Enter your body weight and sculling time to calculate your calories burned doing sculling. A 160 lb person sculling at a steady effort burns about 255 calories in 30 minutes.

Sculling Calorie Calculator

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Use the basic tab for time-based sessions, or the advanced tab to calculate time from strokes and stroke rate.

Sculling Calories Burned Formula

The following equations are used to calculate calories burned from sculling:

C = BW_{kg} \times t_{min} \times f
t_{min} = \frac{S}{R}
  • C = calories burned
  • BWkg = body weight in kilograms
  • tmin = sculling time in minutes
  • f = effort factor
  • S = total strokes
  • R = stroke rate in strokes per minute

Use these effort factors in the formula: Easy = 0.067, Steady = 0.117, Hard = 0.200.

Calories Burned Sculling in 30 Minutes

Body WeightEasySteadyHard
130 lb118 kcal207 kcal354 kcal
160 lb145 kcal255 kcal435 kcal
190 lb172 kcal303 kcal517 kcal

What Is Sculling?

Sculling is a rowing style that uses two oars, one in each hand. Each stroke trains the legs, glutes, back, shoulders, arms, and core, so calorie burn rises quickly as pace and session length increase.

  • Easy technical rows often fall around 18 to 22 strokes per minute
  • Steady training rows often sit around 22 to 28 strokes per minute
  • Hard pieces commonly move into the high 20s to mid 30s

How to Calculate Calories Burned from Sculling

Example: A person weighing 180 lb sculls for 20 minutes at a steady effort.

Convert body weight to kilograms: 180 ÷ 2.20462 = 81.6 kg

Apply the formula: Calories Burned = 81.6 × 20 × 0.117 = 191

If you use the advanced tab, 480 strokes at 24 strokes per minute gives the same 20-minute session.