MFP overestimates exercise calories?

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  • gourmetgal77
    gourmetgal77 Posts: 73 Member
    I was thinking the same thing!!

    :)
    MFP has me burning:

    427 calories for a mountain run with an elevation of 480m. That's for a total of 52 minutes, 6km. Seems about right.
    8 calories per minute for capoeira (brazilian martial art). There is a lot of HIIT, conditionning (push-ups, burpees, hand-stands, hand-stand push-ups, cartwheels, back flips, kicks, etc..) and cardio. We usually break 15-30 seconds in between sets. So about 720 calories for 90 minutes. Seems pretty close to me.

    Next month, I'll be getting my HRM. So I'll be able to really compare. Until then, I can only tell you what MFP gives me and I don't believe that it is grossly exaggerated.

    I'm exhausted just reading that!! I wonder if I burned any calories... ? LOL
    Congrats. :)
  • ambiedawnz
    ambiedawnz Posts: 108 Member
    I just walked this morning at 3.5 for 60 minutes. I'm 5'7.5" 146 lb 29 yr old female.
    My treadmill says I burned over 400 calories (I can't remember the exact #)
    MFP says I burned 252 calories.
    I do have a HRM (FT4) but did not wear it, but it usually tells me around the same as what the treadmill does..
    So in my case it does seem that MFP is low, but maybe it's bc I'm not in "the best" cardiovascular shape, I dunno.

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