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Estimating calories burned through exercise

SkinnyMel89
SkinnyMel89 Posts: 16 Member
edited February 1 in Fitness and Exercise
Do you trust your MFP, the machine reading, or your pedometer?

My treadmill seems to overestimate, so I just use the MFP. However, the pedometer seems to underestimate more than both MFP and the machine....

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  • amychantel
    amychantel Posts: 52 Member
    I just started to use a HRM. The first time I used it, the elliptical registered about 500 calories and the HRM said 387...
  • amychantel
    amychantel Posts: 52 Member
    Today my elliptical said 535 and HRM said 396...
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