Find BMR for men — the calories your body burns while resting.
The Mifflin-St Jeor equation, using the male-specific constant (+5).
Men: 10 × weight(kg) + 6.25 × height(cm) − 5 × age + 5
Why does the men's formula add 5 while the women's subtracts 161?
On average, men carry more muscle for their body weight, which burns more calories at rest. The formula's fixed number accounts for this average difference between men and women.