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Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
is the rate at which you burn energy or calories at rest.
How
do I measure my RMR?
Males: 66+ (6.22 x weight (lbs)) +
(12.7 x height (inches)) - (6.8 x age)
Females:
655 + (4.36 x weight (lbs)) +
(4.32 x height (inches)) - (4.7 x age)
Did
you know that?
Your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is one the main contributing
componenents of energy expenditure (around 70%)
Things
that affect your Metabolic Rate.....
- Muscle -
More muscle increases your RMR
- Age - Your
RMR decreases with Age
- A decrease
in your RMR can be due to genetics
- The weather
- Living in a cold enviroment can increase your RMR. I know this
sounds strange but you expend more energy while moving around in
cold weather. It's a allot easier to move around in summer but
more of an effort to "get going" in winter.
- Small
Regular meals will increase your RMR
- Pregnancy
can increase your RMR
- Crash
dieting will decrease your RMR
©
RMR Calculator created by
Mandy Gibbons,
http://www.virtualfitnesstrainer.com,
2000, 2001, 2002
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Please
use the RMR calculator below to view your RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate)
"Backspace" to remove the examples from the boxes below and
enter in your own details.
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