If you used yours Apple watch for training, you may have wondered what are active calories versus total calories. You can see this on the display of your Apple Watch during the workout and also in the Fitness app after you finish your workout.
The Apple Watch has some great features for fitness and exercise. It is a handy tool for exercising and it can show you how many calories you have burned during exercise.
How does our body burn calories?
Everyone burns a certain number of calories throughout the day, this happens all the time when we are sitting at our desks, walking, sleeping, watching TV, eating, basically anything you do including resting will burn some calories.
Everyone associates burning calories with exercise but we burn them all the time, the amount you burn depends on a number of different factors including age, weight, how active you are and a number of other factors.
You can calculate how many calories you burn per day based on your age, height, weight and how active you are. This is known as your Basal Metabolic Rate or BMR, there are many calculators that can help you calculate your BMR.
What is the difference between active calories and total calories?
Active calories are the calories burned during exercise when you exercise and this is shown as active kilocalories in the photo above. The photo shows that a total of 504 active kilocalories, or active calories, were burned during exercise. This is the total amount of calories expended for the workout.
The photo also shows total kilocalories or total calories burned, in this case a total of 614 calories were burned during the workout. This includes the 504 active calories and an additional 110 calories that would normally have been burned if you weren’t exercising and just resting. So if you were just sitting at your desk or watching TV, you would have burned 110 calories in the time you folded.
Many fitness trackers only show you the total calorie consumption during your workout. This is where the Apple Watch differs, as it shows you active calories versus total calories while you exercise.
How do I see how many calories I’ve burned on Apple Watch?
The Apple Watch uses its Activity app along with the iPhone to track your fitness. This includes how many calories you burn per day, how active you are, and more. She can give you directions throughout the day depending on what setting you’ve set.
Follow the instructions below to see how many calories you’ve burned throughout the day.
- Open the Activity app on your Apple Watch.
- Scroll down with the Digital Crown or swipe down.
- Look at the movement goal, this shows you the calories burned so far.
- You can also check how much you have burned in fitness aoo on your iPhone.
For more information on the various fitness tracking features available on the Apple Watch, see Apple’s website.
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