Translating HR to Cals Burned

Trafty024

Hi - I got a new HR Monitor and am trying to figure out how to calculate calories burned by using it. It has a chest band so I can constantly monitor my HR or a 'touch' option if I just want to check it once and a while.

How do you guys use your HR monitors? How do you then take the info to determine how many calories you burned? To start, I'll be using it when I can get to the gym to do the elliptical or treadmill. I know they have HR Monitors built into them but don't trust them as much. When it gets nicer out, I'll use it with my bike and walks/jogs outside.

Thanks!

Jared7

This was on the Livestrong website:

Compute the calories burned if you're male.
You can accomplish this with the following equation: calories burned = (0.2017 x age in years + 0.09036 x weight in pounds + 0.6309 x average heart rate - 55.0969) x elapsed time / 4.184.

Calculate the calories burned if you're female.
This is given by the equation calories burned = (0.074 x age in years - 0.05741 x weight in pounds + 0.4472 x average heart rate - 20.4022) x time elapsed / 4.184.

For an example calculation, a 43-year-old female weighing 143 pounds exercised for 45 minutes with an average heart rate during the session of 141 bpm: (0.074 x 43 - 0.05741 x 143 + 0.4472 x 141 - 20.4022) x 45 / 4.184 = 405 calories during your exercise session.

Thanks,

DanL66712

Simple and easy to remember then!

Trafty024

Cool, thanks!!

luv2ash

Most HRM, especially one with a chest strap, should have the feature built into it, where you just push a button and it tells you how many calories you burned.