exercise calories on MFP

j99li

I dont have an HRM and I dont have the money for it. Does the calorie counter under exercises take into consideration my height and weight when it gives me a number for my exercise? I did 40 min for "No more trouble zones" today as my exercise, and when I put in 40 min, it gave me 500 calories burned. It seems high but Im not sure how to verify.

I am 5'7" and I currently weight 206lbs

WifeMomDVM

Try circuit training instead....

realme56

Try this site, do manual Heart Rate checks. It is pretty close. Be sure to put in 35 vo2 like the poster states


http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/calculators/calories-burned-calculator-based-on-average-heart-rate/

Nerdy_Rose

I cross compare with other internet calorie calculators for various exercises, many of which take into account height, weight, etc. Then I average all the results and make a custom exercise.

j99li

Try circuit training instead....

I did log it as circuit training and it gave me approx 500 calories burned

cassondraragan

When I compared my HRM to the exercise database, the database is almost always way over...like 100 calories or more. I'm 5'6 200