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- Walking a 10-foot circle as you longe your horse will not only burn calories for you, but your horse
In the January 2007 issue of Horse & Rider, we offer some tips for getting fit--and slim while you spend time at the barn and with your horse. To help you out, we've put together this chart of calorie-burning values for common horse-related activities.
Keep in mind--the more vigorously you perform these exercises, the more you'll maximize the calorie burning benefits. We'll give you the number of calories burned per exercise for a person who is 5'8" and weights 150 lbs. If you have a smaller frame and weight, you'll burn slightly fewer calories; you'll burn slightly more if you have a larger frame and weigh more.
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EXERCISE
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TIME SPENT
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CALORIES BURNED
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| Vigorously curry your horse, using a circular arm motion. | 10 minutes | 68 |
| Vigorously brush your horse. (Tip: alternate arms). | 10 minutes | 46 |
| Walk a 10-foot circle, as you longe your horse. | 20 minutes | 79 |
| Briskly hand-walk your horse. (Tip: add wrist or ankle weights for increased calorie-burning and aerobic benefits.) | 20 minutes | 91 |
| Muck/rebed stall. | 20 minutes | 159 |
| Push 50-pound load in wheelbarrow. | 10 minutes | 63 |
| Ride at the walk. | 20 minutes | 57 |
| Ride at the trot. (Tip: Posting at a medium trot will burn more calories than sitting at a jog.) | 10 minutes | 74 |
| Ride at the lope. | 10 minutes | 93 |
| Sweep/rake. (Tip: For a great waist trimmer, twist your upper body with each stroke, rather than using only your arms. When sweeping with a pushbroom, slightly bend your knees, to push off with your legs into each stroke.) | 20 minutes | 91 |
| Unload/stack 100-pound hay bales. (Tip: Protect your back by bending at the knees, and using your legs to lift the load. Consider a back support brace when lifting heavy loads.) | 20 minutes | 249 |
| Unload/stack 50-pound straw bales. | 20 minutes | 181 |
| Lift/heft 20 pounds (feed/water). | 30 minutes | 153 |
| Lift/heft 40-pound Western saddle on/off horse. | 10 minutes | 56 |
| Lift/heft 20-pound English saddle on/off horse. | 10 minutes | 46 |
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