logging lots of burned calories

haigyboy1967
haigyboy1967 Posts: 5 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
been at this for a week and trained around 4 days, how accurate are the cybex or any machine for calculating calories, i am 250ibs and 30 minutes on the arc machine was just over 500 calories, still reasonably fit and can push myself, was just wondering how accurate they are

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  • howardheilweil
    howardheilweil Posts: 604 Member
    Not very accurate, but more so then the exercise database in MFP. For a more reliable idea of your calorie burn, I suggest a heart rate monitor. For reference, an hour on an elliptical for me is about 600 calories and that's a very intense workout. Good luck!
  • haigyboy1967
    haigyboy1967 Posts: 5 Member
    will keep an eye on it, forgot to say that I use a heart rate monitor

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