I have a question about the accuracy of the "calories burned

sooh2011

Agreeing with those who use a heart rate monitor. It may not be absolutely perfect, but it will be much more accurate than either a machine or the estimates here. I find the estimates here EXTREMELY high and machines also quite high compared to my HRM. When I was first losing weight several years ago, the online numbers were closer but as I got in better shape, I burned far less calories doing the same activities, partly thru being smaller and partly thru being more efficient.

Here's an interesting article w/a calorie calculator at the end from Runner's World magazine: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html

Thanks! That was interesting - I've told people that walking a mile and running a mile are the same calorie burn....but looks like I was wrong.

AndrewTub

Also we'll be burning calories after the excercise in muscle recovery etc . so I don't mind taking a generous reading :P

bassettpig

Thanks! That was interesting - I've told people that walking a mile and running a mile are the same calorie burn....but looks like I was wrong.

I had wondered about that myself, since I run and there is simply no way it feels like it takes the same amount of energy to run a mile as to walk one, even if you are running easy. The explanation made sense and once I got my HRM, it confirmed this almost to a T!