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Summary: People burn calories when sleeping, and those who have more muscle mass in their bodies will burn more calories. Discover how working out and eating healthy can help a person to burn more calories when sleeping with information from a fitness trainer in this free video on health and staying in shape.
"Okay this feels really good. This is something you don't see very often in a fitness professional taking a catnap. But guess what I am still burning calories. I'm CarolAnn with Studio Group X and we're going to talk about exactly how many calories you burn while you're sleeping. Now we all know that we need at least 8 hours of rest or good solid sleep at night. So that our bodies have a time to rejuvenate, repair themselves and so there's a lot going on while we're sleeping at night. And in order for us to be able to function and to rejuvenate, repair, build those muscles back up after a really hard workout we've got to burn calories. So exactly how many calories are we burning. Well take an average woman weighing about 135 pounds although it may not sound like a lot she's burning 56 calories an hour. Do the math over 8 hours 448 calories in 8 hours. So that's the good news. You're still burning calories. What about a guy. Well about 190 pounds he can burn about 80 calories an hour. So again 640 calories in 8 hours. Now if you're an individual that works out and you've got more muscle mass in your body you're going to burn that many more calories. So continue with your workouts. Eat well and burn those calories while you're sleeping. I'm CarolAnn with Studio Group x and you know what, I'm going to go back to sleep."
eHow Article: How Many Calories Do You Burn Sleeping?