{"id":17344,"date":"2010-02-12T01:01:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T06:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=17344"},"modified":"2010-02-11T21:11:46","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T02:11:46","slug":"calories-burned-in-the-most-popular-winter-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/calories-burned-in-the-most-popular-winter-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Calories Burned During the Most Popular Winter Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"skiing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/calories-burned-in-the-most-popular-winter-sports\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17347\" title=\"cross country skiing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cross-country-skiing.jpg\" alt=\"cross country skiing\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s\u00a0winter and most of us are buried beneath a few feet of snow so\u00a0it&#8217;s tempting to want to hibernate inside and feast on <a title=\"now eat this\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/now-eat-this\/\" target=\"_self\">comfort food<\/a>. But fast-forward a\u00a0few casseroles and cups of hot cocoa from now and it&#8217;s swimsuit season.<\/p>\n<p>If the marshmallows suddenly just dropped\u00a0from your hands,\u00a0fear not. Winter sports can seriously torch calories and give your body a great overall workout.\u00a0Plus,\u00a0with the <a title=\"winter olympics athletes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/olympic-athlete-spotlight\/apolo-anton-ohno\/\" target=\"_self\">Winter Olympics<\/a> upon us in just a few days, you&#8217;ll be inspired to lace up your skates or polish off your ski poles, don that cute winter hat\u00a0and get moving!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Here is a list of the most popular (and fun) winter sports and the <a title=\"gowear fit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/gowear-fit\/\" target=\"_self\">calories burned<\/a> in one hour of performing each of them. These figures are applicable for a 150-pound female, so your specific calorie expenditures may vary according to your weight and age.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Downhill skiing: 594 calories<\/li>\n<li>Cross-country skiing:\u00a0773 calories<\/li>\n<li>Sledding: 405 calories<\/li>\n<li>Snowshoeing: 600 calories<\/li>\n<li>Snowmobiling: 234 calories<\/li>\n<li>Building a snowman: 272 calories<\/li>\n<li>Ice skating: 342 calories<\/li>\n<li>Shoveling snow: 400 calories<\/li>\n<li>Snowball fighting: 315 calories<\/li>\n<li>Mall walking: 333 calories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just be aware that shoveling snow is associated with increased <a title=\"metabolic syndrome diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/metabolic-syndrome-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">heart attack<\/a> risk, even for those who are healthy. The risk stems from the immediate pressure the\u00a0activity places on the heart as it\u00a0increases heart rate and blood pressure in\u00a0a very short period of time. This effect is further aggravated by the cold weather, which makes it harder to breathe as the blood vessels constrict in reaction to the\u00a0colder air. So play it safe, check with your doc first and take it slow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s\u00a0winter and most of us are buried beneath a few feet of snow so\u00a0it&#8217;s tempting to want to hibernate inside and feast on comfort food. But fast-forward a\u00a0few casseroles and cups of hot cocoa from now and it&#8217;s swimsuit season. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/calories-burned-in-the-most-popular-winter-sports\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2877,35,428],"class_list":["post-17344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-calorie-counting","tag-olympics","tag-winter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17344"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17346,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17344\/revisions\/17346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}