Exercise Calorise

kathymhardy

I have a computer on my elliptical/stationary bike, which tells me I burn an average of 450 calories for every 15 minutes I do (and I do this three times a day normally). However, when I enter 45 minutes into here, it only gives me 311 carlories! Can anyone explain this please?

ladyraven68

I have a computer on my elliptical/stationary bike, which tells me I burn an average of 450 calories for every 15 minutes I do (and I do this three times a day normally). However, when I enter 45 minutes into here, it only gives me 311 carlories! Can anyone explain this please?

It sounds like your eliptical may be wrong.

450 calories is equivalent to over 4 miles of running, and I have to doubt whether you worked that hard in just 15 minutes.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Yeah that doesn't sound right. I'd go with the MFP number, and then realize that that's an estimate too.

ApexLeader

450 for 15 minutes is insane (30 calories a minute). you are more likely burning between 10-15 calories per minute unless you are going at a very high intensity (meaning 160+ heart rate) for the 15 minutes and then you might be burning 15-20 calories per minute.\

even 311 seems high. you might want to invest in a heart rate monitor and use a calorie tracker tied to the monitor and then input it manually on here.

BeautifulBrownButterfly

You can't manually enter it? When I do my workouts using my HRM I create it and use the numbers my hrm gives me..

gdrmuzak

Is the 450 the calories burned OR more likely, the Calories Burned PER HOUR rate?

Shelialouise66

An HRM is the way to go, to more accurtely calculate your calorie burn.

VanillaBeanSeed

Is the 450 the calories burned OR more likely, the Calories Burned PER HOUR rate?

This is what I was thinking too. The treadmills at my gym go by cals PER hour, and then in the end show you what you burned for your time on it.

kathymhardy

Is the 450 the calories burned OR more likely, the Calories Burned PER HOUR rate?

This sounds nearer the mark! Anyhow, I knew the 450 calories wasn't right - how unfortunate, lol.