How to use the calories burned calculator
Choose your activity, enter your body weight and how many minutes you exercised, and the calculator estimates the calories burned along with a per-minute figure. Switch between kilograms and pounds with the toggle. Everything is worked out in your browser.
How the estimate works
Each activity is assigned a MET value — a measure of how much energy it uses compared with resting. Multiplying the MET value by your body weight and the time spent gives an estimate of energy expenditure. This is the same approach used in fitness research, which is why it is a reliable way to compare activities: you can immediately see that half an hour of jump rope burns far more than half an hour of yoga.
Using it to reach your goals
Pairing this with a daily calorie target makes planning easier. If you know roughly how much you burn in a session, you can balance it against what you eat to create the deficit or surplus you want. Remember these are estimates — real burn varies with intensity and individual factors — so use the numbers as a guide and let your results over a few weeks fine-tune your plan. This tool is for general information, not medical advice.