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Calories burned by heart rate calculator

Use the average heart rate from your watch or chest strap for the whole workout. Works best for steady exercise with heart rate between about 90 and 150.

Your answer

Calories burned597 kcal
Per minute13.3 kcal

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How we worked it out

Updated as you change the numbers.

  1. kcal/min = (−55.0969 + 0.6309 × HR + 0.1988 × kg + 0.2017 × age) ÷ 4.184.
  2. × 45 minutes.

Method and assumptions

Keytel and colleagues fitted these equations to measured energy use during exercise. They estimate total calories during the activity, not the extra over resting.

Questions

How many calories does a 30-year-old 180 lb man burn in 45 minutes at 140 bpm?

About 597 calories.

Sources

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