Many factors go into determining caloric burn. How much you weigh is a factor, as is the intensity of the activity and its duration. To determine your true caloric burn, you'll need the help of a professional fitness expert. However, you can estimate an approximate caloric burn based on your weight and workout information. If your goal is weight loss or weight maintenance, record each workout's estimated caloric burn so you can check it against your estimated caloric consumption.
Step 1
Weigh yourself. People who weigh more will burn more calories doing the same activity than people who weigh less, according to the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Step 2
Time the duration of your bike ride and estimate the average speed in miles per hour.
Step 3
Calculate your estimated calorie burn. If you weigh close to 100 lbs., going an average speed of 6 mph for one hour will burn about 161 calories. Increasing the average speed to 12 mph will burn about 275 calories per hour.
If your weight is close to 150 lbs., bicycling at an average speed of 12 mph, you would burn 410 calories in one hour or 240 calories per hour bicycling at 6 mph.
If you weigh close to 160 lbs., going at an average speed of 10 mph, you would burn an estimated 292 calories in an hour. If you rode your bike for 30 minutes, divide this in half. Likewise, if you rode your bike for two hours, multiply it by two.
If you are closer to 200 lbs., at the same average speed of 10 mph, you would burn approximately 364 calories in an hour or about 182 calories in half an hour.
If you weigh close to 240 lbs., bicycling at an average speed of 10 mph, you would burn about 436 calories in an hour or 218 calories in half an hour.
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