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The Calorie Conscious Wheeler

How many calories do you burn off pushing a wheelchair around? Far fewer than you would like and much less than you were hoping to.

Here’s some idea of what it takes to get that waistline trimmed down from the inside of a push wheelchair. You are probably not going to like this but don’t work yourself up to the point where you need a chocolate fix. That will only make matters worse.

Calories Burned Pushing A Wheelchair- 272 Calories Per Hour.

That is the equivalent of -

1 Grande Starbucks Caffe Latte – Made with whole milk or
0.4 McDonald’s Big Mac – With cheese or
3.4 Glasses of wine (3.5 fl oz) or
1 Snickers Bar or
1.3 Cans of Coca-Cola or
1 Slice of Pizza With Sausage or
1.3 Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Donuts or
1 Chicken Breast Battered and Fried.

If you consumed all of the above items you would need to push your chair for 8 hours to burn off the calories. Heck, you guys wouldn’t eat all of that stuff in one day. Would you?

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