Exercise Calorie Counter

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Basal Metabolic Rate

Did you know our bodies burn well over 1,000 calories every day just to keep us alive? Also known as basal metabolic rate, this energy consumption depends on many factors.
Find out your basal metabolic rate now.

Physical Fitness Test

If you are currently physically active and are wondering what your fitness level is, I invite you to take our physical fitness test.
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Calorie Burned During Exercise Calculator

Please use the counter below to find out how many calories you burn by performing various types of physical activity. All you have to do is to select the type of exercise, enter the number of minutes you performed it and your weight in lbs. The results will be displayed in the box below the counter when you click on the "Calculate" button.

Exercise	BackpackingBasketball, non-competitiveBasketball, competitiveBicycling, 10 mph. easy paceBicycling, 13 mph, modr paceBicycling, 15 mph, vigor. paceBicycling, 17-18 mph, fastBicycling, 20+ mph, not draftingBowlingBoxing, sparingCanoeing, rowing, kyackingClimbing hillsConditioning exercisesDancing, aerobicDancing, aerobic vigorousDancing, social, activeFootball, competitiveFootball, touchGolf, walking pulling cartGymnasticsHandballHikingIce skatingIce skating racingJudo, vigorous, continuosMountain climbingRope jumping, 60-80 skips/minRope jumping, 60-80 skips/minRope skipping, 120+ skips/minRowing, stationary, modr. harRunning, 10 min/mileRunning, 9 min/mileRunning, 8 min/mileRunning 7 min/mileRunning, 6 min/mileShoveling snowSkatingSkiing downhillSkiing x-c modr. paceSkiing x-c, 7 mphSkiing x-c, 8+ mphSkiing x-c, racing maximumSnowshoeingStair climbingSwimming, easySwimming laps, 50 yds/minSwimming laps, fast 75 yds/minTable tennisTennisVolleyballWalking, 24 min/mileWalking, 20 min/mileWalking, 17 min/mileWalking, 15 min/mileWalking, 13:20 min/mileWalking 12 min/mileWater poloWeight lifting, moderate workoutWeight lifting hard workoutYard work, raking, mowing
Duration:	minutes
Weight:	lbs.

Didn't Find Your Exercise?

No problem. Try our extended activity calories burned counter. It allows you to find out how many calories you burn while performing over 600 types of physical activity.

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How Did You Calculate Calories Burned by Exercise?

As you can see from the form above, the formula for calculating calories burned during exercise takes into account several factors:

• the type of exercise performed
• the total duration you performed the exercise in question
• your body weight

In addition, the formula takes into account the so-called METs (metabolic equivalents), which are an expression of how intense each type of exercise is.

If you are curious, the actual formula looks like this:

Calories burned by exercise = ((METs * 3.5 * weight in kg) / 200) * duration in minutes.

How Many Calories Can I Burn Through Exercise?

Most people overestimate how many calories they can burn by exercise. You may have heard people saying "I will take the stairs to burn the calories from those brownies..."

In fact, burning calories by physical activity is not an easy task. We have been designed to be extremely efficient at burning calories. Think of this example: Comparing energy used per passenger-mile (calories), a bicycle needs only 35 calories, whereas a car expends a whopping 1,860 calories. (see World's Most Energy Efficient Vehicle? A Bicycle for more details).

If you have tried our exercise calorie counter above, you are probably feeling some dissappointment over the incredible efficiency of the human machine. But before you give up exercise as a means of burning calories, read the following section.

Benefits of Regular Exercise

• Regular physical activity increases aerobic capacity, maximizing the ability of muscles to extract and use oxygen from blood. This beneficial effect is true even for persons with heart disease, in whom exercise can decrease the oxygen demand of the heart muscle.
• Exercise improves blood cholesterol levels. Aerobic exercise is one of the few things that can increase the HDL-cholesterol levels in blood. A regular exercise has been found in numerous studies to enhance the beneficial effects of a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet.
• Exercise is a central component of any sullied, long-term weight maintenance program. While burning calories by exercise is difficult, as you have already seen, physical activity is the secret of avoiding regaining the weight lost by dieting.
• Aerobic exercise has the ability to increase insulin sensitivity, thereby reducing the riskof diabetes and, in diabetics, decreasing the need of medication. In fact, many type 2 diabetics could get off anti-diabetic medications if they would exercise enough on a regular basis.
• Recent studies indicate physical activity is important in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, colon cancer, and numerous under diseases. In the elderly, resistance training improves flexibility and quality of life.

How Can I Measure the Distance I Walk/Run?

I recently came accorss an excellent site that combines Google's excellent mapping application in a fashion that allows you to record distances traveled during a running or walking workout. I highly recommend it - it's called Gmaps Pedometer.

If you have any suggestions for future improvements or additions to this free exercise calorie counter, please email them to me at admin@drgily.com.

Dr Gily

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