How Many Calories Are Burned In A Hot Tub

Side view of woman in a hot tub

Image Credit: Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images After a long, difficult day, sitting in a hot tub can be a relaxing activity. You do burn calories in a hot tub, but not enough to contribute to any significant weight-loss goals.

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Burning Calories in a Hot Tub

A 150-pound person would burn about 17 calories sitting in a hot tub for 15 minutes. Calories burned in any activity, though, are also a factor of gender, age and health issues.

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Alternatives to the Hot Tub

A sauna is often touted as burning up to 300 calories in 15 to 20 minutes. While you may lose a pound or two through sweating, you’ll gain it back as soon as you rehydrate your body. A sauna actually burns about the same number of calories as a hot tub.

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Steam Rooms and Calories

Sitting in a steam rooms burns about as many calories as sitting in a hot tub – about the same as you would sitting anywhere. The temperature is lower in a steam room than in a sauna, and the benefit is more for the skin, not weight loss.

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  references
  
      Journal of Applied Physiology: Metabolic Equivalent: One Size Does Not Fit All
    
      US Department of Health Human Services: Guidelines for Physical Activity
    
      Los Angeles Times: Jacuzzi or Couch? Calories Burned Are About the Same
    
      BWW Fitness World.com: Ask a Trainer: "Can I Burn Extra Calories in a Sauna?"
       




  references
  
      Journal of Applied Physiology: Metabolic Equivalent: One Size Does Not Fit All
    
      US Department of Health Human Services: Guidelines for Physical Activity
    
      Los Angeles Times: Jacuzzi or Couch? Calories Burned Are About the Same
    
      BWW Fitness World.com: Ask a Trainer: "Can I Burn Extra Calories in a Sauna?"
    




Side view of woman in a hot tub

Image Credit: Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Getty Images

      Journal of Applied Physiology: Metabolic Equivalent: One Size Does Not Fit All
    
      US Department of Health Human Services: Guidelines for Physical Activity
    
      Los Angeles Times: Jacuzzi or Couch? Calories Burned Are About the Same
    
      BWW Fitness World.com: Ask a Trainer: "Can I Burn Extra Calories in a Sauna?"