Treadmill help PLEASE!

chelseafrisbie
chelseafrisbie Posts: 3
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi,
So I notice when you try to log "treadmill" workouts into MFP , it comes up as "stair-treadmill ergometer". Does this mean that it is reading it as a stepper machine or an actual treadmill? I've been putting in whatever speeds I've been walking or jogging, but I feel like that is not an accurate representation of what I'm doing on the machine. But I don't want to put in a stepper exercise if that is not what I'm doing.

Any help?

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  • Stacjsteinert5
    Stacjsteinert5 Posts: 82 Member
    Just enter in your own exercise and put how many minutes you did and what the calories are that you burned. When I do treadmill. I put in run/walk and whatever the calories burned show on my treadmill.
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    Log as walking/running/jogging. Whatever you did.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    Use the walking or jogging/running entry for your MPH. Or use an online treadmill calculator (although the one I use tends to seem a bit high.)
  • krisjohnson121
    krisjohnson121 Posts: 87 Member
    I just keep the stairmill-treadmill label and replace the MFP calorie count with the calorie count from the machine. Please someone correct me if I am wrong but the label is just a label - as long as you update with the correct calorie count you can use any label. If you prefer better tracking you can create your own cardio labels as well...
  • Jen21878
    Jen21878 Posts: 40 Member
    I just keep the stairmill-treadmill label and replace the MFP calorie count with the calorie count from the machine. Please someone correct me if I am wrong but the label is just a label - as long as you update with the correct calorie count you can use any label. If you prefer better tracking you can create your own cardio labels as well...

    I do the same thing!! :happy:
  • chelseafrisbie
    chelseafrisbie Posts: 3
    Thanks all, this helped a lot. Unfortunately the treadmill at my gym does not have a way for you to enter your weight, so it cannot give me a precise number of calories burned, so I guess I will go with the walk/run entering as I have been doing.

    Thanks for everyone's replies!! :)

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