Calories at gym..

Simonscat
Simonscat Posts: 249
edited September 23 in Fitness and Exercise
The machines calculate calories but how accurate are they?!
Basically, you can enter your weight and age.

I normally knock off 10 cals at the end =\.

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  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Depending on the machine they can overestimate your calories by 10-30%.
  • zydratethief
    zydratethief Posts: 171
    difficult to say - calories burned are calculated using complicated formulas - Some use weight, some factor in HR, some use assumed data (HR & weight + intensity)

    All in all, unless you put in your weight and age, id say dont lend to much credence to them.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    agreed with others---it depends on how much information they're taking into consideration. The ones at my work are pretty high-end (I work for Hyatt and we have the same machines that our hotels have), so it takes into consideration weight, heartrate (and age too for some workouts I believe), and duration and intensity.

    Best bet from what I hear is to get a heart rate monitor. I'm hoping to steal my mom's since she doesn't use it much.
  • Simonscat
    Simonscat Posts: 249
    Well the make of them is "Life Fitness"
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