A 43-year-old member asked:
How can you calculate the calories burnt for an exercise?
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Dr. Thomas Nameyanswered
Rheumatology 50 years experience
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.
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Dr. Rajiva Goyalanswered
Cardiac Electrophysiology 36 years experience
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.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
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Last updated Dec 9, 2013
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