Gym MAchines - Calories Burned

cstew44

I have a trainer that says, The calories burned on the treadmill and elliptical are not completely accurate. He suggest adding 25-50% of the burned value displayed by the machine.

Has anyone out there heard the same info? I ask because when I input the time I spent on either machine into myfitnesspal, it is always says I've burned far more calories then the machine . . .

Help???

meerkat70

Our machines at my gym routinely underestimate. I believe a lot of people experience they overestimate. Either way, not very reliable!

wedjul05

I have a HRM the polat FT4 and to be honest, I find it's the opposite to the treadmill/crossramp. I find the machines over estimate the calories whereas my HRM is less than the machine.

I trust the HRM better. It's not a huge dfifference though, maybe only 20 calories or so.

cstew44

Have you notice that if you input the time spent on either machine into myfitnesspal dail log that its higher then the machine calories burned by sometimes 200 calories or more . . .

I find this confusing and usually will only input the the number of minutes equal to the number of calories burned displayed on the machine

tommys

I use a Polar FT40 HRM and it always shows less than the treadmill on calories burned. MFP always shows more than the actual burn when inputting the length of work out. I recommend getting a good quality HRM for the most accurate calorie burn estimate. I spent about $71 on mine via ebay and bought one for my wife as well, money well spent!

caroltina

Totally they are not keyed up for your height, weight and sex, I wear my HRM and they are about 25% out for me, they say less cals than the HRM

caroltina

Oh and I think MFP way over estimate