After I picked up the Breezing Metabolism Tracker and fiddling around with it for a while, I was curious to see how BJJ affects my metabolic rate!
Here are links to my previous posts on the Breezing:
If you try to look up the calories in MyFitnesspal, Sparkpeople, or other generic sources, you get something in the range of 800-900 calories/hr. I’m never sure whether or not to believe this.
While I’m not exactly sure where this table comes from, Tim Bruce has a table showing that:
- Light Brazilian jiu jitsu burns 3.25 calories per hour per pound of body weight
- Intense Brazilian jiu jitsu burns 4.87 cal/hr/lb
Who knew that shooting around a basketball burns the same amount of calories as intense weight lifting at 2.72 calories per hour, while yoga only burns a measly 1.81 calories per hour.… Read More