Calorie Burn per hour Calculation
09-19-06 | 08:20 AM
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Calorie Burn per hour Calculation
For all you science and math wizzards out there, given the following:
Rider Weight: 190lbs
Distance: 30km
Time: 1hr
Can you roughly calculate the calories burned in the hour?
Further to the above, as you increase your time in the saddle do you begin to burn more or less calories per hour (say on a century ride) or does it roughly stay the same given the same average speed per hour? i.e. do you burn the same amount in hour 1 as in hour 4, all things being equal?
Thx
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Rider Weight: 190lbs
Distance: 30km
Time: 1hr
Can you roughly calculate the calories burned in the hour?
Further to the above, as you increase your time in the saddle do you begin to burn more or less calories per hour (say on a century ride) or does it roughly stay the same given the same average speed per hour? i.e. do you burn the same amount in hour 1 as in hour 4, all things being equal?
Thx
f
09-19-06 | 08:39 AM
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Calorie burning rate is a function of topography.
This link gives you a back-of-the-envelope approximation for calories burned.
https://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm
This link gives you a back-of-the-envelope approximation for calories burned.
https://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm
09-19-06 | 08:59 AM
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flat terrain, no wind, road bike on the top, 667 calories. do it in the drops and it drops to 499 calories.
