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Advanced Calorie Estimation

Runner's Log for Windows and Cyclist's Log for Windows can also use a more advanced method of estimating calories for certain activities.  These formulas also take into account your speed (pace) as a measure of your effort level.  The three activities that can use the advanced calorie estimation method are:

For an example of how the advanced estimation coefficients effect the result, imagine you make an entry for running with the following data:

Using the advanced estimation coefficient above, the program would calculate calories as:

Pace = 5 miles / 42 minutes = 11.5 km/hour
M = 0.01713324 * (11.5 km/hour) = 0.197 calories / minute / kg
Calories = M * kg * minutes = 0.197 * 42 * 68.04 = 563 calories 

Note that this is about the same number of calories that you would get with the simpler estimation, using a fixed M value:

M(running) = 0.2 calories / minute / kg 
Calories = 0.2 * 42 * 68.04 = 572 calories

All versions of Runner's Log and Cyclist's Log allow you to modify the calorie coefficients used for each activity.  So - What coefficients should you use for each type of activity? Read on! 

Next... Coefficients for various activities

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Last modified: April 06, 2003