hiking_calories_calculator

A calculator for calculating burned calories during hiking that depends on the weight of the person, weight of the pack, type of the terrain and hiking speed. This calculation is based on the famous Pandolf Equation

Getting started

In the pubspec.yaml of your flutter project, add the following dependency:

dependencies:
  ...
  hiking_calories_calculator: "^0.0.1"

Usage

CaloriesCalculator class has static method calculateCalories that can be called to calculate calories.

  Calculation calculation = CaloriesCalculator.calculateCalories(
      weight: Weight(lbs: 120),
      bagWeight: Weight(lbs: 20),
      speed: Speed(mph: 4),
      terrain: Terrains.WET_CLAY_OR_ICE,
      inclination: 0);
  print("\nCalories per Hour:");
  print(calculation.kcalPerHour.ceil().toString());
  print("\nCalories per Mile:");
  print(calculation.kcalPerMile.ceil().toString());

Available Terrain Types:

No	Terrain Type	Terrain Factor	Accessible code
1	Paved Road	1.0	Terrains.PAVED_ROAD
2	Gravel Road	1.2	Terrains.GRAVEL_ROAD
3	Wet Clay/Ice	1.7	Terrains.WET_CLAY_OR_ICE
4	Sand	2.0	Terrains.SAND
5	Swamp	3.5	Terrains.SWAMP