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Walking vs Treadmill

1julietax
1julietax Posts: 117 Member
edited January 11 in Fitness and Exercise
Just wondering how others note this under exercise. If I do 55 minutes on the treadmill I get a TON more calories than if I walk at the same pace. I noted under the exercise when you search for treadmill it comes up with stair-treadmill ergometer. Is that just a normal incline treadmill? Just want to make sure I am notating my exercise correctly. THANKS a bunch for your help.

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    How are you measuring this? Machines are notorious liars when it comes to calorie burn.
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    How are you measuring this? Machines are notorious liars when it comes to calorie burn.

    I'm using the settings on this site under exercise.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I'd log it as walking, whatever speed you had the treadmill set at unless you had it at a huge incline. Walking on a treadmill is less exercise than walking outside because you don't have to propel yourself forward.
  • haleeodessa
    haleeodessa Posts: 10 Member
    I've been using my treadmill as my main source of exercise recently. I usually do a brisk walk at 3.0 for about an hour. I log it in under "walking 3.0 walking dog pace". Soon I want to graduate to running again....baby steps.

    Good luck!

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  • robinaddison
    robinaddison Posts: 232 Member
    The 'stair treadmill eagometer' is the stairclimber. (And coincidentally, the bane of my gym time). Log your time on the regular treadmill as 'walking, x miles per hour'.
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    The 'stair treadmill eagometer' is the stairclimber. (And coincidentally, the bane of my gym time). Log your time on the regular treadmill as 'walking, x miles per hour'.

    Thanks. This totally helps me. I've been logging it wrong all along. THANKS.
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    I've been using my treadmill as my main source of exercise recently. I usually do a brisk walk at 3.0 for about an hour. I log it in under "walking 3.0 walking dog pace". Soon I want to graduate to running again....baby steps.

    Good luck!

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    Thank you.
  • shannie23
    shannie23 Posts: 22 Member
    The 'stair treadmill eagometer' is the stairclimber. (And coincidentally, the bane of my gym time). Log your time on the regular treadmill as 'walking, x miles per hour'.

    Did not know this.. here I thought it covered both :s Duh - feeling pretty dumb right now
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025 Member
    The 'stair treadmill eagometer' is the stairclimber. (And coincidentally, the bane of my gym time). Log your time on the regular treadmill as 'walking, x miles per hour'.

    Did not know this.. here I thought it covered both :s Duh - feeling pretty dumb right now

    It is all a learning process, don't feel dumb.
  • BigDave1050
    BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
    I wouldn't trust the calorie counts on MFP either. Best way to get your calorie burn is to invest in a Heart rate monitor.

    With that said, keep on moving!
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    The 'stair treadmill eagometer' is the stairclimber. (And coincidentally, the bane of my gym time). Log your time on the regular treadmill as 'walking, x miles per hour'.

    Did not know this.. here I thought it covered both :s Duh - feeling pretty dumb right now

    No worries. I did too...It's all a learning process..
  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    I wouldn't trust the calorie counts on MFP either. Best way to get your calorie burn is to invest in a Heart rate monitor.

    With that said, keep on moving!

    I've figured that the calories given on here are a big high. So I never eat all of my calories back.
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