Treadmill Burns

Trapwolf

Hello you all,
I dont have a Heart rate monitor yet, and I was wondering if I am recording my calorie burns correctly that the treadmill is telling me.

I do 2.7mph, 3.5incline and I also work my arms and use 5lb hand weights too sometimes while on there.

I am 4ft 11inches, and weigh 103.5lbs

My treadmill says I burn 100 calories in about 16 minutes.

Do you all think this sounds right?

psuLemon

Take 60-80% of that number and its probably closer to reality.

_EndGame_

Well, I'm ALOT bigger, I use a HRM, and I use my treadmill (usually) at 4.5mph, on a 3% incline, in 15 minutes, I'd usually burn between 150 - 200 calories, so it really is a case of get a HRM, then you can be sure as to how many you are burning.

WAHMto5

I find that most treadmills are not accurate at all. The only site that I found that is kind of close to my HRM for walking/running was: http://caloriesburnedhq.com/calories-burned-running

psuLemon

Well, I'm ALOT bigger, I use a HRM, and I use my treadmill (usually) at 4.5mph, on a 3% incline, in 15 minutes, I'd usually burn between 150 - 200 calories, so it really is a case of get a HRM, then you can be sure as to how many you are burning.

Even the algorithms in hrm can be off and many read 20% high. In reality, you dont even need a hrm if you include exercise in your tdee. You can eat the same amout of calories daily to come up with a true tdee.

Francl27

Eh honestly, when I was using a HRM while working out, the HRM number was always 10% higher than the treadmill number.

So who knows. I'd just eat 80% of it just to be safe, unless you're hungry.

JanieJack

Hello you all,
I dont have a Heart rate monitor yet, and I was wondering if I am recording my calorie burns correctly that the treadmill is telling me.

I do 2.7mph, 3.5incline and I also work my arms and use 5lb hand weights too sometimes while on there.

I am 4ft 11inches, and weigh 103.5lbs

My treadmill says I burn 100 calories in about 16 minutes.

Do you all think this sounds right?

Sounds about right to me- average 100 calories per mile burned... you're not quite going a mile in 16 minutes, but you ARE doing the incline and adding some weights so that balances out. I'm not a doctor though. And I may sell shakeology and beach body fitness videos, but I' not a personal trainer lol so take my advice fwiw

_EndGame_

Well, I'm ALOT bigger, I use a HRM, and I use my treadmill (usually) at 4.5mph, on a 3% incline, in 15 minutes, I'd usually burn between 150 - 200 calories, so it really is a case of get a HRM, then you can be sure as to how many you are burning.

Even the algorithms in hrm can be off and many read 20% high. In reality, you dont even need a hrm if you include exercise in your tdee. You can eat the same amout of calories daily to come up with a true tdee.

I tested my HRM to the state of the art Technogym equipment at my local lifestyles centre. The HRM was never anymore than 1bpm different to the Technogym equipment that measures bpm. So I'd say it's pretty accurate, either that, or ALL HRM's are defective.

Trapwolf

Thanks for the advice so far you all! I usually dont eat more than 1/2 of my exercise calories anyway, to be safe.