RANKED: The 36 best - and worst - exercises for burning calories

Next up: going for a stroll. For every hour walked at two miles-per-hour (mph), a 200-pound person burns 255 calories.

Bowling, along with the next two items on this list, ballroom dancing and Tai Chi, burns 273 calories per active hour.

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art and form of exercise, often practiced with slow, deliberate movements.

Next up: canoeing. A leisurely paddle down a river will burn 319 calories in an hour for a 200 pound person.

Leisure cycling, defined as a pace under 10 mph, burns about 364 calories per hour in a 200 pound person. The same is true for a typical (though probably not Olympic) game of volleyball, or the movement-based, intensive "power" yoga.

Power yoga, or vinyasa, is a more movement-centered exercise practice than hatha. This article includes more information about the different kinds of yoga and how beginners can get started.

If you golf, carry your own clubs around the course, and weigh 200 pounds you can expect to burn 391 calories per hour. The same is true of typical downhill skiing and a 3.5 mph walk.

Low-impact aerobics burn about 455 calories per hour in a 200 pound person. The same is true of a moderate workout on an elliptical machine, weight/resistance training, and softball and baseball.

Edging out the first major sport on this list: water aerobics. The pool exercise can burn as much as 501 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

Swim light or moderate laps in a pool, and a 200 pound person can burn 528 calories per hour.

Hiking, stationary rowing, and water skiing all burn about 546 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

Cross country skiing is even more rigorous, burning 619 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

Want to burn even more? Go backpacking. Like ice skating and racquetball, a 200 pound person will use about 637 calories per hour on a hike with a heavy backpack.

High-impact aerobics can use 664 calories per hour.

Rollerblading is surprisingly intense, burning 683 calories per hour.

A basketball game, tough or flag football, and singles tennis all offer great exercise, burning about 728 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

A moderate 5 mph run will burn about 755 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

Run up a StairMaster (or up a particularly long flight of stairs), and a 200 pound person will burn 819 calories per hour.

"Vigorous" swimming is even better, churning through 892 calories per hour.

Taekwondo is the most intense competitive sport on this list, burning 937 calories per hour in a 200 pound person.

At the top of the list though are two very simple activities: jumping rope and running fast (8 mph to be precise). Do either of those things for an hour, and a 200 pound person will burn 1,074 calories.