Biking Uphill

angenz
angenz Posts: 51 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I don't have a HRM so looking for an alternative way to figure out my calorie burn.
I commute most days by cycling. On the way home I gain 160 meters in 3.35km, and it usually takes me 20 minutes, on average the gradient of the hill is 5.3% and I travel around 10km/hr.

I have looked online for a calculator that takes into account going uphill, but can't find one. Mapmyfitness puts my calories burn at 70 cals (I'm 58kg). Does this sound right? To me it feels a bit too low but I'm really not sure. :smile:

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  • chelso0o
    chelso0o Posts: 366 Member
    That sounds about right.... from what I'm reading you're traveling <4km at a pace of 10Km/hr so that's about 15 minutes of work right?
  • angenz
    angenz Posts: 51 Member
    Perhaps... but surely you would exert more energy cycling up hill compared with on the flat??? Even if traveling at the same speed.
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    Presumably you make up for it by having an easier ride on the downhill? I would just log the ride based on the relevant average speed bracket. I reackon it all evens itself out, over time :)
  • angenz
    angenz Posts: 51 Member
    Presumably you make up for it by having an easier ride on the downhill?

    Ummmm... I never thought about that, it's a good idea. But the timing would be wrong as I travel a different way down the hill than I do going back up the hill.
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    Hehehe, so you admit that you have a downhill section? :p
  • angenz
    angenz Posts: 51 Member
    :laugh: lol! Of course there is!

    But not on the way home.... that's all uphill. The downhill bit is going to work in the morning, I have a slight rise to get out of my street and then it's all down!!! Mostly freestyle, apart setting off from junctions and lights. I think I'll just have to get a HRM to fully understand how much energy I am using.
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