I usually walk at about a pace of 3mph for an hr or so. When I am done my fitness pal and other sites say I burned around 300 calories. Yesterday and the day before I went bike riding for an hr. The trails were really curvy and stuff but the app I used said I rode 9 miles and my avg speed was like 8.2 mph or something like that. Anyways when I got done I was freaking exhausted. I felt like I was going to puke and my legs are really sore. Yesterday when I put how long and fast I rode it said that I basically had burned the same amount of calories that I do walking. How is this possible? When I walk it's at a minimal effort and it's not hard at all. Yesterday I literally was concerned about my well being I was so exhausted lol. My shirt was as wet as someone who had jumped into a swimming pool with it on that's how much I sweated. So my question is obvious. How is it that they burned basically the same amount of calories when one was way more intense than the other? Thanks a lot.The wearable calorie counters are either pedometers or accelerometers (sporting fudge factors to convert movement into calories expended). Neither would work correctly on a motorcycle, since you would be measuring the "up and down" motion (pedometer) and the acceleration (accelerometer) of the motorcycle, not the person under their own power.
I was able to find one place that listed calories burned during motocross (281 kcal/hr for a 155lb rider; no citation was given as to how this was determined, therefore I don't know how accurate the number is). Thus, if you ride for one hour you have not yet burned up that 32 oz coke that you had for breakfast (310 kcal). It will take you two hours of riding to burn up that Big Mac (560 kcal). Yesterday when I put how long and fast I rode it said that I basically had burned the same amount of calories that I do walking. How is this possible? When I walk it's at a minimal effort and it's not hard at all. Yesterday I literally was concerned about my well being I was so exhausted lol. My shirt was as wet as someone who had jumped into a swimming pool with it on that's how much I sweated calories burned on recumbent bike. So my question is obvious. How is it that they burned basically the same amount of calories when one was way more intense than the other? Thanks a lot.