Car Driving Calories

drewboy30

Hi - I have posted this in the general forum as well .. but wondered if you could answer the question .. I noticed that there is listed in the exercise programs an entry for driving a car. The results i get from that are hard to believe so can someone tell me how that is calculating calories so i can actually believe what it is telling me ???

StarkLark

I did a couple of searches and couldn't find any exercises related to driving a car, but I would have to assume that unless you power your car like Fred Flintstone your calorie burn when driving is pretty similar to your average burn while just being awake.

But I suppose you could attach resistance bands to your shift knob, disable power steering, and constantly roll the windows up and down... I think I just invented a new fad exercise program!

ron2e

I couldn't find them either, and I do so much driving I'd love to think I was losing weight while doing so but I suspect it is just making me fatter.............

rgrange

Who logs "driving" as an exercise? Why not "sitting" or "sleeping"? Some people will do anything to rationalize eating junk.

rduhlir

Well...honestly...if I were a race car driver I might put that as an activity...because the stress/intensity/heat/etc, could maybe label it an activity....I mean people knock Nascar and Indy but once you do a Nascar experience you realize how intense it is. But...the normal person putting driving a car as an activity....maybe if they are the Flinstones?

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I've seen it logged by friends. Personally I wouldn't log it. I've gone on some very long car trips, ate my normal calorie allowance, and I did not lose any more weight than usual. To me that means that it didn't burn any more calories than my normal routine would have done.

Cr01502

Hi there

I don't have an answer for you but just wanted to say keep up the good work. As we all know driving can be quite a work out and it's good to see people on here taking it seriously.

I personally use the gas and break pedal constantly this way I not only get a work out but the people in my car (and the people behind me) get one as well.

You rock!

:flowerforyou:

dovetail22uk

LOL - surely this is a joke! Aaah I miss the Flintstones. And "shift knob"? That sounds dirty ha ha

If I can't find "trampolining" then there's no way you should be able to find "driving a car".

KarenJanine

I've not seen this but unless they're racing drivers which does use a lot of mental energy then it seems rather negligible.

However, it may be fitbit users to give NEGATIVE calorie burns for time spent in the car - fitbit can pick up the movement of transport, particularly if a bumpy ride and will assign steps and therefore calories to the user accordingly. These extra calories can be removed by logging a car journey, overriding that time period and deleting any extra calories that may have been assigned.

Cr01502

I've not seen this but unless they're racing drivers which does use a lot of mental energy then it seems rather negligible.

However, it may be fitbit users to give NEGATIVE calorie burns for time spent in the car - fitbit can pick up the movement of transport, particularly if a bumpy ride and will assign steps and therefore calories to the user accordingly. These extra calories can be removed by logging a car journey, overriding that time period and deleting any extra calories that may have been assigned.

Interesting . . . so you mean like Jedi mind trick type stuff??

I'm very interested in how many calories that would burn as well.

IronSmasher

Obviously we're talking F1.

Why don't you just ask your nutritionist or training coach?

1ConcreteGirl

Hi there

I don't have an answer for you but just wanted to say keep up the good work. As we all know driving can be quite a work out and it's good to see people on here taking it seriously.

I personally use the gas and break pedal constantly this way I not only get a work out but the people in my car (and the people behind me) get one as well.

You rock!

:flowerforyou:

Wow, this is a great idea. I never thought of forcibly improving the health and fitness of drivers around me, but you are taking it up a notch, sir.

OP, I usually log driving if I go further than, say, five miles. Under five miles you don't create much of a deficit and I mean, you are probably driving to get fast food at that kind of a distance anyway, right?

proudandprejudiced

So why are all lorry drivers fat?

ron2e

So why are all lorry drivers fat?

That's an unfair generalisation, I know several lorry driver who are not fat, they're just big boned..............

IronSmasher

So why are all lorry drivers fat?

