Calculating calories burned
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SilentDan82
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How do you calculate calories burned when you're not using a cardio machine? In particular, I'm interested in calories burned during weight lifting and during a kickboxing class. I've read through some other discussions where everyone says you need a heart rate monitor and I have a Pebble 2 that can track my heart rate but I don't understand how the heart rate translates into calories burned.
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SilentDan82 wrote: »How do you calculate calories burned when you're not using a cardio machine? In particular, I'm interested in calories burned during weight lifting and during a kickboxing class. I've read through some other discussions where everyone says you need a heart rate monitor and I have a Pebble 2 that can track my heart rate but I don't understand how the heart rate translates into calories burned.
A HRM is useless for weight lifting - and most other exercises. Kickboxing is under cardio and so is strength training. You can search for them and enter your time. Everything is just an estimate - many people eat only a portion to account for inaccuracies.1 -
A HRM is useless for weight lifting - and most other exercises. Kickboxing is under cardio and so is strength training. You can search for them and enter your time. Everything is just an estimate - many people eat only a portion to account for inaccuracies.
Thanks. MFP's estimate is pretty generous - 874 calories for an hour. I guess I could just half it or something.1 -
SilentDan82 wrote: »A HRM is useless for weight lifting - and most other exercises. Kickboxing is under cardio and so is strength training. You can search for them and enter your time. Everything is just an estimate - many people eat only a portion to account for inaccuracies.
Thanks. MFP's estimate is pretty generous - 874 calories for an hour. I guess I could just half it or something.
Sounds good. Half it and see how it goes. If you're losing too fast then increase the number you use.0
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