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kieraleigh486
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I know the machines at the gym exaggerate calories, roughly how many actual calories are burnt - say if you burnt 100 calories on a treadmill if you are female, 135lbs and 5'6?
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99!
That's an impossible question.
Make and model of treadmill?
Calorie algorithm used?
What precisely are you doing on the treadmill? (Walking? Running? Incline? Hanging on the sides?)
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For walking I use the formula:
0.3 x bodyweight (lbs) x miles = Approximate calories burned0 -
Those machines at best are an approximate. Truth be told no real method is fool proof as there is just no way to factor in details about your Basal metabolic rate... genetics play a roll, gender, age, among other things. Nothing will accurately factor in all the details but take what ever figures the machine tells you will a grain of salt, if the results are coming the exact number doesn't matter. If you aren't getting the results you want increase the numbers on the same machine regardless of its accuracy you'll know you're buring more.
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If your looking for food .. seems like most eat half calories from exercise back .. exercise is not a good way to find food ...
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