How do I calculate clories burned with just my heart rate?

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nickybr38
nickybr38 Posts: 674 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Is it possible to accurately calculate how many calories I burned just using my heart rate? I could only afford a HRM that shows BPM not calories burned but now I'm curious to know if there's a way to use my heart rate to determine calorie burnage!

I looked online but I couldn't find anything helpful. :frown:

Anybody know anything about this?

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  • nickybr38
    nickybr38 Posts: 674 Member
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    Is it possible to accurately calculate how many calories I burned just using my heart rate? I could only afford a HRM that shows BPM not calories burned but now I'm curious to know if there's a way to use my heart rate to determine calorie burnage!

    I looked online but I couldn't find anything helpful. :frown:

    Anybody know anything about this?
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    Nope...caloric burn is based on oxygen consumption, so I'd have to know your VO2 for that. You can estimate it using METs if you keep track of those on your machine though. The accuracy won't be very high but that's where monitoring your progress comes in to determine whether you're over/undereating.

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