Treadmill or Elliptical?

nicnoahshaun

I was just wondering which burns more calories Treadmill or Elliptical? And wondering if the calorie thats being burn is accurate? thanks

sofaking6

Different for different people. I burn more on the elliptical because it's easier on my knees so I don't have to be a baby about it. Some people are fast runners and would do better on the treadmill. And NO the calories are not accurate without a heart rate monitor. I used to do 80% of machine calories, now I log 50% of MFP default calories.

nicnoahshaun

Both Treadmill and Elliptical can read my heart rate. I'm not sure if thats what you mean. And when you log on to MFP 50% are you meaning if you burn 600 cal you only log onto MFP 300 cal? Sorry I'm a little slow. lol : )

professionalHobbyist

I like an elliptical

It is easier to do HIIT in an elliptical for me

MissKrueger

I'm one of the rare ones that actually has crazy knee pain from using the elliptical. I'd much rather be on the treadmill for an hour. I don't have throbbing awful pain later in the day from it.

Calorie wise, it really depends on your workout and how you choose to use the machines.

sofaking6

nicnoahshaun wrote: »

Both Treadmill and Elliptical can read my heart rate. I'm not sure if thats what you mean. And when you log on to MFP 50% are you meaning if you burn 600 cal you only log onto MFP 300 cal? Sorry I'm a little slow. lol : )

I meant a thing you wear around your chest that tracks your heart rate constantly. So, generally if I did 30 min the elliptical machine would tell me @300 calories and I would log @225. MFP would probably tell me 550 calories for the same thing and I would still log 225 MFP numbers are crazy unless you are either super obese and out of shape or super fit and going **** to the wall the whole time.