- 238 calories--grooming, saddling, and riding
- 175 calories—riding at a walk
- 450 calories—riding a trot
- 550 calories—riding a gallop
As a comparison, aerobics and moderate bicycling burn around
500 calories. And sorry to say, riding a
gait such as tolt burns less calories than riding a trot.
From: Mullen, G. (2008).
Amazing Horse Facts and Trivia.
Chartwell Books, Inc., New York. (p.41)
2 comments:
Folks who have a hard to catch horse should be glad! They are getting to count burning more calories. Harder to catch and larger the pasture, then more calories burned. :-)
That is an excellent point! Today Blessi gave a 5-year old girl her second horse ride. It is also good exercise to lead a horse around in deep sand for 20 minutes.
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