Burning off the extra Christmas calories is an Olympic task and would take more than 2,000 laps of the velodrome.

Most people would expect to indulge a little over Christmas, but it might be surprising to hear the average person could have eaten a staggering 6,000 calories yesterday - nearly three times the recommended intake.

And festive revellers have been warned, they may not realise the Olympic lengths they need to go to compensate for their Christmas feasting.

A new study has shown you would have to exercise like a champion to burn off those extra festive calories.