Nike + Ipod Calories Burned Accuracy

SRDB00
SRDB00 Posts: 50 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I received a Nike + Sensor for Christmas. I've used it for the past couple of days. I am currently on week 5 of the C25K program and also walk and jog an additional 30 mins after the C25K training ends. Yesterday I work out for 1 hr 19 mins and the calories burned with Nike + read 986 but the treadmill calories burned read 703. Today I worked out for 65 minutes and the Nike + read 719 calories burned and the treadmill said 472 calories burned. I don't want to log more calories that I burned (I am aware that everything is an estimate). However there is a huge gap between the sensor and the treadmill number. How accurate is the Nike +? Is it taking into account that I am not running the entire time and that I am also walking?

If this question has been answered already I would love to be directed to the information as I have searched the message boards and could not find anything that referenced the accuracy of the Nike + sensor and ipod touch.

Thanks for your responses in advance.

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  • JoanB5
    JoanB5 Posts: 610 Member
    Old post, but checking for cal accuracy on Nike products and this came up. Late response, but that seems enormously high for a run. Did you input your correct height and weight in Nike+ before you started? I tend to get about 100 calories per mile. I am 5'3" and 115 pounds (I use a HR monitor on a Sole F80. It computes for gender, age, and weight)...seems pretty close to MFP estimates, and to other treadmills (Polar).

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