Earn Your Beer

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This is how many beers you actually earn when you work out

For the most part, when we talk to people about Work For Your Beer, they’re thrilled about the concept. “Those are two of my favorite things!” is a response we hear pretty often, along with “I basically only work out so I can drink beer anyway!” 

But occasionally, people will scratch their heads over the concept. “Doesn’t drinking beer after your workout pretty much void out all the exercising you just did?” they’ll ask.

We’ve addressed the health benefits of beer in the past, but we figured that since we’ve heard this question a few times since then, we should talk about how many calories you burn through some of your favorite workouts and how many beers those calories translate to.

For example, let’s say that you run a 5K. How many calories do you burn off when you run 3.1 miles, and how many beers does that number of calories translate to?

Or to re-phrase the question, how many beers have you earned through that fitness activity? 

Using 250 calories per beer as our standard measurement (craft beers, served in pint glasses), we found the answers to that and other beer fitness equations below. Read on to learn just how many beers you’re actually working for.

By Danielle Doolen