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What exercise type burns the most calories when performed for 60 consecutive minutes?

Answer:

Moderately jumping rope will burn 704 calories per hour. Both recreational gardening and low impact aerobics, when performed for one hour, will burn approximately 352 calories. Running at a 5 mph pace (i.e. a 12 minute mile) will burn 563 calories while participating in recreational racquetball will burn around 493 calories per hour.

  • Low Impact Aerobics(6.3%)
  • Jumping Rope(20.8%)
  • Gardening (4.2%)
  • Racquetball (29.2%)
  • Running (5 mph pace)(39.6%)

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