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mike asked:
I have started to play Squash and while also keeping up running. I was wondering which would do more calorie burning an hour of high tempo squash or 5-6 (8min/mile). I seem to be underpressure with the squash but find the running easier even with speedwork.
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October 23rd, 2005 at 11:52 pm
I would of thought running would of been better, your moving at a constant rate. You burn around 600 calories for 45 minutes of steady jogging…you have incline’s with pavements etc
October 26th, 2005 at 7:03 pm
can tell you, based on age and weight, how many calories you burn doing various activities.
October 28th, 2005 at 11:06 pm
The running every time. Squash is an explosive form of exercise and you have periods of rest in between when the play is more tactical than power driven. While an 8 minute mile is quite good in this context, try to speed up to a 7 minute mile and this will burn more calories. Remember to hydrate at regular intervals.
October 31st, 2005 at 4:40 am
squash i guess because we need to move our body to play it plus in squash you againts other people, so needs more energy.
November 2nd, 2005 at 1:01 am
you burn 100 calories per mile of running, its more if you are working harder/like a work out.
November 4th, 2005 at 9:23 pm
Well, according to the list I have just looked at, a 155lb person burns 855 calories an hour playing squash and 880 running (see ) so pretty much the same in terms of energy used.
The running will be easier becaue the effort is constant over a longer period (say you burn 14 calories running in 10 minutes, thats 14 a minute, but in squash the ball might only be in play for 7 of those minutes - so each minute you are playing you are using 20 calories - a more concentrated effort)
Depending on your goals for runing and squash I think that the 2 would complement each other well - the squash is like a “fartlek” session (lots of short burst of speed and then a rest) and the running gives you a stamina for the squash games