Figuring out calories burned

megstoo · August 2014

I'm doing bootcamp style workouts but how do you figure out the amount of calories you are burning? There's days where we are throwing tires across a parking lot, sometimes it's weights, sometimes it's sprints... It varies each day.

FiverLagomorph · August 2014

Start with these links and learn about METs.

Calculating Calories Burned From Physical Activity
http://www.mhhe.com/hper/physed/clw/webreview/web07/tsld007.htm

http://prevention.sph.sc.edu/tools/compendium.htm

https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/

Good PDF with lists of METs.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clc.4960130809/pdf

86_Ohms · August 2014

Also, look into buying a heart rate monitor that gives you a calorie use feature. It's not 100% accurate but in a decent tolerance and spits out a number to go off of.

I'm not a fan of the more accurate ones that require the band to strap onto your torso along with the watch but to each their own.

lilmiss_sunshine29 · August 2014

recommend heart rate monitor.
i personally think it's most accurate

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