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HRM vs Calories burned displayed by machines?

Jerrypeoples
Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
edited January 23 in Fitness and Exercise
Anyone use a HRM and almost have a stroke when you saw the difference between the two devices?


i started doing 30 minutes on an arc trainer then 30 on the elliptical. the calories the machines said were 556 + 400 for a total burn of 956

Got a polar fit FT7 and between the two it was a total of 500

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  • missmegan831
    missmegan831 Posts: 824 Member
    If the machines arent set up with your stats (age/weight/height) then you wont get an accurate reading... 60 mins of cardio is about 450 calories for me with my HRM so I would trust the HRM not those machines
  • gowrirao81
    gowrirao81 Posts: 139 Member
    This is precisely why I refuse to eat more than 50% of my earned exercise cals ... am sure the gym machines are all lying to me. Doesn't help that I usually go "Quick start" and have the average burn displayed instead of doing the right thing and putting all my stats in ... I am way smaller than the average person using them. Meh!
  • ashgav
    ashgav Posts: 8 Member
    I had the opposite reaction I was happy with the fact that the machines read my calories way lower than my HRM.
  • Jerrypeoples
    Jerrypeoples Posts: 1,541 Member
    see, the machines were way higher than what my HRM said.

    i input my stats into them and do the fat burning programs
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