Burning Calories at the Barn

An article in Horse and Rider advises readers that they can burn calories while doing barn work.

According to the list of chores, stripping and rebedding a stall (159 calories in 20 minutes) is among the more energy-intense activities. Twenty minutes of currying your horse burns about 166 calories, while riding a trotting horse for the same length of time gets rid of 148 calories. Lifting a Western saddle on and off the horse is reputed to use 56 calories if you continue the activity for ten minutes.

A word of advice: in the unlikely circumstance that it takes you ten minutes to get the saddle onto your horse’s back, you might think about getting a different horse.