Burpee Calorie Calculator
Find out how many calories you burn doing burpees. Enter your body weight, how many burpees you do, and your pace, and get the total calorie burn, calories per rep, and how burpees compare to other exercises.
Weight unit
kg
per minute
From 10 minutes of burpees at MET 8
- 1
Exercise duration
100 burpees ÷ 10 per min = 10 min - 2
Duration in hours
10 ÷ 60 = 0.1667 hr - 3
Calories burned
8 MET × 70 kg × 0.1667 hr = 93 kcalCalories = MET × weight (kg) × duration (hours)
How does this calculator work?
Calories burned = MET (8.0 for burpees) × body weight in kg × duration in hours. Duration = burpees ÷ pace per minute ÷ 60. A 70 kg person doing 100 burpees at 10 per minute (10 min) burns roughly 93 kcal — about 0.93 kcal per burpee.
Formula
How this is calculated
The calculator uses the MET (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) system from the 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Burpees are classified as vigorous calisthenics with a MET of approximately 8.0, meaning they burn about 8 times as much energy as sitting at rest per kilogram of body weight per hour.
The formula is: Calories = MET × weight_kg × duration_hours. Duration is estimated from the number of burpees divided by your pace in burpees per minute. Heavier people burn more calories because more muscle mass must be moved against gravity with each repetition.
MET values are population averages. Real calorie burn varies with individual fitness, the exact burpee variant performed (with or without push-up, jump height), and intensity. Use the result as a reasonable estimate — for precise measurements, a heart-rate monitor or metabolic testing is more accurate.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on your body weight and pace. For a 70 kg person doing 10 burpees per minute, each burpee burns roughly 0.56 kcal. At 80 kg the same burpee burns about 0.64 kcal. The formula is: calories per burpee = (MET × weight_kg) ÷ (60 × pace_per_minute).
Yes — burpees are one of the most calorie-dense bodyweight exercises because they engage the entire body in a high-intensity movement. At a MET of 8.0 they burn calories at roughly the same rate as swimming laps or cycling at 12–14 mph, and faster than most gym weight exercises.
Most people do 8–12 burpees per minute at a sustainable workout pace. Athletes in competition or very short intervals may reach 15–20 per minute. Beginners often start at 6–8 per minute. Your pace directly affects the duration and therefore the total calorie count.
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