How to Calculate an exercise to cal burn ratio.

Did you ever want to know how many calories you are burning when you work out. Did you ever want to know how many you need to burn to lose the weight or stay the weight you are? Well I did too. Thats why I've collected this info and decided to write how to about it.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Calculator
• Daily Caloric Intake
• Exercise regimen

1. To find out how many calories you need to burn you need to read my How to Calculate Net Calories From Fat. You need to burn 500 more calories than you consume daily to achieve a nominal lose in weight.

2. To find out how many calories you are burning you need to use this calculation Calories burned per pound per minute (all depends on the activity) A x your exact weight B = total calories burned per minute
   C x minutes of activity = total calories burned per activity

3. Here are a few estimates of calorie burn per minute by activity.
   Basketball .063
   Bicycling low speed 5mph .029
   Bicycling low speed 9mph .044
   Dance, Aerobic, medium .046
   Dance, Aerobic, intense .061
   Grocery shopping .028
   Climbing hills (with 22 lb. load) .064
   Mowing the lawn .051
   Sitting Still .009
   Squats .096
   Swimming, crawl, slow .051
   Swimming, fast, .071
   Walking, normal pace, .036
   Running .115

Tips & Warnings

• Go for it you can do it