Elliptical...calories burnt question!

haylee1981

I've noticed people's statuses on the message boards that say burnt 1023 calories doing 40 mins of elliptical. However, when I go on mine it only usually says 323 calories for 30 mins. Am I doing something wrong?? I wouldn't say I had it on easy mode as I've been notching it up for weeks and to be honest kills me. Can anyone explain this??

ladykaisa

I know that for my, my "elliptical" is included in my total workout calories burned. My status usually says "xllamax burned XXXX calories in 60 minutes of cardio exercises, including elliptical". Meaning that there was a whole bunch of stuff I did, but the major part (maybe about 600 calories), were from the elliptical.
I'm not even sure how you could burn over 1000 calories in 60 minutes on the elliptical.....

kammy92

It depends on the resistance level you have it set on and how fast you go (rpm)....I. can burn way over 1000 calories in an hour depending on my settings....or I can burn way less with less resistance ....the resistance on my elliptical ranges from 1-20.....I also have like 10 preset calorie burning workouts and 10 speed workouts on mine ...so after a minute the speed and resistance will change .....I own a NordicTrack 5.5 elliptical