Calorie Burn Difference - HRM / Treadmill - Help!

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dxtra30
dxtra30 Posts: 498 Member
edited January 17 in Fitness and Exercise
So this weekend I took my HRM to the local gym.. I ran on the treadmill for 45minutes , and so the HRM BPM and Treadmill BPM were always the same I noticed so that was good.. However when I was done my workout I noticed the treadmill burn calories were a lot lower than my HRM.. Which one is more accurate?? I put my age/weight in the treadmill so I'm not sure why both the treadmill and the HRM would be off.. Any ideas? Do I need to adjust my MAX BPM on my HRM? Any feedback would be great!.. Thanks!

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  • SOOZIE429
    SOOZIE429 Posts: 638 Member
    Your HRM is definitely more accurate. The treadmill does not know how tall you are or your sex.
  • TwelveSticks
    TwelveSticks Posts: 288 Member
    Yeah, what Soozie said! ^^^^^^^^
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    So this weekend I took my HRM to the local gym.. I ran on the treadmill for 45minutes , and so the HRM BPM and Treadmill BPM were always the same I noticed so that was good.. However when I was done my workout I noticed the treadmill burn calories were a lot lower than my HRM.. Which one is more accurate?? I put my age/weight in the treadmill so I'm not sure why both the treadmill and the HRM would be off.. Any ideas? Do I need to adjust my MAX BPM on my HRM? Any feedback would be great!.. Thanks!

    If the TM calories are lower than your HRM then your HRM is really off. Unless you hold on to the handrails, treadmill calorie counts are very accurate for walking and a little high for running--off by 15% or so. Since treadmills measure your actual aerobic workload, they are inherently more accurate. And because they measure actual workload, they don't need heart rate--just body weight. So the heart rate on the TM is just for display. It is not used for calorie calculations.
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