Burpee Equivalents: Understanding Junk Food in terms of Your Favorite Exercise
by Dr. Jeff Godin, Ph.D., CSCS, & Spartan Coach
Occasionally we slip up with our diets and sneak in some junk calories. When we do, we have to pay the price…In Burpees! At Spartan Coaching HQ we have been conducting research to quantify energy expenditure during the Burpee exercise. Here is what we found:
|
|
Calories (kcals) |
burpees for 130lb individual |
burpees for 180lb individual |
|
1 large French Fries |
500 |
524 |
349 |
|
1 IPA beer |
195 |
204 |
136 |
|
1 Slice of Dominos Peperoni Pizza |
260 |
272 |
182 |
|
1 8 ounce Ted’s Bison Cheesburger |
730 |
765 |
510 |
|
1 scoop of Ben Jerry’s Cookie Dough ice cream |
270 |
283 |
189 |
|
1 12” Roast beef sub from Subway |
970 |
1016 |
677 |
|
1 Cola soft drink |
200 |
210 |
140 |
|
1 Fried Calamari Appetizer |
700 |
733 |
489 |
|
1 Plain Bagel |
320 |
335 |
223 |
|
1 Slice of Cheescake |
1000 |
1048 |
698 |
|
1 Egg McMuffin Sandwich |
300 |
314 |
210 |
|
1 Cadbury Creme Egg |
59 |
62 |
41 |
Will Hayes Fitness of Charlotte, NC 
Reblogged this on chasitydavail.
It’s frightening how many burpees you need to do to burn off a large order of fries! Thank you for posting this – it really gives a new & different perspective on fast food!
How depressing! Had no idea it would take SO many burpees to burn off the junk food. Better to learn late than never. Thanks for posting!
Reblogged this on Stacy Collis and commented:
This is a great article! While counting calories may keep you in the target calorie range, not eating the RIGHT food in that range can cost you.