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How can you calculate the calories burnt for an exercise?
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There are many...: Calculators that take your heart rate, your body weight, and physical activity to calculate caloric burn. Usually these are high end heart rate monitors.
Answered 5/27/2013
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Several calculators: There are several calculators that help you with the calories burned. See one below: http://www.Shapesense.Com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.Aspx most heart rate monitors give you a better evaluation of calories burned as they calculate the sum of the instantaneous calories burned over the exercise period from your weight, age etc.
Answered 12/9/2013
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