not your normal exercise calories question

shipleyak

OK so I went canoeing yesterday. The batabase estimated 1700 calories were burned doing that. I don't get how I burned that much my heart rate never seriously increased but I was starving afterwards. Any ideas if this estimate is right or is it off if my HR stayed low?

FunkBunny

I guess it would have to depend on how har dyou were canoeing, were you paddleing a lot or just floating down the river? You can expend energy without really increasing your HR a lot...imagine if you were walkinga t aslow pace for hours...you'd still burn calories regardless of if your heart really got pounding or not.
It could be a bit high, but I wouldnt be suprised if it was close. if you're worried about it, only eat back half of the calories it says you burned, then you'll be on the safer side.

❤B☩❤

Totally off topic:

Are you REALLY 31? You SERIOUSLY look about 17!!

I kayak a lot and I find that even tho I don't stress or get my heart rate up there, I am still paddling enough to get my 200+ pound body around the lake/pond as well as the weight of my 14' kayak. So, I would figure it's pretty close, but like Funk4Life mentioned, just eat back about 1/2 your exercise calories back.

:bigsmile:

jj718

According to another calorie counter I have, for 30 minutes of rowing in a canoe for pleasure you burn about 156 calories. It's going off a generalization of age, weight, etc, but it might give you an idea of what you might have burned!

TrainingWithTonya

My list of METs for canoeing lists several different levels, so it could be very accurate or it could be really off. It reads the following:

Light Effort (2.0 to 3.9 mph) = 3 calories per kilogram of bodyweight per hour
Moderate Effort (4.0 to 5.9 mph) = 7 calories per kilogram of bodyweight per hour
Vigorous Effort (>6 mph) = 12 calories per kilogram of bodyweight per hour
For Pleasure (no speed listed) = 3.5 calories per kilogram of bodyweight per hour
In Competition = 12 calories per kilogram of bodyweight per hour

So, to figure your calorie burn you'd have to figure your weight in kilograms and pick which classification you think you did. I can't see your stats so I'm going to estimate with a standard 70 kg, which is 154 pounds. If you want to find your weight in kg from pounds, just divide the pounds by 2.2 to get kg. So, with a light effort, it would be 70 kg x 3METs = 210 calories per hour, x the 3 hours you did would be 630 calories. If you were to pick a moderate effort, which is what you have it listed as then it would be 70kg x 7METs = 490 calories per hour x 3 hours = 1470. If you had picked Vigorous effort, then it would be 70kg x 12METs = 840 calories per hour x 3 hours = 2520 calories. Obviously, those will change based on your weight, so plug in your numbers. But that should show how the numbers can change based on effort and give you a way of figuring it.

shipleyak

Thank you all for your advice My body is feeling it so I must have worked harder then I thought. We only did 6 miles but I was rowing the whole time. Guess I won't worry to much about it. Ohh and yes I am really 31. I get that alot.