newboult51
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Anyone know if you can add riding into your exercise routine when working out calories expended versus calories taken in ? For example how many calories does a 10 minute trot use up or mucking out even?
Calories used riding ?
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Shay
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Not enough!
Chinchilla
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Supposed to be 130 for 30 mins (rising) trot I think.
Not sure on anything else, sorry...and even that figure could be way out tbh.
Not sure on anything else, sorry...and even that figure could be way out tbh.
newboult51
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So one box of celebrations equals 6 hours straight of rising trot? Damn.
Carrottom
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I think that riding depends a lot on the horse and the experience and riding fitness of the rider. When I have been riding and schooling regularly I find I need less effort for the same results.
With regard to mucking out it also depends how much effort you put in. If I'm short of time I run with the barrow to the dung heap and back and with the haynets so after 10 mins I'm blowing a bit.
Sorry, not much help.
With regard to mucking out it also depends how much effort you put in. If I'm short of time I run with the barrow to the dung heap and back and with the haynets so after 10 mins I'm blowing a bit.
Sorry, not much help.
Louby
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Not much help Im afraid but I think once your boby gets used to the exercise, its harder to shift the weight. I went from an office job to a manual gardening job, lost nearly a stone in 3 weeks, was also riding mucking out etc but 3 yrs on Ive now put that stone back on and cant seem to shift it 
and am struggling to not put any more on! I dont eat loads so cant understand it
and am struggling to not put any more on! I dont eat loads so cant understand itstill standing
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A friend and I went on a short hack recently and she had one of those devices that measures lots of things - distance, speed, calories, etc. All I can say is that the hack took 40 mins with 2 lots of about 5 minutes trotting and all she had used up was 240 calories!
Bernster
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Agree, not enough! But saying that when my Horse was off games for a while, I put on nearly half a stone!!
daydreamer
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There are loads of variables. I sometimes use my applewatch to track my riding as exercise. Schooling seems to give a very high heart rate (doesn't feel it) and normally 230-260 calories for 30-45 minutes. Hacking burns fewer calories. Remember it does also depend on how fit you are and on how much you weigh.
1nd1c03
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Not enough to counteract the stress eating of chocolate brought on by horse ownership.
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
This, but this is CalorieCounter's take on a few horsey activities. There are various other options to choose from.
sasquatch
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I think it depends entirely on what you do when riding said horse and the horse itself.
I'm currently getting lessons at a RS whilst at uni. There are some horses who are much lazier and need a lot more leg and 'positive riding' and those lessons I have got off the horse dripping with sweat and felt like I've had an all body workout! And then there is one cob there who you never actually feel like you're riding, he's great fun, but you ask him to trot and he trots etc. and you aim him at a jump and he doesn't need any encouragement! Other friends who have ridden him have found the same thing, he is great fun because he is very little effort (as long as it's something he wants to do lol). And they have a few other horses that do need a bit more riding in terms of your leg etc. but definitely don't feel as much of a workout. They have a lovely mare in atm who I find is forward but a workout, her trot stride is short and fast, but she's young and fairly nervous so needs a lot of leg to get her to stretch forward but you also have to ride very effectively - the first time I rode her I think my abs and my legs ached for about 4 days. I still find riding her my legs will ache for a day or so afterwards.
I am in the gym and do lift relatively heavy weights (Im currently deadlifting just under my bodyweight comfortably, with my PB being 90KG which at the time was about 15kg over my bodyweight) and find that when lifting, I rarely get a massive afterburn or sore legs the same way I do from riding. I'd say as well, it depends on what you're doing. An intense 45 minute private lesson will probably burn more than 45 minutes hacking.
Once I get my fitbit I'm definitely going to use it to see how many calories are burned during riding. The issue with a lot of the charts is it will say 1 hour of rising trot, but doesn't take into mind that you won't just be doing rising trot when riding and again, some horses are much harder work than others as well and some horses do require you to work more!
I also play rugby, and my fitness pal says that playing an 80 minute rugby match burns something 1040 calories. I really don't think this is accurate at all, whilst it's definitely about fitness different positions definitely have different work rates. I play as a centre, so do have to do a bit more than say fullback or winger, but I would say scrum half/9 or outhalf/10 probably do the most work and burn the most calories per match as they often stay on for the full 80 minutes (plus warmup) and have to control the game and keep up with the ball.
According to myfitnesspal as well, they have 312 calories for 1 hour of general horse riding, but 507kcal for one hour of trotting, so I'm not completely convinced by the calorie counting apps versions of what you burn. I know the treadmills will tell me completely differently to the apps depending on the treadmill itself too.
I'm currently getting lessons at a RS whilst at uni. There are some horses who are much lazier and need a lot more leg and 'positive riding' and those lessons I have got off the horse dripping with sweat and felt like I've had an all body workout! And then there is one cob there who you never actually feel like you're riding, he's great fun, but you ask him to trot and he trots etc. and you aim him at a jump and he doesn't need any encouragement! Other friends who have ridden him have found the same thing, he is great fun because he is very little effort (as long as it's something he wants to do lol). And they have a few other horses that do need a bit more riding in terms of your leg etc. but definitely don't feel as much of a workout. They have a lovely mare in atm who I find is forward but a workout, her trot stride is short and fast, but she's young and fairly nervous so needs a lot of leg to get her to stretch forward but you also have to ride very effectively - the first time I rode her I think my abs and my legs ached for about 4 days. I still find riding her my legs will ache for a day or so afterwards.
I am in the gym and do lift relatively heavy weights (Im currently deadlifting just under my bodyweight comfortably, with my PB being 90KG which at the time was about 15kg over my bodyweight) and find that when lifting, I rarely get a massive afterburn or sore legs the same way I do from riding. I'd say as well, it depends on what you're doing. An intense 45 minute private lesson will probably burn more than 45 minutes hacking.
Once I get my fitbit I'm definitely going to use it to see how many calories are burned during riding. The issue with a lot of the charts is it will say 1 hour of rising trot, but doesn't take into mind that you won't just be doing rising trot when riding and again, some horses are much harder work than others as well and some horses do require you to work more!
I also play rugby, and my fitness pal says that playing an 80 minute rugby match burns something 1040 calories. I really don't think this is accurate at all, whilst it's definitely about fitness different positions definitely have different work rates. I play as a centre, so do have to do a bit more than say fullback or winger, but I would say scrum half/9 or outhalf/10 probably do the most work and burn the most calories per match as they often stay on for the full 80 minutes (plus warmup) and have to control the game and keep up with the ball.
According to myfitnesspal as well, they have 312 calories for 1 hour of general horse riding, but 507kcal for one hour of trotting, so I'm not completely convinced by the calorie counting apps versions of what you burn. I know the treadmills will tell me completely differently to the apps depending on the treadmill itself too.
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Gazen
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It also depends on the horse. One horse is push button to ride and I don't think I burn too many calories to ride her. I probably burn more calories with the other one who is more of a 'challenging' ride for the same type of work for the same duration.
BBP
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I think my brain is the only part of me that burns calories when I ride. I just think about what I want and he generally does it, so all I need is a relatively stable core and that’s about it. I burn a few extra ‘adrenaline calories’ at times with him, but would say I can’t count riding as a fitness activity with my particular horse. I think of it as being similar to spending that time going for an easy walk, in that it’s more than spending time on the sofa.