Strange calorie counter.

Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your longevity, I
noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtml

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow. Not only that, "fast jogging" is classed
as more or less the same speed.

I never go running unless there is a football involved as I'm too gangly to
run with any sort of rhythm, but once I ran with a GPS and 12 mph was like
sprinting as fast as I could run, hardly "jogging" IMO.

An hour long 5 a side last night and a 2 hour ride burned up nearly 2000
calories according to their calculator. So I had to replenish my energy
reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)

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East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

my commutes have been around 16-17 mph avg.
It takes 50mins , I once did the return journey (14 miles )
in 44mins during a school halfterm when
the London traffic was low.
How many calories would this be? I've always thought
it around 500kcals. ( 1000kcals per day )

davep

Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your
longevity, I noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtml

<snip>

Quoted message said:

An hour long 5 a side last night and a 2 hour ride burned up nearly
2000 calories according to their calculator. So I had to replenish my
energy reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)

"These estimates are for women weighing 9-10 stone. Remember, burn more by
exercising longer and more often, not harder and faster."

Didn't think you'd be a bird with a name like Simon 😄.

And remember, don't exercise harder or faster, you'll risk getting stronger
and being able to ride a bike at more than 13mph...

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Quoted message said:

"These estimates are for women weighing 9-10 stone. Remember, burn more by
exercising longer and more often, not harder and faster."

Indeed, but my puzzlement was that I can just about reach 13 mph at top
running speed and yet they class it as fast "jogging". However, 13 mph on a
bike is also their top speed and yet it is very easy. I suspect the same
disparity would still hold whether you were a 7 st female or a 25 st bloke.

--
Simon M.

Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your longevity,
I noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/h-
ealth/womens/bbcwomen.shtml
Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their
own speeds, but this seems very slow. Not only that, "fast jogging" is
classed as more or less the same speed.
I never go running unless there is a football involved as I'm too gangly
to run with any sort of rhythm, but once I ran with a GPS and 12 mph was
like sprinting as fast as I could run, hardly "jogging" IMO.
An hour long 5 a side last night and a 2 hour ride burned up nearly 2000
calories according to their calculator. So I had to replenish my energy
reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)
--
Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

[censored] 12.5 mph a 'fast jog' that's world record marathon pace! (o
maybe just outsode if your a man

Brya

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Quoted message said:

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow. Not only that, "fast jogging" is classed
as more or less the same speed.

I never go running unless there is a football involved as I'm too gangly

to

Quoted message said:

run with any sort of rhythm, but once I ran with a GPS and 12 mph was like
sprinting as fast as I could run, hardly "jogging" IMO.

Very odd. Maintaining 12.5mph whilst "jogging", you'd complete a mile in 4
minutes 48 seconds - and a full marathon in under 2 hours and 6 minutes!!
Paula Radcliffe couldn't even manage that - whilst many more people can go
"biking" at 13mph, or more.

Simon Mason:

Quoted message said:

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow.

I upped my PB on my 20 mile route yesterday afternoon from 16.4mph to
17.3mph, which is plenty quick enough for me. I have designated this as my
'hard training' route, which I basically blast round as fast as possible,
though I haven't actually done it for about two months. But since the last
time I did it I have covered nearly 600 miles, so there are signs that
something is paying off. I also felt considerably better at the end of it
than I did last time - and that's an understatement.

Quoted message said:

Not only that, "fast jogging" is classed
as more or less the same speed.

Pffft!

Quoted message said:

So I had to replenish my energy
reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)

That reminds me of one of the other great benefits of cycling: you discover
things you would never discover otherwise. What am I talking about? Well, on
a recent ride on a new route, I happened upon a lovely little shop in an old
watermill that specialises in selling equipment for home brewing. It was on
a road that I would never have taken under any other circumstances, so
chances are if it weren't for cycling I would never have discovered this
shop. Magic.

d.

davek said:

That reminds me of one of the other great benefits of cycling: you
discover things you would never discover otherwise.

On my bike, I've discovered entire towns, villages and whole swathes of
countryside I wouldn't have known about!

It is indeed a great past-time.

<ahem> pastime

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Quoted message said:

I upped my PB on my 20 mile route yesterday afternoon from 16.4mph to
17.3mph, which is plenty quick enough for me. I have designated this as my
'hard training' route, which I basically blast round as fast as possible,
though I haven't actually done it for about two months. But since the last
time I did it I have covered nearly 600 miles, so there are signs that
something is paying off. I also felt considerably better at the end of it
than I did last time - and that's an understatement.

My average speed for all cycling trips is only 14.1 mph, but I go out for
2-3 hours to burn fat primarily. Now and again when I hit a certain bit of
music or I've got a car I'd like to race, I pedal as hard as I can for maybe
5 - 10 minutes. Other than that I just keep a nice steady heart rate of
110 -130. Five a side is plenty of max heart rate exercise!
--
Simon M.

Quoted message said:

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow.

Oi!
For some of that that *is* our fast speed!
(Miffed...)

Cheers, helen s ;-)

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their

own

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

speeds, but this seems very slow.

Oi!
For some of that that *is* our fast speed!
(Miffed...)

Yes, but when compared with the "fast jogging" speed - which is basically
World Record Marathon pace - having the "fast biking" speed at an achievable
speed for a long distance ride makes it seem much slower.

