Calculating calories burned from different exercises

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Aspinall said:

Hi
I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of calories
burned from a particular exercise.
I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details (??)

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Paul Aspinall said:

Hi
I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of calories
burned from a particular exercise.
I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details (??)

Does anything like this exist??

If there were a list of exercises, and the calories for each exercise,
that would be very useful

Any help appreciated

Thanks

If you are referring to weight training, such 'calorie charts' would be
idiotic (no offence intended). There are too many factors to consider, e.g.
weight of the person, weight of the machine, the way in which an exercise
is carried out, the weight resistance, the person's effort which is
practically put in, metabolism, etc.

Oh, and by the way, these 'burned calories' counters on cardio-vascular
equipment -- that's bull too. But people like it. Nothing else to do...

Do the exercise without worrying about the arithmetic. There are plenty of
more pleasant things to ponder as you go.

Roy

--
Roy Schestowitz
http://schestowitz.com

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
:: Paul Aspinall wrote:
::
::: Hi
::: I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of
::: calories burned from a particular exercise.
::: I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details
::: (??)
:::
::: Does anything like this exist??
:::
::: If there were a list of exercises, and the calories for each
::: exercise, that would be very useful
:::
::: Any help appreciated
:::
::: Thanks
::
:: If you are referring to weight training, such 'calorie charts' would
:: be idiotic (no offence intended). There are too many factors to
:: consider, e.g. weight of the person, weight of the machine, the way
:: in which an exercise is carried out, the weight resistance, the
:: person's effort which is practically put in, metabolism, etc.
::
:: Oh, and by the way, these 'burned calories' counters on
:: cardio-vascular equipment -- that's bull too. But people like it.
:: Nothing else to do...
::
:: Do the exercise without worrying about the arithmetic. There are
:: plenty of more pleasant things to ponder as you go.

I disagree with you, slightly. While the number are basically junk, they are
still useful for comparative reasons. If you know about what you're eating
and about how much energy you expend via exercise, then you have a basis for
increasing either to get more results. For example, if you're eating X
calories per day and doing Y minutes of exercise whatever at the gym, and
are not seeing results, then you can decide to either eat less than X
calories or do more than Y minutes of exercise, or both, until the scales
change.

So, while the numbers themselves, both for calories eaten and energy
expended, aren't necessarily accurate, then can be very useful for achieving
weight loss over time, if used correctly.

As someone else said already, fitday.com is a place to start.

::
:: Roy
::
:: --
:: Roy Schestowitz
:: http://schestowitz.com

Paul Aspinall said:

Hi
I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of

calories

Quoted message said:

burned from a particular exercise.
I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details

(??)

Quoted message said:

Does anything like this exist??

If there were a list of exercises, and the calories for each

exercise, that

Quoted message said:

would be very useful

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Various training equipment such as rowing ergs, stationary bikes and
treadmills can calculate energy expended by modeling the physics of the
device quite accurately. The unit of measure of energy input by the
user can be expressed in kCals, watts, joules, etc. This expressed
value is not what the actual user is expending for the total effort
where the erg input is a majority of the work performed since many body
motions such as breathing will not be included in the erg's
calculations.

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

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Quoted message said:

Hi
I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of calories
burned from a particular exercise.
I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details (??)

Does anything like this exist??

If there were a list of exercises, and the calories for each exercise,
that would be very useful

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Burning calories from weight lifting cannot be calculated
because you continue to burn calories for 2 days after
the workout.

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Quoted message said:

Hi
I am trying to find a formula which will indicate the number of calories
burned from a particular exercise.
I presume that this may factor in bodyweight and other such details (??)

Does anything like this exist??

If there were a list of exercises, and the calories for each exercise,

that

Quoted message said:

would be very useful

Any help appreciated

Thanks