Digging, spading, filling garden, composting, light-to-moderate effort

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digging, spading, filling garden, composting, light-to-moderate effort

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Activities

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Lawn & Garden

How many calories are burned digging, spading, filling garden, composting, light-to-moderate effort 1 hour for a 160 lb person

	Minutes		5	10	15	30	60	120	180	240
	Calories		29.87	59.73	89.6	179.2	358.39	716.79	1075.18	1433.58

Please note that there are many factors that may contribute to your total calories expended. Total energy requirements may vary according to gender, age, muscle mass, height and other genetic and environmental factors.

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For male 160 lb 1 hour of digging, spading, filling garden, composting, light-to-moderate effort is equivalent to eating any of the lines of the following table.

Quantity	Meal	cal per 100g
260 g	lager 440ml can (Coors Light)	140
90 g	soft serve frozen yogurt (Sams Club)	389
440 g	pav bun (Daily Fresh)	82
500 g	raspberries 6oz/170g (Driscolls)	72
320 g	meiji plain crackers (Meiji)	112
280 g	wheat rusk (Britannia)	130
110 g	strong beer (Tuborg)	320
110 g	blueberry essence pill for eye health (DHC)	321
240 g	cappuccino - sugar-free white chocolate caramel (QuikTrip)	150
630 g	miniature heroes (Cadbury)	57

Exercise	cal/hr	MET
Swimming, treading water, moderate effort	274.48	3.80
wheelbarrow, pushing garden cart or wheelbarrow	397.27	5.50
garbage collector, walking, dumping bins into truck	288.92	4.00
Building and repairing furniture	306.98	4.25
Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog	241.25	3.34
Yoga Level 1: Chair Pose	287.48	3.98
digging sandbox, shoveling sand	361.15	5.00
Music playing, drums	274.48	3.80
Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace	274.48	3.80
windsurfing, not pumping for speed	361.15	5.00

Related Activities	cal/hr
wheelbarrow, pushing garden cart or wheelbarrow	397.27
digging sandbox, shoveling sand	361.15
clearing brush/land, undergrowth, or ground, hauling branches, wheelbarrow chores, vigorous effort	455.05
shoveling dirt or mud	397.27
weeding, cultivating garden, light-to-moderate effort	252.81
chopping wood, splitting logs, moderate effort	325.04
mowing lawn, walk, hand mower	433.39
sacking grass, leaves	288.92
watering plants	180.58
clearing light brush, thinning garden, moderate effort	252.81