Old 07-02-18 | 01:48 PM
  #8  
Spartan420
Member
 
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: Alabama

Bikes: CAAD Optimo

Originally Posted by DrIsotope
Active HR has essentially nothing to do with work done-- so average heart rate and power output (and therefore calorie burn) are not measurably related. HR is determined by a laundry list of factors. PM measured power is torque * RPM. I can make 200W with my HR in the 130s one day, and it might be in the 150s the next. The weather has a significant impact on HR. Power is power.

The OP is gonna have to do a lot of work to burn the same amount of fuel I do just toddling around. I'm 50% bigger, probably make (on average) about 50% more power, and therefore burn about 50% more calories in the same time period. I dunno if it's worth the trade.
So 600kj of work is 600kj of work regardless of HR or cadence and therefore calories burned are somewhat the same?
Spartan420 is offline  
Reply