How many calories do you burn with Abseiling?

Someone weighing 180 lbs burns approximately 394 kilocalories per hour with Abseiling. Fill in the form and calculate how many calories you burn with Abseiling or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.

How many calories do you burn with Abseiling?

Abseiling Calorie Calculator

Weight

Minutes

Burned calories (KCAL)
with Abseiling

394

Abseiling is a controlled descent down a rock face using a rope and a friction device. It is a technique mostly used by rock climbers for returning to the base of a climb. With Abseiling (rappelling) you won't burn that many calories. You are mostly using the gravity to move down the rock. If you want to burn more calories, try the other way arround. Try Rock Climbing! In fact, with rock climbing you can burn anywhere from 500 to 900 calories per hour.

Calories burned with Outdoor Sports (weight: 180 lbs)

	MET	15 min.	30 min.	45 min.	60 min.
Abseiling	4.6	99	197	296	394
Fishing	2.7	58	116	174	231
Inline Skating	7.4	159	317	476	634
Jogging	7	150	300	450	600
Rock climbing	8.8	189	377	566	754
Roller skating	5.8	124	249	373	497
Skateboarding	5.6	120	240	360	480
Ultimate Frisbee	5.3	114	227	341	454

How do we calculate the amount of calories burned with Abseiling?

This calculation uses the MET value (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) of Abseiling. The MET value of Abseiling = 4.6. We multiply the MET value with the person\'s body weight in kilogram. Then we multiply this with 0.0175 and the duration in minutes.

A person weighs: 180 lbs
MET value of Abseiling: 4.6
Time: 30 minutes
The calorie calculation for Abseiling for 30 minutes is as follows:

(180/2.20462) * 4.6 * 0.0175 * 30 minutes = 197

30 minutes of Abseiling burns 197 kcal.