wilmar13 said:
Well if this is true, pretty much puts a nail in the coffin of those that claim you can burn more calories running vs. cycling. I would have assumed it was equal for a give effort of the same magnitude (i.e. same HR, or Power output).
I've discussed this with Michael Smartt of RST before and he says that the average person
can in fact do more work in a given hour of running than cycling. Of course, that's provided they can run/jogg for the prescribed length of time. Like you, I can ride for hours but I'd be doing really farging good to run for 15 minutes without collapsing. Besides, my knees aren't accustomed to the strain so even though I am "fit" enough aerobically, my body wouldn't cooperate. The term
flounder comes to mind.
I used 2.9 for 20mph and 3 for 18mph.See chart below
Yeah that is kinda what I meant, I am in the same boat. Perhaps if I started training to run instead of running when it is cold/raining or just short on time I would be much more efficient at running and would burn the same calories at a 7min/mile run vs. 20mph ride but I would need to be MUCH better at running to get there.
Honeslty, I'd just stick with cycling unless you are interested in duathlons or have some orthopedic reason to do so. I'm having trouble with my right knee so I'm probably going to lay off the cycling for a while this Winter and substitue stair climber or something. I'm also going to get back into the gym and do more weight training just for a change of pace.
Here's the actual table:
Cycling Speed........Calories per Hour........Conversion Divider
10.............................26.............................4.2
15.............................31.............................3.5
20.............................38.............................2.9
25.............................47.............................2.3
30.............................59.............................1.9
I don't remember what value the Calories Per Hour defines. Unfortunately, I didn't write it down when I copied the rest of the table. I was working on a spreadsheet to estimate values such as 16, 17, 18 & 19 MPH and didn't finish it before they pulled the dern web pages from CTS' site so I don't know what in the heck Calories Per Hour represents.