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  • Thank you everyone for your valuable input. So the bottom line is that calories as in counted via an app and HRM is fairly inaccurate information at best as it relates to real calories based purely on work. My MFP app is linked to my iCardio app and it imports the calories recorded based on my HRM data and their…
  • In the end, whether you're doing HIIT on the bike or steady-state, is there that much of a variant when it comes calories being burned and how they translate to net calories burned? Surely, you're still working either way and they may have a moderate difference, but in the end, you're still burning calories at a particular…
  • Just found this on the FitDigits (iCardio) website related to how they calculate calories burned: (BEST) Calorie Calculations Using Heart Rate – Fitdigits with Heart Rate With heart rate information, we can actually get very close to real, honest caloric burn numbers.The accurate calculation of calories burned by heart…
  • Thanks! I'm sure these are gross cals and not net. How are spinning and indoor cycling different? Is spinning simply considered much more of an interval-intensive exercise? What would you consider steady-state vs interval in terms of percentage of heart-rate variance?
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