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Calories Burnt Biking
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 2009-08-03 3:37 PM |
Member  167   Bloomington |  Subject: Calories Burnt BikingI'm currently in the peak of my training plan, getting ready for my first oly. I'm also a 187 pound, 5'10 32 year old male that previously weighed 380ish and has about 16% bf according to my tanita scale. So, is there any way to more accurately measure calories burnt during biking? Anyone have any advice on figuring out how to adjust your diet to your training? |
| 2009-08-03 4:23 PM in reply to: #2324951 |
Expert 684 Portland, Oregon | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking Garmin grossly overestimates biking calories burned. It seems closer on the run, but I use 100-125 cals / mile for that... Your mileage varies, but from what i've read the most accurate way of determining calories burned on bike is to use a power meter, but those are $$$. I generally use one of the following: 25-30 calories / mile for low effort rides & commuting 500 cals per hour for moderate effort rides 600 cals per hour for intense effort rides Try starting at 500 cals per hour and see where that takes you with your weight loss. You can also search through the forums for 'calories burned biking' and find some other formulas that people use. Oh yah, and a lot of people do base + 1/2 calories burned, so for you 1500 + 1/2 cals burned. On heavy weeks sometimes this doesn't cut it for me hunger-wise, so i'll up it to 3/4 of cals burned. Edited by kirih 2009-08-03 4:28 PM |
| 2009-08-03 4:24 PM in reply to: #2324951 |
Extreme Veteran 608 Iceland | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking The Garmin is completely wrong when it comes to biking. I have been wearing a Bodybugg (which measures calories burned) and have found out that biking calories is pretty much overestimated by everything especially by the Garmin. Running calories fit 99% according to my Bodybug though. I am the same weight as you and my bike burn is about 400 calories an hour when going ~ 15mph up to 500 calories an hour for 18-19mph. Dividing my Garmin numbers for biking by 3 has been fitting pretty goodly and I have been constantly loosing weight. Eating 3000 calories seems a lot. I did not even eat that during my peak weeks of HIM Training which were 14-16 hours of training. I was at about 2400-2500 avg for those weeks and lost 2lbs each week.
Edited by Joblin 2009-08-03 4:26 PM |
| 2009-08-03 4:47 PM in reply to: #2325075 |
Champion 7233  | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking 3000 a day for someone training that much is not a ton a cal. when my training is at 15 hours a week, i am sitting on 3000ish a day and not changing weight, and i am around 150-155. |
| 2009-08-03 5:01 PM in reply to: #2325133 |
Extreme Veteran 608 Iceland | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking newbz - 2009-08-03 9:47 PM 3000 a day for someone training that much is not a ton a cal. when my training is at 15 hours a week, i am sitting on 3000ish a day and not changing weight, and i am around 150-155. But according to his logs he is not training 15 hours a week! For July it is like 6-8 hours a week.... Edited by Joblin 2009-08-03 5:02 PM |
| 2009-08-04 1:25 AM in reply to: #2324951 |
Master 1915 Hamilton, Victoria | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking I have estimated, from a bit of trial and error and some heart rate monitor stats that I burn around 15 calories per mnute when riding at around 18mph average. That would give around 900 cals per hour for a solid hit out. Try plugging in some numbers based on that. BTW I am 5'10" (ish) at 278lbs. |
| 2009-08-04 7:20 AM in reply to: #2324951 |
| New user 476 | Subject: RE: Calories Burnt Biking I have found that almost every calorie spent calculator grossly overestimates the number of calories burnt while riding a bike. |
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