Calories Burned Biking Calculator

How do ‘calories burned biking/cycling calculator’ works?

Using the calories burned biking calculator is very simple and easy

1. Enter your weight in lbs /kg
2. Enter the time in minutes in cycling.
3. Enter the distance in miles/ kilometers
4. If you don't know the distance leave it blank
5. Select the speed
6. Results of calories burned will be obtained.

How many calories burned biking over different periods of time?

It is obvious longer you are involved in biking the more calories you will be burning due to higher energy expenditure. We should remember that any physical activity must be started gradually as the body should get accustomed to it and later the pace has to be increased. The higher we involve ourselves in biking the more fat we are likely to burn.

So we can see that the higher the time involved in biking the more calories are expended by an individual

How does biking affect your weight loss?

Biking helps to burn calories and increase the heart rate and aids in weight loss. For people who cannot do exercise because of pressure on joints can do biking as that does not put pressure on your knees and will help in losing weight

How Can I Use the Calorie Calculator to Lose Weight?

It is evident from the calculator that the more we are involved in biking the more calories will be burned and it gives us a fair idea for the intake of food to be taken in a day. Many studies suggest that the lower the calorie intake the higher would be the weight loss.So once you start using this biking calculator you can estimate the number of calories required in a day

How does speed (mph/km) affect your calories burned?

The faster if a person is going the more likely he is to cover miles/kilometers in very less time.But if a person is doing group ride and the other person completes the same distance in slower time then its not necessarily means that you have burned more calories.So the quicker a person exercises the more calories he will burn.

How does incline (downhill / flat / uphill) impact your calorie burn

Downhill and flat surfaces are easy to bike and do not need more strength whereas uphill needs more strength as you go against the gravity. Hence, you burn more calories biking uphill than flat or downhill.

Which One Burn More Calories Biking Vs Running Vs Walking

All the three i.e biking , running and walking are the best physical activities.However running is more effective in burning calories.

According to American Council of Exercise if a person weighs 140 pounds then he is likely to burn 13.2 calories per minute running and that same person would burn 7.6 calories

approximately per walking.So we can figure out that calories burned during running are almost double to that of walking.

Likewise if a person weighs 150lbs and goes for a 1 hour of run at a speed of 5mph for 5 miles he is likely to burn 593 calories compared to the same distance of of biking which will burn around 250 calories.

You burn more calories in running compared to cycling and walking

Do you burn more calories sitting or standing while cycling?

Most of us prefer sitting while cycling but it does not helps in burning more calories.But we all know that standing would be more preferred and if it is coupled with cycling it burns more calories as it helps to increase heart rate and improves the core muscles which would be very effective in the long run.