Calories Burned At Work [Infographic]

Matthew Gates 1m 307

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Most everyone thinks they could stand to lose a few pounds and always have weight-loss on their minds. Many go to the gym to exercise before or after work. Others may bike or walk to work. During breaks and lunch, some may even attempt to get a little exercise in at their desks. Plenty of people who find themselves living a more sedentary lifestyle may opt to eat more healthier foods, such as salads for lunch and peanuts to snack on during office hours.

There are some jobs where burning many calories throughout the day is natural, especially if the job requires walking, climbing, or more extreme measures such as cutting down trees, working in construction, stocking the shelves of a supermarket, or walking around all day at a retail store helping people find what they are looking for. Since the body is a natural calorie-burning machine, everyone at work is burning some amount of calories. How many do you think you are burning at your workplace?

This infographic explores the number of calories burned by certain occupations.

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How many calories do you burn at work?

The average retail worker burns around 136 calories in an hour at work.

That’s the same as…

19 minutes cycling
28 minutes yoga
12 minutes running

How does that compare to other jobs?

Office workers
68 calories

9 minutes cycling
14 minutes yoga
6 minutes running

Tree Surgeon

476 calories

66 minutes cycling
100 minutes yoga
44 minutes running

Construction Workers

340 calories

47 minutes cycling
71 minutes yoga
31 minutes running

Chambermaid

152 calories

21 minutes cycling
31 minutes yoga
14 minutes running

Nurse

138 calories

19 minutes cycling
29 minutes yoga
13 minutes running

Fireman

546 calories

76 minutes cycling
110 minutes yoga
50 minutes running

Plumber

170 calories

23 minutes cycling
35 minutes yoga
16 minutes running

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Calories shown are based on a person weighing 150lbs, doing the relevant activity continuously for 1 hour.

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