How many calories do you burning horseback riding?

Answer 1

walking, you can burn up to 180 calories per hour

trotting, anywhere from 400 to 460 per hour

cantering, about 550 per hour

you can also burn any where from 400 to 500 by grooming a horse for about an hour

Answer 2

All depends on the person working out. People burn calories faster or slower depending on their weight. For example if you weigh 100 pounds and another guy weighs 200 pounds he will burn twice as many calories as you. That's why you here of people who are like 400 + pounds losing like 200 pounds after 9 months of working out.

Answer 3

An average size horse (1,000lb) should intake around 15,000 calories per day. They should be getting a good amount of those calories from forage (hay/grass). But if that horse is in a good work program his daily caloric intake will probably need to be increased to about 25,000 calories per day. But this also depends on their breed also...if they are typically a "hard keeper" already or not.

Answer 4

Riding a horse that is trotting is a lot of work. You are constantly moving up and down over the saddle. Your arms get a real workout just holding the reins and moving them side to side to 'steer' the horse.

Even when the horse is walking, your back muscles are constantly flexing so that your back is vertical.

In a canter or gallop, the muscles in the rider's complete body are exercising hard. If you have ever seen a jockey after even a mile and a half race, you can see that s(he) is exhausted. And jockeys are in wonderful shape!

Answer 5

around 3oo if walking the horse or around 500 if trotting

Answer 6

180 calories depending on time.

Answer 7

depends on how long you ride for.

Answer 8

Over 9000

Answer 9

45