Elliptical

Abram86
Abram86 Posts: 282 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
It says I burned about 65 calories in 8 minutes of elliptical but yet I have people saying that the elliptical doesn't measure calories burned correctly. So did I actually burn more or less calories?

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  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,473 Member
    It could be either more or less, and depends highly on the type of machine, the measures of power it uses, as well as what data inputs you give. I personally ignore the often chanted mantra of "machines are wrong". Some of the most accurate measures of absolute power are machine based.

    But the trick is you have to research any given machine, figure out how it measures calorie burn, and then compare to other known exercises to gauge your intensity vs study proven average calorie burns.
  • Abram86
    Abram86 Posts: 282 Member
    That is a very good answer. I'll have to look into this brand of elliptical and research it
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