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kcal

arrowprayer
arrowprayer Posts: 77 Member
edited February 20 in Fitness and Exercise
i started doing this one machine where it takes me more than double the time to finish my calories...and i just noticed it's kcal

is kcal double regular cal.

it doesn't make sense because if anything, this sec one is harder....


bonus topic:
i also find it odd that i burn the most calories on an eliptical, i mean it even says i burn more than on a treadmil and that just doesn't add up to me ... i mean treadmill is way harder ....what gives....

sincerely annoyed

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  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Ellipticals are notorious for overestimating the burn rate. Ignore them. Whichever exercise gets you to a higher average heart rate or exertion level probably burns the most calories.

    Kcal is a fancy way of saying calories
  • SparkleMotion30
    SparkleMotion30 Posts: 4 Member
    Technically, a kcal is 1000 calories (with a lower case c) but kcal is sometimes referred to as a Calorie (uppercase C). The energy in food (in the USA) and burned on your exercise machine are given in Calories , which is the same as a kcal. If your machine was giving you calories it would be 1000 times what you would expect, not twice
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