Enter your body weight and minutes spent trimming bushes to calculate your calories burned trimming bushes. Thirty minutes of steady trimming burns about 130 calories at 120 lb and about 216 calories at 200 lb.
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Calories Burned Formula
The calculator uses body weight, time, and a trimming pace factor.
C = BW × M × F
Variables:
- C = total calories burned
- BW = body weight in pounds
- M = minutes spent trimming bushes
- F = trimming factor
Use F = 0.028 for light hand trimming, 0.036 for steady trimming, and 0.048 for vigorous trimming and cleanup.
How Many Calories Does Trimming Bushes Burn?
Trimming bushes uses repeated reaching, gripping, standing, bending, and carrying clippings. At a steady pace, 30 minutes burns about 130 calories at 120 lb, 162 calories at 150 lb, 194 calories at 180 lb, and 216 calories at 200 lb.
How to Calculate Calories Burned Trimming Bushes
- Enter your body weight in pounds.
- Enter the number of minutes spent trimming bushes.
- Use Advanced mode if you want to choose light, steady, or vigorous work pace.
- Press Calculate to see total calories burned and calories per minute.
30-Minute Trimming Bushes Calorie Examples
- 120 lb: 130 calories
- 150 lb: 162 calories
- 180 lb: 194 calories
- 200 lb: 216 calories
Example Calculation
Body weight = 180 lb
Minutes trimming bushes = 45
Work pace = steady trimming
Calories burned = 180 × 45 × 0.036 = 291.6 calories
