how many calories i might be burning on elliptical trainer?

When I look up the elliptical on here it only gives me one option. Personally I don't believe it at all because there HAS to be a difference when I'm really going at it, as opposed to when I'm doing it half a**** too get some time in. Lol. I figure either was is better than sitting on the couch anyway. From what I understand the counts on machines are usually pretty off too but I would imagine the machine at least know the incline and intensity you are doing it. For that reason, I would err on the safe side and log the lower number.

73 calories seems very, very low.

At 170 pounds on the Precor ellipticals at my gym I typically log around 450 calories for 30 minutes. Am I really burning 450? I doubt it but I'd bet I'm a heck of lot closer to 450 than I am to 73.

What brand elliptical do you have? Is it one on which you can enter your weight? That 73 number has to be way off.

73 is way too low...almost impractical on an elliptical. i at 190 lbs typically burn 10 - 11 cals a minute , at a resistance set at 5 and na incline of 6 - 10.

[o burn 450 calories in 30min, you would have to be going elite levels of exertion. considering you're a total beginner, this is basically impossible. So I would throw any reading saying that out the window.

ellipticals are misleading because your bodyweight has little bearing on the calorie burn. Seeing as the machine just supports your weight on it's own and you don't have to physically move it. it's really only the machine resistance that matters for calorie burn. And there is no way MFP could possibly know what lbs of resistance your machine was set at. So it's giving a very inflated number imo.]

If tht is the case....do u think we shud trust the number the machine shows????
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If tht is the case....do u think we shud trust the number the machine shows????

not at 73cal for 30min. sounds like a calibration issue there. But as a general rule, i would trust the actual machine over mfp for an elliptical. however, a properly calibrated HRM that allows for hrmax and vo2max will be farrrrrr more accurate than any of the above.

to burn 450 calories in 30min, you would have to be going elite levels of exertion....

Not even close to elite.

For a 240 pound person to burn 1000 calories/hour they'd have to run at about 5mph.

ya, someone 240lbs would have to do that..... for an hour. at 5mph. actually running without a break. by all means go and try it. I'm not holding my breath.

to burn 450 calories in 30min, you would have to be going elite levels of exertion....

Not even close to elite.

For a 240 pound person to burn 1000 calories/hour they'd have to run at about 5mph.

ya, someone 240lbs would have to do that..... for an hour. at 5mph. actually running without a break. by all means go and try it. I'm not holding my breath.

You are reading more into my reply than is warranted. The 1000/hour is simply the rate of calorie burn. I'm not suggesting she could keep it up for 60 minutes.

And I'm not even saying it's likely she can keep it up for 30, but it's hardly an elite level of exertion. That's only a 12 minute mile. That barely qualifies as a jog, there are people who walk that fast.

to burn 450 calories in 30min, you would have to be going elite levels of exertion. considering you're a total beginner, this is basically impossible. So I would throw any reading saying that out the window.

ellipticals are misleading because your bodyweight has little bearing on the calorie burn. Seeing as the machine just supports your weight on it's own and you don't have to physically move it. it's really only the machine resistance that matters for calorie burn. And there is no way MFP could possibly know what lbs of resistance your machine was set at. So it's giving a very inflated number imo.

this^^^ I go at it hard, and have never burned 450 in 30 minutes, more like 200 if I am lucky and that is intervals at level 6-9resistance pounding fast and hard.