Trick or Treat! Let’s Work Off Sweets!
Below are a variety of workout options to burn off the calories from sugar in a single serving from each candy.
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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Serving Size: 2 Peanut Butter Cups
Calories: 230
Sugar: 20 grams (80 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 1 Moderate Treadmill or Elliptical Work Out
- Smartrainer: 3 rounds of 1 exercise circuit
- *At Home: ~140 sit ups or 16 minutes of push ups or 9 minutes of lunges
Kit Kat Crisp Wafers
Serving Size: 1 4-piece bar
Calories: 210
Sugar: 22 grams (88 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 1 Moderate Treadmill or Elliptical Work Out
- Smartrainer: 3 rounds of an exercise circuit
- At Home: ~155 sit ups or 18 minutes of push ups or 200 squats
Nerds
Serving Size: 1 tbsp
Calories: 60
Sugar: 14 grams (56 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 10 minutes of a Moderate Treadmill or Elliptical Work Out
- Smartrainer: 2 rounds of an exercise circuit
- At Home: 100 sit ups or 10 minutes of push ups or 6 minutes of lunges
Sour Patch Kids
Serving Size: 16 kids
Calories: 150
Sugar: 26 grams (104 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 1 Intermediate Treadmill or Elliptical Workout
- Smartrainer: Half of a Smartrainer Workout
- At Home: 180 sit ups or 20 minutes of push ups or 11 minutes of lunges
Skittles
Serving Size: 36 Skittles
Calories: 250
Sugar: 45 grams (180 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 1 Advanced Treadmill or Elliptical Workout
- Smartrainer: 1 Smartrainer Workout
- At Home: 315 sit ups or 36 minutes of push ups or 20 minutes of lunges
Candy Corn
Serving Size: 19 pieces
Calories: 140
Sugar: 32 grams (128 calories from sugar)
Workout to Work Off:
- Cardio: 1 Intermediate Treadmill or Elliptical Workout
- Smartrainer: More than Half of a Smartrainer Workout
- At Home: 225 sit ups or 25 minutes of push ups or 14 minutes of lunges
* A 150-lb person doing 100 sit ups in 10 minutes burns 57 calories. (Source: Livestrong)
** A 130-lb person doing push ups at a moderate pace for 5 minutes burns 25 calories (Source: Livestrong)
*** A 150-lb person burn 275 calories during a 30 minute lunging workout (Source: Livestrong)
**** A 135-lb person burns 43 calories doing 100 squats in 5 minutes (Source: Livestrong)