Values used for calorie calculations:

  • Gender
  • Age
  • Weight
  • Resting Heart Rate
  • Maximum Heart Rate
    Calculated from Age using Inbar Formula
    Delete this value and reenter Age to trigger a recalculation.
  • VO2 Max
    Calculated from Maximum Heart Rate and Weight
    Delete this value and reenter Maximum Heart Rate or Weight to trigger a recalculation.


Climber's Assistant calculates burned calories using one of three methods, depending on which values you entered:

  1. Weight, Average Heart Rate, Age, Gender, VO2 Max
  2. Weight, Average Heart Rate, Age, Gender
  3. Weight, Route Difficulty
    While this method does not take age or gender into consideration, it does distinguish between climbing, rappelling, and resting.


You can manually override Maximum Heart Rate and VO2 Max.