http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ Forums Forum: Calories Burned Challenge en Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:18:10 +0000 http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2717 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:44:37 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2717@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>You can view the leaderboard for various activity settings and types by clicking "Change Options" and selecting the options you want to view. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2716 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:37:05 +0000 Clark 2716@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>I see the leader board for time, but I am not seeing the leader board for miles. Can someone send me a link? </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2715 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:03:17 +0000 coreball3 2715@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Really! That's great. Once I am back at college I need motivation to workout instead of being lazy. Whats more fun than being fit and being rewarded for it! </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2714 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:02:16 +0000 Meredith 2714@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>We're definitely looking at keeping the challenges going...assuming people are still having fun! :-) </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2706 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:29 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2706@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Yes, the same three challenges as before. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2705 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:39:26 +0000 catocalon 2705@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Is there going to be a "total calories burned", and a "total miles" challenge for the Month of January? </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2701 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:54:27 +0000 coreball3 2701@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>lol will there be a February, March, and April challenge? I can't believe December is already gone. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2684 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:30:34 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2684@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Yes, there is a January challenge. To enter just make sure you're part of the Brook's RunHappy group, and you'll automatically be included in the January challenge. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/629#post-2683 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:21:48 +0000 runmamalinz 2683@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Will there still be a january challenge and if so where do I go to sign up? </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2628 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:57:56 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2628@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>If you choose Flexibility, you should get choices of either "stretching" or "yoga" which it turns out at the same MET value, and therefore the guess and either specific choice is the same. If you are not seeing that, then maybe you can send us a screen shot at <a href="mailto:support@sweat365.com">support@sweat365.com</a> of what you are seeing.</p> <p>As for elliptical, well, all of these values come for a scientific study, which we don't control, but I will do some research to see if anyone has release a study on it. Does the machine you use display mets? If so, maybe we could add the ability for you to add the METs setting to calculate calories. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2627 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:04:12 +0000 Kate 2627@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Looks great, I saw it in action tonight for the General Cardio section. Is it possible to add an elliptical calculation?</p> <p>Also, will there be a calculation for flexibility at all?</p> <p>Thanks again, this is an awesome feature! </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2625 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:54:21 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2625@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>We've added the new calorie calculator to the "Track Workout" page. Check it out and give us your feedback.</p> <p>Here are the basics of how it works.</p> <ul> <li>As you select running, cycling, swimming, etc, we will do our best to pick from the scientifically recognized compendium of physical activity the activity that best describes your workout. </li> <li>If you click the "Show Calorie Details..." as you enter your workout, we'll tell you what we picked. From there you can also pick a different activity if you want. </li> <li>For most activities like running, walking, cycling, we can get a pretty exact match. If so, we'll calculate the calories from that exact match. For example, you rode your bike 1 hour, and went 14 miles. We can get an exact match for that. </li> <li>For some activities, we might not find an exact match, but we'll find several good matches, in this case we'll pick a good estimate. Let's say you swam for an hour, but you didn't tell us how far. There are several potential matches and so we'll pick a good estimate. </li> <li>For some activities we're really have very little idea at all, like "Other" you could mean anything. We'll still calculate an estimated calories burned for all the various "other activities" we found in the list... but these are not very accurate. </li> <li>Wether or not we found a good match, you can always pick from the list and tell us a better match. Say you went for a 3 hour/5 mile hike in the woods with a 40lbs back pack. You told us how far and how long, and so we picked Walking at less than 2mph, which is 469 calories for a 140lb person. But you worked harder then that, you were carrying a pack, so click on "click here" link and look for an item that better describes your workout. Maybe you think "backpacking" at 1643 calories is a better description. So choose that! </li> <li>Also, if you don't want to use our calculations, because you have a Heart Rate monitor, or some other device that calculates your calories, then just go ahead and enter those in to the calories box. We will keep your calories there. </li> </ul> <p>Since many of you haven't been tracking calories in the past, we plan to add a "bulk mode" that will allow you to easily go back and let our system calculate calories for you. But before we do that we want you all to play around with the new system and let us know what you think of it.</p> <p>Thanks for your feedback. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2623 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:15:55 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2623@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>It's coming soon. Hopefully released today. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2621 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:58:51 +0000 Kate 2621@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Did you set-up the calories burned calculation? I haven't been able to find it? </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2606 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:15:59 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2606@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>All workouts log will add into your totals. Private vs. Public on workouts only changes if it's displayed on your journal's public pages.</p> <p>If your entire Journal is marked as private, then it won't be included in the challenge. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2604 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:45:41 +0000 horsefly 2604@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Does the challenge include private workout posts? I log my warm-ups and cool-downs separately from my runs and I usually make them private. They often add on an extra 100 calories to my day though, so if it doesn't count private posts, I'm gonna be sure to make them public instead. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2578 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:07:57 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2578@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>LOL! I guess we'd better make sure we get it done soon! :) </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2577 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:30:43 +0000 Kate 2577@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Sounds good, will this happen before the run happy challenge ends? </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2535 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:46:51 +0000 Brad Hefta-Gaub 2535@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>The plan at this point is to do the following:</p> <p>1) The workout page will include a button next to calories burned that will calculate estimated calories based on the activity you chose, time, and your weight on that day (since these formulas are based on weight). We'll let you choose to have this auto-fill, or manually recalculate on your request.</p> <p>2) For old workouts, we want to have a wizard that will go back and calculate calories burned for past workouts. </p> http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/topic/584#post-2534 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:30:19 +0000 Kate 2534@http://runhappy.brooksrunning.com/forum/ <p>Great, will I have to select something in the future to fix those previous workouts, or will it just do it magically?</p> <p>Thanks :) </p>