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Caloric Expenditure During Various Activities
Activity Calories/minute                           
Sleeping 1.2

Sitting

1.3
Standing 1.5
Standing.. doing light activity 2.6
Driving a car 2.8
Making a bed 3.1
Sweeping floors 3.9
Ironing clothes 4.2
Walking indoors 3.1
Walking downstairs 7.1
Walking upstairs 10.1 - 18.1
Cycling at 5 - 15 miles/hour 5 - 12
Skipping rope 10 - 15
Football 13
Tennis 7 - 11
Badminton 5 - 10
Walking (3.5 MPH) 5 -7
Running (12 min mile) 10
Adapted from Sharkey, B.J. Physiology of Fitness.  Champaign Illinois. 
Human Kinetics Publishers 1979