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Net vs Gross Calories Burned

kiesha22001
kiesha22001 Posts: 70 Member
edited January 23 in Fitness and Exercise
With gross calories being what you burned in the activity + your standard expandature (BMR rate) during the exercise period and net calories being just the calories burned in the activity (not including your BMR rate during that period), I was wondering what people generally tracked and what should be tracked.

Ideas/comments?

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  • katieuk
    katieuk Posts: 304 Member
    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx

    I use this website and using the information from my HRM I find out my gross kcal burn and then follow the link to calculate my net burn - I then log the net!!
  • JoanB5
    JoanB5 Posts: 610 Member
    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx

    I use this website and using the information from my HRM I find out my gross kcal burn and then follow the link to calculate my net burn - I then log the net!!

    ^ THIS I use for exercise eqpmt and HR monitors.

    Just using MFP? It does estimates this calculation for you when you just enter activity and time.
  • kiesha22001
    kiesha22001 Posts: 70 Member
    Thanks for the replies. This is how I currently log my exercise (using heart rate and using that exact website you posted to get the net). I wanted to confirm that this is the way I should be doing it.

    Thanks again!
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Gross.

    It's all just an estimate, and most people aren't exercising long enough for the difference between net and gross to be a big enough concern. It's one of those finer details that isn't irrelevant, but isn't worth most people worrying about giving bigger goals like total cals, macros, workout intensity, etc.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Gross.

    It's all just an estimate, and most people aren't exercising long enough for the difference between net and gross to be a big enough concern. It's one of those finer details that isn't irrelevant, but isn't worth most people worrying about giving bigger goals like total cals, macros, workout intensity, etc.

    ^^ this
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