Is there an online exercise calculator you recommend?

writemusic4him
writemusic4him Posts: 312 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am finding MFP has limited entries for working out. For instance I walk on the treadmill at 3.5mph but there is only 3.0 or 4.0 options. What if I added an incline? There is only one stationary bike. I am at level 7 but started at level 1. Surely I am burning more calories now. And what if I did intervals? For the treadmill I just say i did 3.0 even if I did 3.5. But for the new year I would like to record exactly what it is that I am doing.

Is there a detailed exercise calculator anywhere that I can enter what level I did and for how long and it tell me how many calories I actually burned?

Thanks!

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Heart rate monitor is the only accurate way to get a real number.
  • jasonheyd
    jasonheyd Posts: 524 Member
    Try this: http://42.195km.net/e/treadsim/

    I think a HRM would be better for you, but that might work. :)
  • ejha77
    ejha77 Posts: 63
    Heart rate monitor is the only accurate way to get a real number.
    Agreed.
  • intend2
    intend2 Posts: 29
    I use my fitbit which seems to be pretty accurate - but does your treadmill have a calories burned number? You can always change the number when you add your exercise. There is this website: http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.php

    and there's an app for that too.

    :) Cheryl
  • nanainkent
    nanainkent Posts: 350 Member
    bump
  • keith0373
    keith0373 Posts: 2,154 Member
    THis one is pretty good.

    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    When I'm on a machine, I enter my weight and allow it to calculate the calories for me. However, tons of people have told me that the machines grossly overestimate what you burn. I use 2/3 of the calories that it tells me. If I'm on the arc trainer for an hour, it tells me I've burned around 1000 calories. I mark it as about 600. If I go for a two hour hike in the woods, I have no machine, so I use MFP, but again, it tells me I burned 1200, and I only record 800. I don't know how great my math is with reality, but for now, it's what I go with because I'm not yet willing to invest in a HRM. And, I've heard that HRM are not all that accurate either, especially with weight training.
  • Tabithagulett
    Tabithagulett Posts: 15
    I use sports tracker... It goes from stationary workouts to outside work out.. I love it...It calculates your cals mins speed ect. and they have an app for the smart phones too.
  • nanainkent
    nanainkent Posts: 350 Member
    you can use your HR and get the calories burned no matter what level or machine you are using

    http://www.calories-calculator.net/Calories_Burned_By_Heart_Rate.html

    :smokin:

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