From DietDetective.com:

Alternative Activities That Burn Calories
by Charles Stuart Platkin

Golf (using a power cart) vs. Fishing (in a stream)

I know something that even sounds like it might be a critique of the beloved game of golf is risky, but I’ll take my chances. I was chatting with an old friend who had taken up golf to try to get into shape. He figured he could walk, enjoy the weather, socialize and lose weight. Boy, was he wrong.

After a few years of golfing, he ended up gaining weight. Why? Well, for a few reasons. First of all, the course he plays doesn’t allow walking because it slows down the game. Second, all that clubhouse socializing, which included lots of drinking and eating, packed on more pounds instead of removing them. Plus, he had stopped his other forms of exercise when he took up golf. He would have been better off fishing. Golfing with a cart burns 245 calories an hour (about 1/2 cup Baskin Robbins Cherries Jubilee Ice Cream), whereas fly-fishing in a stream (including walking in the water wearing waders) burns as much as 420 calories (one slice of Papa John’s Pan Crust The Meats). However, if you ditch the cart (and the clubhouse snacks) you’d be looking at a wonderful exercise burning 315 calories per hour (a Wendy’s Jr. Cheeseburger). Also, keep in mind that miniature golf and hitting balls at a driving range burn about 210 calories in an hour (one Kellogg’s Pop-Tart Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon).

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