One exercise, two calorie trackers, big discrepancy
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I worked out on my Life Fitness elliptical this morning on the highest resistance. It credited me with a whopping 700+ calories for the workout. The elliptical does not track my heart rate, I just enter my weight and go.
I also wore my Sync Burn tracker, which credited me with a much humbler 450+ calories of working out. The tracker "knows" my sex, height, and weight, and checks my pulse.
The lower number sounds like the way to go, but I wanted a sanity check from the masses. What accounts for the honking big discrepancy?
Thanks in advance.
I also wore my Sync Burn tracker, which credited me with a much humbler 450+ calories of working out. The tracker "knows" my sex, height, and weight, and checks my pulse.
The lower number sounds like the way to go, but I wanted a sanity check from the masses. What accounts for the honking big discrepancy?
Thanks in advance.
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Age, weight and height make up for the discrepancy. Even HRM's aren't completely accurate but they're a better guess than a generic trackers on machines because they have this extra info to take into consideration. Go with your HRM.0
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Machines use a generic, simple arithmetic/function to guess calories burnt.
You can either use an average of those 2, or go with the lower one..As long as your reliable in whichever method you track, you can measure progress easier and with less hassle0 -
like you said, the Sync Burn Tracker knows your sex, height, and weight, and pulse. I would trust that more instead of the treadmill.0
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The most common LF elliptical model in clubs has an older algorithm that is known (at least by me) to overestimate calorie burn by 25%-30%. That doesn't mean the other device is inherently more accurate--it could just be a coincidence that is the closer number in this case.0
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Machines use a generic, simple arithmetic/function to guess calories burnt
So do HRMs.0
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