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Finding calorie burn for walking in trails

judyvalentine512
judyvalentine512 Posts: 927 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone know a good website to figure this out? I love to walk in the forest, with a backpack of about 5 to 7 pounds. The trail has it's ups and downs, around rocks and roots. It's not like a hike going up mountains or with a constant change in elevation.
For now, I use the hike/cross country on MFP to calulate the calorie burn.
I know walking on trails burns more calories than walking on a hard surface, but I would like to find somewhere that I can get an accurate(or as close as possible) count.

Thanks

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,476 Member
    I do a lot of that kind of walking, too. When I was new to weight loss I looked up several sites and I also used a heart rate monitor. I kind of averaged them and now I just use a flat number per hour of exercise. It took all the angst out of it, and my exercise is usually about the same exertion level.

    Here's a site I like and it has the parameters you mention.

    http://calorielab.com/burned
  • judyvalentine512
    judyvalentine512 Posts: 927 Member
    Yep, I've looked there, but it doesn't have the trails. But thank you. You're right though, I'm stressing over nothing. An hour walk in the forest or on a bike path is still an hour walk. Thanks.
  • susanp57
    susanp57 Posts: 409 Member
    I use a bluetooth HRM and an app on my phone. Any of them is an educated guess at best. I'm just hoping I've picked the best educated.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,476 Member
    edited June 2017
    It has hiking, both cross country and hills - with and without backpacks...that would be trails...I mean, you're not walking on pavement cross-country. Enter "hiking" in the search box.
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 610 Member
    This site has excellent calculators.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calories-burned/
  • judyvalentine512
    judyvalentine512 Posts: 927 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    It has hiking, both cross country and hills - with and without backpacks...that would be trails...I mean, you're not walking on pavement cross-country. Enter "hiking" in the search box.

    I have been using the cross country hiking, but thought they meant a little more vigorous. I'll check again.
  • BruceHedtke
    BruceHedtke Posts: 358 Member
    I usually figure that for every mile traveled, I've burned 100 calories. Without steep elevation changes, I've found this to be a good estimate.
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