I was reading in the fitness magazine that you can burn 570 calories with an hour of cross-country skiing. I wonder if you can burn the same amount on one of those ski machines? I have an old one in the home gym I am building. Would be interesting to find out. Either way, I am not looking with so much trepidation on the coming of winter this time - maybe I can get into the habit of going cross-country skiing occasionally and burn off some calories that way? Always wanted to learn how to ski - just need to find out now how to select skis that are the right size for a 5'2" woman.... time to go play on Google again (like I need an excuse to play there lol).


References:
The Women's Hospital at Centennial - Calories Burned Calculator
Tells you how many calories you can burn while participating in one of over 40 common activities.