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HeartRateBasedCalorieBurnCalculator
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Thisheartratebasedcalorieburncalculator(alsoknownasa
"heartratebasedcaloricexpenditurecalculator")providesan
estimateoftherateatwhichyouareburningcaloriesduring
aerobic(i.e.cardiorespiratory)exercise,basedonyour
averageheartratewhileperformingtheexercise.
Duringexerciseyourmusclesmustburncaloriestofueltheir
contractions.Theconversionofcaloriesfromtheirstored
nutrientstatetotheformthatcanbeburnedbyyourmuscle
cellsisachieved,duringaerobicexercise,throughtheprocess
ofcellularrespiration,whichrequiresoxygen,andthedelivery
ofoxygenthroughyourbloodstreamtoyouractivemusclecells
isdirectlyrelatedtoyourheartrate.Itisthisrelationshipthat
allowsyoutopredictyourenergyexpenditure(i.e.calorieburn)
fromyourheartrate.Essentially,withincreasedexercise
intensityyourmusclesmustburnmorecalories,andsoyourheartmustbeatfastertoprovidetheoxygen
necessarytoconvertthosecaloriestotheformofenergythatcanbeburnedbyyourmuscles.
HeartRateBasedCalorieBurnCalculator(forunknownVO2max)
Note:Usethiscalculatorifyoudon'tknowyourVO2max.IfyouknowyourVO2maxyoushoulduse
thecalculatorbelowthisone,asitisconsideredtobeslightlymoreaccurate.Ifyouwanttoestimate
yourVO2max,clickhere.
Gender

Male

Age 56
Weight 167
ActivityDuration 100

Pounds
minutes

00

seconds

AverageHeartRate 125
(inbeats/minute)
CalculateCalorieBurn

Ataheartrateof125bpm,or74%ofyourestimated
maximumheartrate(169bpm),yourcalorieburnisan
estimated719caloriesperhour.In100minutesand
0secondsyouwillburnapproximately1198calories.

Note:Thiscalculatorprovidesgrosscalorieburnestimates.Ifyouwantto
converttheestimatetonetcalorieburn,memorizethenumberandclickhere.If
youwanttolearnmoreaboutnetandgrosscalorieburn,readtheNetVersus
GrossCalorieBurnarticle.

HeartRateBasedCalorieBurnCalculator(forknownVO2max)
Note:UsethiscalculatoronlyifyouknowyourVO2max.IfyouwanttoestimateyourVO2max,click
here.
Gender

Female

Age
Weight
ActivityDuration
VO2max(inml/kg/min)
AverageHeartRate

Pounds
minutes

seconds

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VO2andVO2max

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ActivityBasedCalorieBurn
Calculator

TargetHeartRateCalculator

(inbeats/minute)

CalculateCalorieBurn

Note:Thiscalculatorprovidesgrosscalorieburnestimates.Ifyouwantto
converttheestimatetonetcalorieburn,memorizethenumberandclickhere.
Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutnetandgrosscalorieburn,readtheNet
VersusGrossCalorieBurnarticle.

Findouthowfityouarein20seconds!
TryourVO2maxCalculator.

Method
Thiscalculatorisbasedontheequations(shownbelow)derivedbyLRKeytel,JHGoedecke,TDNoakes,
HHiiloskorpi,RLaukkanen,LvanderMerwe,andEVLambertfortheirstudytitled"Predictionofenergy
expenditurefromheartratemonitoringduringsubmaximalexercise."
Theexperimentaldataonwhichthiscalculatorisbasedcoversanexerciseintensitylevelthatranges
frombetween41%to80%ofVO2max.Thecalculatorwillnotprovideanestimateofheartratebased
caloricexpenditurebelow41%ofVO2max(orroughly64%ofmaximumheartrateaccordingtotheSwain
etal.correlation)becausetherelationshipbetweenheartrateandcaloricexpenditureisnotconsideredto
bereliablebelowthetestdatalowerlimit.Thecalculatordoes,however,provideanestimateofheartrate
basedcaloricexpenditureabovethetestdataupperlimitof80%ofVO2max(orroughly89%ofmaximum
heartrateaccordingtotheSwainetal.correlation),uptoamaximumheartrateof200beatsperminute,
toenableuserswithaboveaveragemaximumheartrates,andthoseexercisingathighintensitylevels,to
makeuseofthecalculator.Usersshouldthereforenotethatanyestimationofcalorieburnabove80%of
VO2max(orroughly89%ofmaximumheartrate)isbasedonanextrapolation(i.e.anassumptionthat
thedatacorrelationholdsoutsidethelimitsofthegathereddatapoints)oftheexperimentaldatarather
thananinterpolation.
Toensurethatyouareperformingacalorieburnestimateabovethelowerintensitylimitof41%of
VO2maxpermittedbythiscalculator,acorrelationbetweenheartrateandVO2maxisusedwithinthe
calculatortoconverttheheartrateinputfromuserstoapercentageofVO2max.Adeterminationof
maximumheartrateisperformedbasedontheformuladefinedbyHTanaka,KDMonhan,andDGSeals
intheirstudytitled"Agepredictedmaximalheartraterevisited"and,subsequently,aconversionfrom
percentageofmaximumheartratetopercentageofVO2maxisperformedaccordingtoalinear
regressionformula(shownbelow)derivedbyShapeSense.comfromexperimentaldatagatheredbyDP
Swain,KSAbernathy,CSSmith,SJLee,andSABunnfortheirstudytitled"Targetheartratesforthe
developmentofcardiorespiratoryfitness."

Equations
EquationsforDeterminationofCalorieBurnifVO2maxisUnknown
Male:((55.0969+(0.6309xHR)+(0.1988xW)+(0.2017xA))/4.184)x60xT
Female:((20.4022+(0.4472xHR)(0.1263xW)+(0.074xA))/4.184)x60xT
where
HR=Heartrate(inbeats/minute)
W=Weight(inkilograms)
A=Age(inyears)
T=Exercisedurationtime(inhours)

EquationsforDeterminationofCalorieBurnifVO2maxisKnown
Male:((95.7735+(0.634xHR)+(0.404xVO2max)+(0.394xW)+(0.271xA))/4.184)x60xT
Female:((59.3954+(0.45xHR)+(0.380xVO2max)+(0.103xW)+(0.274xA))/4.184)x60xT
where
HR=Heartrate(inbeats/minute)
VO2max=Maximaloxygenconsumption(inmLkg1min1)
W=Weight(inkilograms)
A=Age(inyears)
T=Exercisedurationtime(inhours)

EquationforDeterminationofMaximumHeartRateBasedonAge
MaximumHeartRate(beats/minute)=208(0.7xAge)

EquationforExerciseIntensityConversionfrom%MHRto%VO2max
%VO2max=1.5472x%MHR57.53
where

%MHR=Percentageofmaximumheartrate
%VO2max=PercentageofVO2max

KeytelLR,GoedeckeJH,NoakesTD,HiiloskorpiH,LaukkanenR,vanderMerweL,LambertEV.Predictionofenergyexpenditurefrom
heartratemonitoringduringsubmaximalexercise.JSportsSci.2005Mar23(3):28997.

SwainDP,AbernathyKS,SmithCS,LeeSJ,BunnSA.Targetheartratesforthedevelopmentofcardiorespiratoryfitness.MedSci
SportsExerc.January1994.26(1):112116.

Tanaka,H.,Monhan,K.D.,Seals,D.G.,Agepredictedmaximalheartraterevisited.AmCollCardiol200137:153156.

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