Hearth Rate Monitors and calories

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piamaria85
piamaria85 Posts: 7
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi my HRM doesn't tell me my calories burned, is there some formula to work this out myself based on my HR and weight or something?


Thanks

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  • consford
    consford Posts: 2
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    Try this tool, it is fancy but will give you a general idea.

    http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm
  • ErrataCorrige
    ErrataCorrige Posts: 649 Member
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    That one is great but I suggest entering a VO2Max of 35 ( a reasonable level for most people who are not athletes). If you leave it blank it overestimates calories burned a little.

    Entering a VO2Max of 35 for me gave me the exact calorie burn that my HRM says I burned.
  • piamaria85
    piamaria85 Posts: 7
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    Thank you both I just logged my 20 min walk on there from earlier and it said i would have burned 125 calories, whereas MFP would give me 90 calories for 20 mins 3mph walking.

    Have bookmarked it, i can see me using it a fair bit!

    (oops @ title typo)

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