Martial Arts has been proven to be a good way to burn calories and shred fat. This article will provide real evidence from three GIANT Martial Arts male adult students who weigh approx 75-80kg. One student had monitored his classes from October 2018 to March 2019, so we have approx 6 months of calorie burning evidence. Even though it was a while ago, the class structures have remained pretty much the same.
Before we get into the class evidence, lets compare the calories burnt with other activities over a one-hour period for a similar sized male:
Everyday Activities:
– Sleeping 50-60 calories
– Watching Television 55-70 calories
– Reading (sitting) 80-90 calories
– Walking (3 kmph) 200-220 calories
– Gardening 330-350 calories
Martial Arts Related Activities:
– Yoga 290-320 calories
– Tai Chi 290-320 calories
– Resistance (weight) training 370-400 calories
– Swimming 500-550 calories
– Running (10mins/1.5km) 650-700 calories
Here is what the GIANT Martial Arts calorie study has shown:
Adult Martial Arts class (broken up by the following combat activities):
- Movement, Strength & Conditioning Classes 600-630 calories
- Grappling, Throwing & Wrestling Classes 475-500 calories
- Striking classes with sparring and pads 620-640 calories
- Self-defence classes with circle work and pressure drills 430-450 calories
Kickboxing Classes:
Burnt on average 650-700 calories
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Classes:
Burnt on average 560-600 calories
Adult Martial Arts Grading Test:
A 1.5 hour grading test for a purple belt who was one of the male students clocked up a whopping 992 calories. WOW!
Calorie equivalent to yummy junk food:
650 calories burned by an entire one hour GIANT Martial Arts class is roughly equal to the following junk foods/drinks:
7-9 chocolate chip cookies or
4-5 schooners of beer or
2-3 slices of pizza or
Less than a Big Mac meal with fries and a Coke (which equals roughly 1,250 calories)
So eating cookies, beer, pizza and Maccas during the week might mean weeks of extra martial arts classes in order to burn off the accumulated calories and catch up. Alternatively you could eat whatever you wanted leading up to grading time as the GIANT Grading test has a burn of over 900 calories!!!
Hope you have enjoyed this information and can now plan your workouts around your diet! Please like and share with your friends who could benefit from the information.
