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Calories from a treadmill accuate?

EEfromJersey
EEfromJersey Posts: 219 Member
edited January 15 in Fitness and Exercise
Today I hooked up my IPOD fitness to my run on the treadmill and had 100 calorie difference,I was at the YMCA as usuall I programmed my IPOD with weight & height and all the info from the run was the same except for the calories burned. So is this common with treadmills? Or do I have to load the same info to a often used treadmill.

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  • ohnoetry
    ohnoetry Posts: 129
    Invest in a heart rate monitor, it's the most accurate reading you're going to get. I've had machines tell me I burn 100 more, or 100 less sometimes than my HRM! I have the Polar FT4 and love it. A lot of cardio machines sync to them and tell you your heart rate as you're working out (or you could just look down at the watch :P )
  • alanlmarshall
    alanlmarshall Posts: 587 Member
    The estimates for running on MFP are actually pretty good. For house cleaning, not so much.
  • helengetshealthy
    helengetshealthy Posts: 171 Member
    I have found MFP to be pretty accurate! I use a heart rate monitor when I'm on the treadmill, and the difference between what MFP says and what the HRM says is only marginal, something like 20 calories at the most :)
  • EEfromJersey
    EEfromJersey Posts: 219 Member
    What I forgot to mention this sites calcuator was very close to the reads on my IPOD
  • christa96
    christa96 Posts: 153 Member
    When I use the machines, my heart rate is pretty accurate to what my HRM says however, yes, the calorie count is usually 100 calories (give or take a few) off. Normally it says 100 calories more than my HRM.
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