Any people who use a stairmaster to work out?

2112540

I recently started working out on one and logging it as "stair Treadmill" on mfp. Do the calories burned seem off to anyone else? It seems shockingly low for such a tough machine!

sofaking6

I agree! But MFP jibes with what the machines in the gym tell me. I will never understand how the elliptical burns so many more calories than the stairmaster, when one is a breeze and the other a major challenge.

socalochoa

I just go by the amount of sweat is dripping off me!! The Stairmaster burns way more calories than the Eliptical in my opinion.

altushe

I use the Starimaster nearly everyday on the "fatburn" program. According to the machine, that burns 600 calories in one hour of exercise (based on my weight). Using MFP gives a much lower number for the stair treadmill. Been struggling with finding the right maintenance calories for some time now and continue to lose (beyond where I want to or that looks good). Was hoping someone found a way to determine how to best estimate the calories burned or at least is struggling with similar issues.

Thanks!