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Translating HR to Cals Burned

Trafty024
Trafty024 Posts: 57 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi - I got a new HR Monitor and am trying to figure out how to calculate calories burned by using it. It has a chest band so I can constantly monitor my HR or a 'touch' option if I just want to check it once and a while.

How do you guys use your HR monitors? How do you then take the info to determine how many calories you burned? To start, I'll be using it when I can get to the gym to do the elliptical or treadmill. I know they have HR Monitors built into them but don't trust them as much. When it gets nicer out, I'll use it with my bike and walks/jogs outside.

Thanks!

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  • Jared7
    Jared7 Posts: 1 Member
    This was on the Livestrong website:

    Compute the calories burned if you're male.
    You can accomplish this with the following equation: calories burned = (0.2017 x age in years + 0.09036 x weight in pounds + 0.6309 x average heart rate - 55.0969) x elapsed time / 4.184.

    Calculate the calories burned if you're female.
    This is given by the equation calories burned = (0.074 x age in years - 0.05741 x weight in pounds + 0.4472 x average heart rate - 20.4022) x time elapsed / 4.184.

    For an example calculation, a 43-year-old female weighing 143 pounds exercised for 45 minutes with an average heart rate during the session of 141 bpm: (0.074 x 43 - 0.05741 x 143 + 0.4472 x 141 - 20.4022) x 45 / 4.184 = 405 calories during your exercise session.

    Thanks,
  • DanL66712
    DanL66712 Posts: 135
    Simple and easy to remember then!
  • Trafty024
    Trafty024 Posts: 57 Member
    Cool, thanks!!
  • luv2ash
    luv2ash Posts: 1,903 Member
    Most HRM, especially one with a chest strap, should have the feature built into it, where you just push a button and it tells you how many calories you burned.
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