The average person burns 75-100 calories resting or doing nothing. Standing or fidgeting doesn’t count as it burns more calories per hour. In round figures a person doing nothing will burn approximately one calorie per hour per kilogram of bodyweight (a half calorie per pound). If properly sleeping (as opposed to short naps), they will burn fewer calories per hour.
Calories Burned Reading SittingCalories Burned Sitting
Calories Burned Sitting in Class
Calories Burned Sitting in Meetings
Calories Burned Sitting Television
Calories Burned Sitting Writing
Calories Burned Watching Television
Calories Burned Watching Tv
In terms of relative calorie burn, standing burns roughly twice as many calories as sitting, walking burns 3 times as many. Cycling burns more than twice as much as walking and swimming a little more than that.
Below is an accurate calorie burn for sitting.
Calories Burned based on Time and Weight.
Calories Burned in 1 hour
Calories Burned in 40 minutes
Calories Burned in 40 minutes
Calories Burned in 45 minutes
Calories Burned in 1 hour 30 mins
Calories Burned in 2 hours
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