exercise calories using HRM

happyindian
happyindian Posts: 89 Member
edited February 4 in Fitness and Exercise
We have precor machines in our gym which also displays heart rate. so , i am taking it that they show calories burnt on the basis of the heart rate. will those be accurate or at least a better measure than the machines without HRM.
Also, when i log my effort into MFP, it always says less than what i have 'actually ' burnt, meaning what the machine says.. I was wondering how does MFP know what incline or resistance my machine was set at. So ,are MFP calories just a generalisation???

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Pretty much all calorie burn numbers are a "generalization", whether from HRM or from machine.
  • happyindian
    happyindian Posts: 89 Member
    We have precor machines in our gym which also displays heart rate. so , i am taking it that they show calories burnt on the basis of the heart rate. will those be accurate or at least a better measure than the machines without HRM.
    Also, when i log my effort into MFP, it always says less than what i have 'actually ' burnt, meaning what the machine says.. I was wondering how does MFP know what incline or resistance my machine was set at. So ,are MFP calories just a generalisation???


    any other views???
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