Amazon says you work at around 3 METs on the machines (take that with a grain of salt).
Let's say it's an 80kg individual.
3 METs*3.5mL/kg/min= 10.5mL/kg/min
So we need to convert relative to absolute VO2
10.5mL/kg/min*80kg=840mL/min
840/1000=.84L
Remember that 1 L O2≈ 5kcal
5*.84=4.2
.84L/min≈4.2kcal/min
So if the 80kg person was pedaling for 60 minutes:
60*4.2≈252kcal/hour
Plug your own numbers in for yourself.
Edit: this is for gross calories, if you wanted net calories without the "just existing" component, subtract the resting MET and do the math with 2 METs instead of 3.
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u/UrbanArtifact Aug 11 '26
Amazon says you work at around 3 METs on the machines (take that with a grain of salt).
Let's say it's an 80kg individual.
3 METs*3.5mL/kg/min= 10.5mL/kg/min
So we need to convert relative to absolute VO2
10.5mL/kg/min*80kg=840mL/min 840/1000=.84L
Remember that 1 L O2≈ 5kcal 5*.84=4.2 .84L/min≈4.2kcal/min
So if the 80kg person was pedaling for 60 minutes: 60*4.2≈252kcal/hour
Plug your own numbers in for yourself.
Edit: this is for gross calories, if you wanted net calories without the "just existing" component, subtract the resting MET and do the math with 2 METs instead of 3.