Walking on my treadmill

aliciaaw
aliciaaw Posts: 180 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So today I walk on my treadmill. I was wearing my FITBIT it showed I walk 4 miles and burn 375 cal. My HRM showed I burn 469 calories in 60 minutes. And on my treadmill showed I walk 60 min. Burn 500 calories so I'm going with the 500calories. Which one would you pick?

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  • JessicaPasieka
    JessicaPasieka Posts: 149 Member
    I'd play it safe and go with the least amount of calories. That way, it's a win win situation if you actually burned more. Rather be safe than sorry.
  • wilsoje74
    wilsoje74 Posts: 1,720 Member
    The least amount sounds most accurate.
  • FunkBunny
    FunkBunny Posts: 417 Member
    If your info on your fitbit profile is correct, that will be the most accurate one to go with.
  • vickiessecret
    vickiessecret Posts: 119 Member
    I don't have a fitbit, but I do have a Polar ft4 heart rate monitor. My treadmill & my cheap heart rate monitor from walmart always gave me a higher cal burn then the Polar. So if it's a hrm with a chest strap I'd go with that number :)
  • danamariers
    danamariers Posts: 155 Member
    I prefer to under-estimate by a bit than over-estimate (to be on the safe side) so I would pick the 375cal.
  • coreysarahsmoot
    coreysarahsmoot Posts: 21
    I walk an hour on the treadmill at an incline of 6% and a speed of 3.7-4mph and avg. 500. So if you were about the same I would do the 500, if there is no incline and not a super fast speed, I would do the lowest. My cal count is from both my HRM and the treadmill count.
  • BrawlerBella
    BrawlerBella Posts: 400 Member
    The FB can't measure your heart rate your HRM can. Hopefully you have a Polar or equivalent with a chest strap. If this is the case the best suggestion would be to use the cals burned per HRM.
  • littlepinkhearts
    littlepinkhearts Posts: 1,055 Member
    i believe you still have to subtract what you would burn anyways by sitting, off the HRM calc. for the hour. Which would bring it closer to the fitbit calc.

    I would use the fitbit calc
  • aliciaaw
    aliciaaw Posts: 180 Member
    It's a polar FT4 with a chest strap
  • aliciaaw
    aliciaaw Posts: 180 Member
    My speed was 4.5 and 5.0 with an incline
  • chinalavy
    chinalavy Posts: 104
    I have a Garmin 110 Forerunner it has a HRM and is pretty accurate
  • aliciaaw
    aliciaaw Posts: 180 Member
    Thanks' for all the response
  • PepePants
    PepePants Posts: 47 Member
    Fitness machines are notorious for miscalculating calories burned. Go with the fitbit that has your data (weight & height) calculated.
  • chinalavy
    chinalavy Posts: 104
    My speed was 4.5 and 5.0 with an incline
    Wow girl you rock !
  • tmccarter11
    tmccarter11 Posts: 39
    You have a good HRM, i would go with that number

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