Originally Posted by
mpgolfpro
Anybody know how they go about estimating the calories burned on Strava? Not sure how they would know this without heart rate numbers. I wear a HR monitor and it always tells me I burned way more calories than what Strava tells me.
They estimate the power, which has a direct correlation to calories burned. As the OP states, the question is: how accurate are the power numbers? I'd say they're certainly not exact, but at least in the ballpark, as long as they have correct elevation data.