How Many Calories

kokopuffs

Jogging, the "average person" burns approximately 100 calories per mile. How many calories per mile does the average person burn while:

1. road biking?
2. mtn. biking?

Both done at a "brisk" pace and I don't mean professionally, just the average person. And I know that this is a very nebulous question, full of ambiguities.

Just recently I was compelled to relinquish jogging after 10 years due to knee problems. And a biker buddy said that I'll need to bike for 3 times as long (in terms of time) to reap the same benefits. D*amn. I'm insulin dependent and I can see my sugar control going down the tubes. Biking for me ain't nearly as "metabolic" as jogging.

TIA!

matt_ttu

Calories per mile on a bike is not something that I think can be nailed down. Down hill for a mile, almost none. Going up hill a lot more. Coasting few compared to a dead out sprint. Calories burned are more as a result of how hard you are peadling.

kokopuffs, I didn't catch your nationality but if your here in the States you might be intrested in the Amer. Diabettes Assoc. Tour de Cure. They hold one in nearly every state, either a single day century or a multy day 150. Many of the guys I've rode it with the past few years have been diabettics. Many of them use cycling as a means of controling there blood sugar, so I know it can be done.

kokopuffs

I'm here in employment-devastated Colorado hoping to find employment either in the midwest or south. Denver sucks. That aside, yeah, my inquiry is nebulous. But somewhere, there is an average figure. Guess I'll need to contact the ADA.

2LAP

I can pull some data out of a book, how heavy are you?

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kokopuffs

49 1/2 years old. 5 feet 11 1/2 inches tall, male, caucasian. Weight is 212 lbs with medium build. BTW, how many stones does my weight translate into?

thanks again

ric_stern/RST

on a road bike on pretty flat roads on a road bike, with neutral environmental conditions and at sea level, at ~ 16 mph (25.6 km/hr) a very approximate rate of expenditure is 450 to 500 kcal per hour. however, the only way to get an exact(ish) answer is to go down to an exercise physiology lab and be analysed, or to use a power meter in your training.

212 lb /14 (lb to stone) = 15.1428

15.1428 - 15 = 0.1428 x 14 = 1.99999

Rounding up, 15st 2lb

Ric

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kokopuffs

Approximately it sounds like 30 calories per mile, about 1/3'rd as metabolic as jogging.

David_Zen

There are a few Calorie calculators on the web. Here's one:

http://www.healthyweightforum.org/e...-calculator.asp

If you all find a better one, let me know. I don't think any of them can give you a close to accurate figure.

There are too many factors to consider.

ric_stern/RST

This sort of energy expenditure calculator is way off. Energy expended depends on the intensity at which you are riding (power output), your efficiency, cadence, and various topographical and environmental conditions.

The *only* way to get a ball-park figure of energy expenditure (outside of going to a lab) is use a power meter, as power x time is energy expended, which correlates reasonably well with actual expenditure.

Ric

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HellonWheels

I use a recumbent stationary bike with an electronic calculator on it for mileage, calories, distance, time, etc

According to my bike, riding intensively nonstop for 12 mins at a speed of 22-24 mph, you burn 200 calories. When I'm done doing 75 mins a day, it says I burned 1200 calories.

kokopuffs

Hey Hel, that translates to aroung 40 cal per mile, approx 1/3 as metabolic as I mentioned. And I really appreciate all of the input here. Jogging, one burns approx 100 calories per mile.

ric_stern/RST

However, you'll cycle faster than you can run, and thus in an equal amount of time (e.g., 1-hr) you'll expend (approximately) the same amount of energy. If you want to expend more energy then ride harder or longer (just as you would for running).

To compare rates of energy expenditure you need to do it per unit time

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kokopuffs

In cycling somewhat briskly I seriously doubt that one burns 100 cal per mile; that's approx 2400 calories in less than 2 hours. Review your information.

ric_stern/RST

i'm not sure if this is aimed at me, but if it is, i didn't say that.

Ric

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