Wii Fit Free Run

Navy4571
Navy4571 Posts: 32 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I have been using my Wii Fit to exercise since its a bit colder outside.

I feel like MFP is underestimating the number of calories burned for the free run. Is there really that much of a discrepency between jogging in place and jogging outside?

I could be wrong...just curious.

WiiFit is saying I ran 1.3 miles in 10 minutes which seems to be about right because I usually run 1.5 miles outside in about 12 minutes, but when I ran outside, I am near 220 calories burned where it saying just 70 for the WiiFit. Even Walking 2.5 moderate pace for 10 minutes is 52 calories.

Just confused is all.

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  • Navy4571
    Navy4571 Posts: 32 Member
    bup
  • Bakkasan
    Bakkasan Posts: 1,027 Member
    You can compare it to a HRM which calculates calories. Also googling "jogging in place calories vs outside" yields a lot of info.
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    You really should get an HRM. Probably your outside running burn was overestimated by MFP. However, there is a big difference between running in place and running outside.
  • peuglow
    peuglow Posts: 684 Member
    You really should get an HRM. Probably your outside running burn was overestimated by MFP. However, there is a big difference between running in place and running outside.
    This. I wouldn't worry abt the HRM, but I can guarantee running in place is a much lower burn than running outside. As in, not even close.

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