I've been inline skating for about 3 years now and I have a real
passion for it. There won't be a day in the summer where you
won't find me on the downtown bike paths, unless it's raining (or
snowing). I skate for the exercise, relaxation and the
scenery. My favorite route is from the south Calgary Zoo parking
lot to Edworthy park and back on the north side of the Bow River.
This is about a 20km (12 mi.) round trip which I can usually do
in an hour. I've been clocked cruising at 25km/hr for extended periods
of time.
Being in a car pool, I usually skate home from work when I'm not driving (mostly uphill, 17 km).
I've noticed a lot more people skating in the last year or so than there was when I started. Now, it's rare not to see at least 10 other skaters any time you go out.
Inline Skating Calorie Usage Chart
I found the following information in a Rollerblade ® brochure explaining their Roll & Tone program. It was all metric and I converted it to Imperial (never could figure out my weight in kg). It says it is based on a University of Massachusetts fitness study.
Calories Burned per minute by Speed |
|||||
Your Speed > Your Weight |
13 kph / 8 mph |
16 kph / 9.9 mph |
19 kph / 11.8 mph |
22 kph / 13.7 mph |
25 kph / 15.5 mph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
120 lbs |
4.2 |
7.4 |
10.5 |
13.6 |
16.8 |
130 lbs |
4.7 |
7.8 |
11.0 |
14.1 |
17.2 |
140 lbs |
5.1 |
8.3 |
11.4 |
14.6 |
17.7 |
150 lbs |
5.6 |
8.8 |
11.9 |
15.1 |
18.2 |
160 lbs |
6.1 |
9.2 |
12.4 |
15.5 |
18.6 |
170 lbs |
6.5 |
9.7 |
12.8 |
16.0 |
19.1 |
180 lbs |
7.0 |
10.2 |
13.3 |
16.4 |
19.6 |
190 lbs |
7.4 |
10.6 |
13.7 |
16.9 |
20.0 |
200 lbs |
7.9 |
11.2 |
14.2 |
17.3 |
20.5 |
Examples: If you weigh 140 lbs and you skated
for 30 minutes at 13 kph (8 mph) you would burn up 5.1 x 30 = 153
calories. If you weigh 190 lbs, you would burn up 222 calories.
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