Quoted message said:

My average speed for all cycling trips is only 14.1 mph, but I go out
for
2-3 hours to burn fat primarily. Now and again when I hit a certain
bit of music or I've got a car I'd like to race, I pedal as hard as I
can for maybe 5 - 10 minutes. Other than that I just keep a nice
steady heart rate of 110 -130. Five a side is plenty of max heart rate
exercise!

My average used to be 11.8 mph for almost everything, whatever the distance
and however hard I pushed myself (I got it up to 11.9 once when I *really*
went for it). Then I discovered the joys of pushing the reset button[1].
I go even faster now the back wheel isn't rubbing on the frame![2]

[1] The problem with being male - you never bother reading the instructions
[2] But if you find you keep spinning out on the gears it might be worth a
try.

Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your longevity, I
noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtml

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow. Not only that, "fast jogging" is classed
as more or less the same speed.

I never go running unless there is a football involved as I'm too gangly to
run with any sort of rhythm, but once I ran with a GPS and 12 mph was like
sprinting as fast as I could run, hardly "jogging" IMO.

An hour long 5 a side last night and a 2 hour ride burned up nearly 2000
calories according to their calculator. So I had to replenish my energy
reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)

--
Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

I can confirm that to the moderately unfit, a sustained 13mph IS fast.
Oh, and it seems fast even in spurts if you're not used to it. And over
rough ground even more so.

Can't believe jogging is 13mph though.

--

Velvet

On 18 May 2004 15:58:48 GMT, Mark Thompson
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My average speed for all cycling trips is only 14.1 mph, but I go out
for
2-3 hours to burn fat primarily. Now and again when I hit a certain
bit of music or I've got a car I'd like to race, I pedal as hard as I
can for maybe 5 - 10 minutes. Other than that I just keep a nice
steady heart rate of 110 -130. Five a side is plenty of max heart rate
exercise!

My average used to be 11.8 mph for almost everything, whatever the distance
and however hard I pushed myself (I got it up to 11.9 once when I *really*
went for it). Then I discovered the joys of pushing the reset button[1].
I go even faster now the back wheel isn't rubbing on the frame![2]

My average is 8.32mph.

Although that's kicked up a fair bit since I did my once in a blue
moon pump up of the tyres. From 15psi or so up to 52psi on my 1994
vintage non-sus mountain bike.

I think I might actually have to change my rear tyre soon!

(Well, it has been 10 years)

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Gawnsoft said:

On 18 May 2004 15:58:48 GMT, Mark Thompson
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

My average speed for all cycling trips is only 14.1 mph, but I go out
for
2-3 hours to burn fat primarily. Now and again when I hit a certain
bit of music or I've got a car I'd like to race, I pedal as hard as I
can for maybe 5 - 10 minutes. Other than that I just keep a nice
steady heart rate of 110 -130. Five a side is plenty of max heart rate
exercise!

My average used to be 11.8 mph for almost everything, whatever the distance
and however hard I pushed myself (I got it up to 11.9 once when I *really*
went for it). Then I discovered the joys of pushing the reset button[1].
I go even faster now the back wheel isn't rubbing on the frame![2]

My average is 8.32mph.

I don't have an average for all my riding, but it's almost always
between 8.2 and 8.8 for all the trips I make - except for one trip to
Cardiff where I averaged 11.5 mph for 13 miles. I do tend to go at about
15-16mph on smooth tarmac on the level, but there's precious little of that
on routes I'd want to go on round these parts.

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
Jebus loves you

Doki said:

Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your
longevity, I noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtml

<snip>

Quoted message said:

An hour long 5 a side last night and a 2 hour ride burned up nearly
2000 calories according to their calculator. So I had to replenish my
energy reserves with some "barley water" with hops in it ;-)

"These estimates are for women weighing 9-10 stone. Remember, burn more by
exercising longer and more often, not harder and faster."

This piece of advice always seems a bit suspicious, and I've seen it a
few times.

I reckon if I do the same distance bike ride and go 1mph faster than
last time, It seems likely that I'll burn more calories, because I've
worked harder. All the calorie counters I use seem to disagree.

Am I just really wrong, or should I be taking it easy on my bike rides
to go for longer?

Pete

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Quoted message said:

Strangely, "fast cycling" is classed as 13 mph. OK, everyone has their own
speeds, but this seems very slow.

Oi!
For some of that that *is* our fast speed!
(Miffed...)

I have a solution to this problem.

Spend LOADS of money on a fast road bike.

It's added about 2mph for me.

And it was really fun 🙂 🙂

Pete

Quoted message said:

I have a solution to this problem.

Spend LOADS of money on a fast road bike.

A good one - one can never spend too much money on bikes.

Cheers, helen s

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Simon Mason said:

Following a BBC link from a site where you can calculate your longevity, I
noticed that there was a calorie calculator here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/womens/bbcwomen.shtml

Following a link from the site that Simon posted a link to, I found a
site where you can calculate your longevity ;-)

<url:http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/interactivearea/living_100.shtml>

I thought that would be more fun than a calorie calculator. It gives
me a life expectancy of 89.6 years. I'd always expected to reach 90,
based on family history.

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