Stationary bike: need help with effort level and calories!

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Volauvent
Volauvent Posts: 8
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Hi! :) I need a bit of help to figure out (and log on here) how many kcal I burn during my workouts. So, in the morning I use a stationary bike for 45 minutes. I am unsure as to what intensity I should pick to log the calories on MFP. The bike says I burn about 610 kcal but even though I push myself pretty hard, they sound quite a lot! My average speed is - according to the bike - about 29 km/h, which should correspond to 18 mph, and I ride 21-22 km on avg per workout. Is it vigorous effort? 45 minutes of "Stationary bike, vigorous effort (bicycling, cycling, biking)" = 512 kcal. Does it sound reasonable?

Thanks!

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  • horrorlady
    horrorlady Posts: 12 Member
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    thats about what my bike says and it matches about the same as what it says on here for vigirous so im assuming they are about accurate!
    sounded like a lot for me too as i do about 55 min and it says almost 800 calories burned and again that about matches what is listed here so i choose the lowest and log it in! :smile:

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