Calories on machine right?

Amberwms101
Amberwms101 Posts: 14
edited January 9 in Fitness and Exercise
I have been told before that machines doesn't give you the most accurate amount on the calories you burn.
I use to believe that until I started going back to my gym and they have updated most of the machines.
Yesterday my work on the elliptical read.

315 calories burned in 30 mins

Before I started I put in my weight/age which 250 pounds and 22.

Does this sound right?

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  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    Totally depends on how hard you were working, but that is in the realm of believable.
  • taps42
    taps42 Posts: 13 Member
    I would say that is about right. I burn about 270 calories doing 15 mins on a cross trainer.
  • alyssamiller77
    alyssamiller77 Posts: 891 Member
    I'd agree, while it depends on the amount of resistance you used and your average RPM, the above numbers certainly seem reasonable. I weigh in around 163 and usually burn about 250-280 in a 20 minute session of moderate-heavy resistance at 7.5 avg RPM.
  • MissMeg13
    MissMeg13 Posts: 7 Member
    I use this calculator to help verify. http://www.calories-calculator.net/Calories_Burned_By_Heart_Rate.html
  • Sycoholic
    Sycoholic Posts: 282 Member
    If you're entering your age and weight then it's going to be pretty close. It will know how hard you're working with those parameters and can judge how many calories you're burning.
  • Amberwms101
    Amberwms101 Posts: 14
    How can I calculate calories burned when i jump rope or jog in place?
    I want to increase my workouts by doing this video off YouTube

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0lZTWlBAg

    I would be able to do just the first technique though but
    I have no idea how to log it into my journal.
  • Amberwms101
    Amberwms101 Posts: 14
    Is there any close calorie burn calculator ?
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