What is the Metabolic rate of Moto

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Approximately how many calories an hour can an average rider burn on a practice day ?
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more then an average rider can burn on a practice day not ridding?
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600-800 wouldn't surprise me.
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flyfishnw wrote:
more then an average rider can burn on a practice day not ridding?
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym

How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20 minute moto's ?

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flyfishnw wrote:
more then an average rider can burn on a practice day not ridding?
500guy wrote:
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20...
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym

How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20 minute moto's ?
Wouldn't it depend a lot on the intensity?
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JB 19 wrote:
600-800 wouldn't surprise me.
If I do my concept rower for 40 minutes(approx. 10,000 meters) at a heart rate of 150(55-75% max range I burn around 860-900. IF I could ride moto for an hour I'd say it should be no problem burning 1300-1500 calories. Turbo
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Zero, the bike does all the work.
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I think it is hard to say because the adrenaline rush of riding or racing spikes your heart rate. Example being. When I do a 30 minute moto of mx my average heart rate will be around 185 and max around 195. With the same heart rate monitor it is all I can do to even hold 180 for a short period of time on my road bicycle before I feel like I am going to die and there is no way in hell I am getting to 195 before I collapse. But I figure mx at an intense pace burns between 900-1200 cal/hr.
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Sure but there can be some standard gauge like

MX low intensity = putting around

MX medium intensity just doing moto's at a steady pace

MX intense race mode.
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A GP has to be worth 1200 easy
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JB 19 1/12/2011 5:23pm
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,I know when we mountain bike it has a lot to do with how much climbing we are doing. So intensity definitely matters. Same as a rough rutted track takes more energy than a smooth track.
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flyfishnw wrote:
more then an average rider can burn on a practice day not ridding?
500guy wrote:
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20...
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym

How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20 minute moto's ?
HAHAHAHAHA Could you do 3, 20 minute motos.An you give DD crap ? LOL!!!
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Using my polar recording HRM and software, I see 1000-1100 cal/hr rates when going all out. Just riding around, about 700-800 cals/hr. I'm 52, so younger in shape guys may see lower expenditure rates than me.
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flyfishnw wrote:
more then an average rider can burn on a practice day not ridding?
500guy wrote:
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20...
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym

How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20 minute moto's ?
typ2vw159 wrote:
HAHAHAHAHA Could you do 3, 20 minute motos.An you give DD crap ? LOL!!!
You have no clue what I can or can't do, but by all means ruin a legit thread asshole.
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kardy 1/12/2011 5:59pm
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I'm gonna go with 1500-1800 (600 or so per session), assuming about 80-90% intensity. What do I win? Mountain bikin hard with Willy B, he burns like 600 in our half hour'ish loop.
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SH_105 1/12/2011 6:02pm
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I wore a heart rate monitor at every GP I raced and for 40 min my average heart rate was 182... Looking between 1200-1400 cal per 40 min x2. Practice days would be more just with more time riding and what not


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Zero, the bike does all the work.
haydos25 wrote:
ding ding ding!!!! We have a winner
God damn I'll never forget for the rest of my life trying to explain this sport to my friends and peers in high school... Same responses every time:

"It's easy, you just gas it and turn it when you need to"

"How can it be one of the most strenuous sports? The bike does everything. its not like you're pedaling"

"You sit down, how can you get tired?"

I gave up explaining it to people Sophomore year.... The good part was there was a good group of us that DID ride. About 20-25 kids. We'd rent out LACR (already miss that track...) a couple days a year so we could have it to ourselves... usually on someone's birthday.
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500guy wrote:
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20...
For example I can burn 1000 calories an hour on an elliptical trainer at the gym

How many calories could I burn doing say 3 20 minute moto's ?
typ2vw159 wrote:
HAHAHAHAHA Could you do 3, 20 minute motos.An you give DD crap ? LOL!!!
500guy wrote:
You have no clue what I can or can't do, but by all means ruin a legit thread asshole.
I know what you can do.





Thats gota be worth at least 15 calories, keep it up!
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Are those twinwalls LOL! Jays a good dude i met him at mxdn!
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Roscoe33 1/13/2011 5:59am
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The question is flawed we don't burn calories at the same rate.
different body types ectomorph, mesomorp etc. have vastly different metbolic rates.and we are not in the same level of conditioning.

Fitness is better measured by heart rate and recovery speed.
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prozach wrote:
I think it is hard to say because the adrenaline rush of riding or racing spikes your heart rate. Example being. When I do a 30...
I think it is hard to say because the adrenaline rush of riding or racing spikes your heart rate. Example being. When I do a 30 minute moto of mx my average heart rate will be around 185 and max around 195. With the same heart rate monitor it is all I can do to even hold 180 for a short period of time on my road bicycle before I feel like I am going to die and there is no way in hell I am getting to 195 before I collapse. But I figure mx at an intense pace burns between 900-1200 cal/hr.
Spot on post. Did this same experiment this summer.
Racing is a totally different monster with all the extra variables involved.

You guys are intense with this 185/190 talk. If i'm out on the road and see the 170's i'm getting in trouble.

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