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Calories burned

Both numbers, because they are not the same number. A watch reports everything you spent, including the resting metabolism you would have spent anyway.

What the session cost

Example

287kcal

That is what the session added. The gross figure, which is what a watch shows, is 327 kcal — it counts the 40 kcal of resting metabolism you would have spent anyway.

Net

287

What the session added.

Gross

327

Everything spent, resting included.

8.3 METs × 3.5 × 75.0 kg ÷ 200 = 10.9 kcal/min
gross = 10.9 × 30 = 327
net = (8.3 − 1) × 3.5 × 75.0 ÷ 200 × 30 = 287

Treat it as a range. Two people of the same weight doing the same session can differ by twenty or thirty percent, and the fitter you get at something, the less it costs you. If you are tracking a deficit, count the net figure at most.

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