Same reason heavy plant drivers aren't all super fit.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/wbv/index.htm

c53204

I would never log driving as an 'activity'. However.... I do use a HRM and have experimented with it while driving. Heart rate is higher than sitting doing nothing - especially in busy/city traffic.

Is it significant enough to log as exercise. No. My resting heart rate is around 50bpm, during sedate movement around the house around 55-60. Driving in busy traffic it went up to 65-70. Sure, that will very depending how stressed people get while driving, but an exercise worthy of logging. Nope.

If you want to log your daily calorific burn, the FitBit is the way to go.

KANGOOJUMPS

NOW THIS IS FUNNY!< ARE YOU SERIOUS?????
HA HA HA HA!
what kind of car would we be driving????
I would love me the 2013 MASERATI GRANTURISMO CONVERTIBLE
IN RED!!!!!
OH BABY!!!!!!

darrensurrey

I'm sure it burns something as I often wish I'd bought a car with an automatic box when I'm coming back from the gym and stuck in traffic. :sad:

One of my old cars had a triple plate clutch which was like doing weighted lunges with the left foot. It was so stiff to push in, my sister had a go and couldn't push it down far enough to engage a gear. :bigsmile:

And my old TVR which didn't have PAS was like an obliques machine when I had to park it. :laugh:

KarenJanine

Perhaps its the road rage. All the stress that angry drivers seem to have must burn a few cals.

KarenJanine

I've not seen this but unless they're racing drivers which does use a lot of mental energy then it seems rather negligible.

However, it may be fitbit users to give NEGATIVE calorie burns for time spent in the car - fitbit can pick up the movement of transport, particularly if a bumpy ride and will assign steps and therefore calories to the user accordingly. These extra calories can be removed by logging a car journey, overriding that time period and deleting any extra calories that may have been assigned.

Interesting . . . so you mean like Jedi mind trick type stuff??

I'm very interested in how many calories that would burn as well.

Too late to edit but should have said physical and mental energy (due to the intense concentration etc - apparently an F1 driver burns around 1500 cals per race).

But anyway, I am intrigued by Jedi mind trick calorie burns. I image that would be pretty high. I'll have to practice my mind control skills while wearing my HRM and see what happens :happy:

rfsatar

Some uber-conscientious folks who have FitBits log driving as an activity so that it overwrites steps from bumps in the road.
I personally think my life is too short!
BUT - I am pretty sure I burnt a lot of calories today at the garage fretting about how much the car might cost me... !

perfekta

I did a couple of searches and couldn't find any exercises related to driving a car, but I would have to assume that unless you power your car like Fred Flintstone your calorie burn when driving is pretty similar to your average burn while just being awake.

But I suppose you could attach resistance bands to your shift knob, disable power steering, and constantly roll the windows up and down... I think I just invented a new fad exercise program!

haha, love it. I am going to quit washing my car during the winter & let the salt build up so I have this as an option!

darrensurrey

haha, love it. I am going to quit washing my car during the winter & let the salt build up so I have this as an option!

Attach ankle weights to your arms and it's like a cross training workout.

vim_n_vigor

I don't see an entry for driving a car, but I do see one for driving - as in playing golf.

AlongCame_Molly

But I suppose you could attach resistance bands to your shift knob, disable power steering, and constantly roll the windows up and down... I think I just invented a new fad exercise program!

Bahahahaaa, this made me laugh

_Elemenopee_

Hi - I have posted this in the general forum as well .. but wondered if you could answer the question .. I noticed that there is listed in the exercise programs an entry for driving a car. The results i get from that are hard to believe so can someone tell me how that is calculating calories so i can actually believe what it is telling me ???

For NASCAR and F1 driver....yes!

_crafty_

not sure if serious . . .

cominupmilhouse

I dunno about cars, but definitely riding a motorcycle all day, ESPECIALLY when it's cold out there, feels like a workout the next morning!!

gioisa75

Unless you are race car driver it does not count.

ApexLeader

this is obviously a joke

lizziebeth1028

umm yea. don't log that.