Originally Posted by
wheelsmcgee
I regularly run or bike...typically 5 or 6 days a week, typically for between 1 hour to 1:20 each time I go out. For the most part, its in the morning, having not eaten since the previous night.
Shortly after I get done, I'm a ravenous pig...its so bad, I have to snack on something while I make my breakfast! According to all the calorie counters I've checked, I'm burning over 1k calories a workout. I'm not worried about it.
So ... you're riding a minimum speed of 50 km/hour during your 1-hour workout? Good job! Have you considered racing?
Or ... if you're not ...
Then, no. You're not burning 1000 cal/hour. Those calorie counters notoriously over-estimate the number of calories burned. Some quite significantly.
We burn approx. 100 cal for every 5 km we cover. If you ride 20 km/h, you burn 400 cal per hour. If you ride 25 km/h, you burn 500 cal per hour.
A slight variation to that might be if you spent the whole hour climbing. So if you went out and climbed for 1 hour and then cycled back down for the 20 min ... you might burn a little bit ore than 100 cal for every 5 km, on the way up.