How Many Calories Does Trampoline Park Burn?

Trampoline Park calories by weight & duration

The ~352 calories per hour figure is an estimate for a 155 lb person bouncing at a moderate, steady effort, and your actual burn will shift based on your weight, fitness level, and how hard you push during the session. Log your trampoline park workouts in the Mariposas app to track how this activity fits into your broader activity picture over time.

Calculated as MET (5) × body weight (kg) × hours. How this works.

What to expect in a trampoline park class

Your first session will feel more physically demanding than you expect from something that looks like play. Open jump areas let you set your own pace, and most parks also have foam pit lanes, dodgeball courts, or slam-dunk zones you can rotate through. Your legs will fatigue faster than they do in most cardio formats because the trampoline surface fires your stabilizers on every single rep, not just when you push off hard. Budget about ten minutes to find your footing before you feel comfortable enough to experiment with height or tricks.

Tips for your first trampoline park class

• Wear grip socks, which most parks sell or require. Regular athletic socks on a trampoline bed are genuinely slippery, and your ankles will thank you for the extra traction on landings.
• Start with two-foot landings on every jump and resist the urge to try single-leg hops or flips until you understand how the bed responds to your weight. The rebound timing is different from what your body expects from solid ground.
• Bend your knees on every landing, more than feels necessary at first. Straight-legged landings on a trampoline transfer energy up through your spine in an uncomfortable way and also kill your bounce height.
• Take breaks before you feel exhausted. Trampoline fatigue sneaks up fast because the effort is distributed across small stabilizing muscles that rarely get worked this way, and pushing through to failure increases the chance of a clumsy landing.

What affects how many calories trampoline park burns

The 352 calorie figure is calculated for a 155 lb person at a MET of 5, which reflects moderate continuous bouncing. Heavier individuals will burn more at the same effort level, and lighter individuals will burn less, because the MET formula scales directly with body weight. How aggressively you push matters a lot too: steady low bouncing keeps intensity modest, while working in high jumps, lateral shuffles across court boundaries, or dodgeball sprints can push your heart rate noticeably higher for stretches of the session.

Three things move your number most: body weight (a heavier body burns more for the same activity, that's why the table runs from 125 to 225 lb), duration (calories scale with time), and intensity. A trampoline park you push hard burns more than an easy one, because effort is what the MET value of 5 represents, an average for this activity. Your fitness level and how much you rest between efforts shift it too, so treat these as a solid estimate rather than an exact count.

How we calculate trampoline park calories

Every number here uses the standard energy-expenditure formula: calories ≈ MET × body weight (kg) × time (hours). The MET value of 5 for trampoline park comes from the published Compendium of Physical Activities, the same reference researchers and fitness trackers use. We convert your weight to kilograms and multiply through, no fudge factors. See our methodology for the full formula and sources.