{"id":2180,"date":"2022-07-08T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/?page_id=2180"},"modified":"2025-07-08T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:05:37","slug":"exercise-calorie-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/exercise-calorie-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise calorie calculator: How many calories do you burn during exercise?\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2180\" class=\"elementor elementor-2180\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c61511 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c61511\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2178f72\" data-id=\"2178f72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5cf95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d5cf95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How many calories do you burn during exercise?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e81c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75e81c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Have you ever wondered about the number of calories burned lifting weights? Or your calories burned walking? Energy expenditure increases during exercise, but it can be hard to know exactly how much, and how this will impact other components of energy expenditure. Fortunately, our exercise calorie calculator makes it easy to estimate how many calories you burned during exercises such as walking, running, lifting weights, and more, and how this will impact your total energy expenditure for the entire day.\u00a0<\/p><p>After using the calculator, be sure to check out a free trial of our nutrition app <a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/macrofactor\/\">MacroFactor<\/a>. By entering your weight and the foods you eat each day, MacroFactor calculates your total calories burned per day and makes smart calorie and macro adjustments to your plan to keep you on track with your weight goals. It\u2019s the smartest, fastest nutrition and diet coaching app on the market.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fa870d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4fa870d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-121d9c1\" data-id=\"121d9c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39425ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"39425ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><div class='op-interactive' id='62d8291f46e9fa595ed737f4' data-title='Exercise energy cost calculator' data-url='https:\/\/strongerbyscience.outgrow.us\/62d8291f46e9fa595ed737f4?sLead=1' data-surl='https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IQDWmu' data-width='100%'><\/div><script src='\/\/dyv6f9ner1ir9.cloudfront.net\/assets\/js\/sloader.js'><\/script><script>initIframe('62d8291f46e9fa595ed737f4');<\/script><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1c643a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1c643a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-713ca8d\" data-id=\"713ca8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20fbe81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20fbe81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>About our exercise calorie calculator<\/strong><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you\u2019re trying to fuel up for an arduous exercise bout, replace the calories burned during a one-off physical activity, or incorporate exercise into a weight loss program, knowing the number of calories burned during exercise can be valuable information. Unfortunately, wearable technologies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wearables\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don\u2019t get the job done<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with adequate accuracy, so we\u2019re left to search for estimates.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s hard to find accurate estimates for exercise energy expenditure for three main reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise can be completed with a virtually limitless number of modality, duration, and intensity combinations. Estimates aren\u2019t very helpful unless they are specifically tailored to the exact details of an exercise bout.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People \u201ccompensate\u201d for exercise energy expenditure by reducing other components of energy expenditure. This means that 200 calories of exercise energy expenditure will typically increase total daily energy expenditure by fewer than 200 calories. To make things even more complicated, different people tend to have different magnitudes of compensation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An exercise energy expenditure estimate isn\u2019t useful unless it\u2019s framed relative to your resting energy expenditure. If you weren\u2019t exercising, you\u2019d be resting, which still involves a rate of energy expenditure that is far greater than zero. So, we need to calculate <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added energy expenditure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 the increase in energy expenditure beyond the resting value. However, resting energy expenditure also varies from person to person.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obtaining an accurate estimate of added energy expenditure from exercise would normally require a lot of work. Fortunately, we did all the hard work so you don\u2019t have to. Just enter some basic information in our exercise calorie calculator, and you\u2019ll be good to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you\u2019re done, the exercise calorie calculator will provide our best evidence-based estimate of the extra calories burned by your exercise bout, after accounting for individualized estimates of exercise energy compensation and resting metabolic rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No exercise calorie calculator could possibly predict an exact value with 100% accuracy. Our exercise calorie calculator provides our very best estimate based on the individualized information you enter, but it\u2019s still an estimate. As a result, the exercise calorie calculator will also give you a range of probable values \u2013 even if our calculated estimate isn\u2019t 100% perfect, the \u201ctrue value\u201d is very likely to fall within this range.<\/span><\/p><h2>Calories burned lifting weights<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many calories does weight lifting burn?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34977570\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study by Jo\u00e3o and colleague<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s gives us a decent heuristic for estimating calories burned lifting weights: total energy expenditure during resistance training is probably about <\/span><b>6 calories per minute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (including rest intervals).<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2689 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-1024x841.png\" alt=\"use our exercise calorie calculator to learn how many calories burned lifting weights\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-1024x841.png 1024w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-1536x1261.png 1536w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-lifting-Converted-2048x1682.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, burning more energy during a training session may not scale perfectly with increases in total energy expenditure throughout the day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get the most accurate estimate of calories burned lifting weights for your body, make sure to use our free exercise calorie calculator tool above. The calories burned lifting weights calculator takes into account the exercise duration, your body size and body-fat percentage, how often you exercise, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2>Calories burned walking<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many calories does walking burn?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A good heuristic for calories burned walking is 1 calorie per kilogram per kilometer<\/strong>. For example, a person who weighs 70kg would burn about 70 calories per kilometer walked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2688 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-1024x796.png\" alt=\"calculate calories burned walking with the exercise calorie calculator\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-1024x796.png 1024w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-1536x1195.png 1536w, https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/calorie-calculator-walking-Converted-2048x1593.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, burning more energy during walking may not scale perfectly with increases in total energy expenditure throughout the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get the most accurate estimate of calories burned walking for your body, make sure to use our free exercise calorie calculator tool above. The calories burned walking calculator takes into account the exercise duration, your body size and body-fat percentage, how often you exercise, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2>A caveat about using exercise calorie calculators<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing the number of calories burned via exercise may not increase your total daily energy expenditure in a predictable fashion. Everyone\u2019s bodies are different, and your body may compensate for the calories burned during exercise in a unique way. (We talked about this extensively in our article \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/wearables\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Drawbacks of Using Wearable Devices to Inform Nutrition Targets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to issues associated with energy compensation, \u201ceating back\u201d calories expended via exercise may also lead some people to develop an undesirable relationship with exercise. This calculator is intended to help you properly fuel exercise bouts or incorporate exercise into a well-designed weight loss program \u2013 it should not be used for the purpose of \u201cearning\u201d calories through exercise.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve designed the exercise calorie calculator on this page to be as accurate as possible for a one-time estimate. However, we recommend our app <a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/macrofactor\/\">MacroFactor<\/a> to anyone looking for personalized energy expenditure analytics and dietary recommendations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2>A better solution for tracking calories burned during exercise<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our nutrition and diet coach app <a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/macrofactor\/\">MacroFactor<\/a> can calculate the impact of exercise on total energy expenditure, and make appropriate dietary adjustments based on your goals. 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s how it works:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you first log into the app, you\u2019ll answer a few questions about your goals and lifestyle.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MacroFactor will design a customized calorie and macro plan for you based on the latest science and your preferences.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You log your weight and the foods you eat daily.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MacroFactor calculates your energy expenditure and caloric needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MacroFactor makes adjustments to your calorie and macro recommendations each week based on how your body is responding.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You reach your goal in an evidence-based, sustainable way.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your smart energy expenditure estimate, food logging access, and your custom macronutrient plan now by starting a <a href=\"https:\/\/macrofactor.com\/macrofactor\/\">free trial of MacroFactor<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c37e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c37e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key 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