Most accurate calories burned for cycling

[DBordello]

I would like to determine the best way to get an accurate calories burned count for cycling. I have the following information at my disposal:

• Manual entry (time and distance)
• Charge HR workout
• MapMyRun

Manual entry does not appear to use the HR information. I can create an identical entry, at different times of the day, and it will show the same calories burned.

Charge HR workout thinks that it is a walking activity, and logs steps and distance. However, it is safe to assume it utilizes the HR information for the calories burned.

MapMyRun doesn't appear to have the ability to add the activity to fitbit. It also does not appear to have access to the HR information.

Thoughts? I am think just using the Charge HR workout is the way to go. It must be using the HR information to calculate calories. The fictious steps don't bother me, since I would consider it active time anyways.

[Heybales]

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@DBordello wrote:

I would like to determine the best way to get an accurate calories burned count for cycling. I have the following information at my disposal:

• Manual entry (time and distance)
• Charge HR workout
• MapMyRun

Manual entry does not appear to use the HR information. I can create an identical entry, at different times of the day, and it will show the same calories burned.

Charge HR workout thinks that it is a walking activity, and logs steps and distance. However, it is safe to assume it utilizes the HR information for the calories burned.

MapMyRun doesn't appear to have the ability to add the activity to fitbit. It also does not appear to have access to the HR information.

Thoughts? I am think just using the Charge HR workout is the way to go. It must be using the HR information to calculate calories. The fictious steps don't bother me, since I would consider it active time anyways.

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HR-based calorie burn.

Start your activity - that way calorie burn is based on per second HR polling.

Confirm it really is reading as high as HR is really going, like when decently intense, take your 6 sec pulse and confirm it's close.

Use MMRide to get the distance, and add that to the notes on the Activity Record that was created. For later review. Nice to see better pace done with same avgHR down the road - confirms improvements.

Confirm the whole workout burn is close to another calc. Don't have to do this each time, just once as accurate as can be to confirm ballpark.

http://www.bikecalculator.com/