Treading water is a very common form of exercise for people in the water. Treading simply means keeping yourself floating and not actually swimming. Because water is fluid it allows you to intensely exercise every single muscle in your body, with very minimum impact. Treading water is not only a phenomenal full body workout but it is also great for your cardiovascular system, to improve endurance, and to burn calories. Let’s look at how many calories treading water really burns.
Calories Burned Treading Water By Body Weight And Time
Body Weight = 120 Pounds
5 Minutes – 40 Calories
10 Minutes – 80 Calories
20 Minutes – 160 Calories
30 Minutes – 240 Calories
60 Minutes – 480 Calories
Body Weight = 150 Pounds
5 Minutes – 55 Calories
10 Minutes – 110 Calories
20 Minutes – 220 Calories
30 Minutes – 330 Calories
60 Minutes – 660 Calories
Body Weight = 200 Pounds
5 Minutes – 80 Calories
10 Minutes – 160 Calories
20 Minutes – 320 Calories
30 Minutes – 480 Calories
60 Minutes – 960 Calories
Body Weight = 250 Pounds
5 Minutes – 105 Calories
10 Minutes – 210 Calories
20 Minutes – 420 Calories
30 Minutes – 630 Calories
60 Minutes – 1,260 Calories
Treading Water Technique Examples
How To Tutorial
This wonderful video gives an indepth and step by step tutorial on her to properly tread water, a skill that a surprisingly low amount of people have.
Treading Water For Beginners
The earlier you learn to tread water the correct way the more successful you will be, this is a great video for any beginner swimmer to learn how to tread water like a pro.