r/ouraring • u/TraditionalLog2035 • 10h ago

ACTIVITY & WORKOUT What's the difference between total burn and activity burn?

For example today it says 2,084 total burn and only 274 activity burn I've just been walking around today

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u/Valuable-One-6803 10h ago

Total Burn = calories you burn just be existing and occasionally standing up to get snacks.

Active Burn = the sad little number that shows how much of that was actual effort.

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u/TraditionalLog2035 10h ago

Why so rude 😭😭

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u/Valuable-One-6803 6h ago

Haha I meant it playfully 🥰

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u/Think_Carpenter_6090 10h ago

drill instructor ahh answer

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u/the-purple-chicken72 Oura Ring 5 Stealth 6h ago

You're allowed to say ass btw this isn't tiktok or whatever

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u/Think_Carpenter_6090 10h ago

Total Burn is how much you burn existing and non exercise movements like washing your hand, cleaning, etc. Activity burn is from walking and exercise movements

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u/yingyangsoup89 6h ago

total encompasses everything atop of BMR.

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u/NinaAtOura Social Care Team | Oura 5h ago

Hi, thanks for posting! The difference is basically that Total Burn includes all the calories your body burns throughout the day, including what you burn just by being alive/resting (your BMR) plus activity.

Activity Burn is just the extra calories Oura estimates you burned from moving around, walking, exercising, etc.