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Burning it up

Weight   Calories burned per minute by speed (MPH)

         8 mph    9     10     11     12

120       4.2    5.8    7.4    8.9   10.5
130       4.7    6.3    7.8    9.4   11.0
140       5.1    6.7    8.3    9.9   11.4
150       5.6    7.2    8.8   10.4   11.9
160       6.1    7.7    9.2   10.8   12.4
170       6.5    8.1    9.7   11.3   12.8
180       7.0    8.6   10.2   11.7   13.3
190       7.4    9.0   10.6   12.2   13.7
200       7.9    9.5   11.2   12.6   14.2

Weight   Calories burned per minute by speed (MPH)

          13     14     15     16

120      12.1   13.6   15.2   16.8
130      12.5   14.1   15.7   17.2
140      13.0   14.6   16.1   17.7
150      13.9   15.5   16.7   18.2
160      13.9   15.5   17.1   18.6
170      14.4   16.0   17.6   19.1
180      14.9   16.4   18.0   19.6
190      15.3   16.9   18.4   20.0
200      15.8   17.3   18.9   20.5

To calculate how many miles per hour (mph) you are traveling, take 60 and divide it by the number of minutes you skated. Then multiply that number by how many miles you skated. --C.N.

Rollerblade, Inc./University of Massachusetts Fitness Study

Chad Neuman is layout editor for Southeastern College's newspaper, The Flame, and teaches skating clinics through Play It Again Sports. He is based in Lakeland, Florida.

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