How to Calculate Calories Burned With a Speedometer

Calculating how many calories you need to burn daily to lose weight can help you plan your food intake and exercise program. A speedometer allows you to calculate how many calories you've burned by imputing the data into a simple equation.

Things You'll Need

  • Weighing scale
  • Speedometer stopwatch
  • Calculator
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Instructions

    • 1

      Weigh yourself. Wear your workout clothing to determine the demand you will put on your body while exercising.

    • 2

      Turn on your speedometer stopwatch. Start a new session as you begin your cardiovascular exercise. Stop the device when finished exercising . Note the duration of your exercise and your average speed.

    • 3

      Input the information into a calorie-burn calculator. Health Status, Internet Fitness, and the University of Maryland Medical Center offer free to use calculators on their websites.

    • 4

      Calculate how many calories you burned per minute. Do this by dividing the calories you burned by how many minutes you exercised.