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Calorie burn on Arc / Adaptive Motion trainer

Mary_Eliz29
Mary_Eliz29 Posts: 11
edited February 10 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone wear a HR monitor when using an arc trainer, who can give me an accurate idea of calorie burn? The machine reckons I use between 10-15 cals a minute, which seems really high. I normally use it for 30 minutes at a time and halve the calories the machine shows to be on the safe side.

I know calorie burn depends on weight, but I'm 5 ft 4 and 138lb, how much would you expect the machine to burn in 30 minutes?

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  • jorasims
    jorasims Posts: 75 Member
    The best way to figure this is to wear an hrm. Arc trainers grossly over exaggerate the amount of calories burned. I was shocked when I started wearing an hrm and compared what it said to what the machine said.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    I use a HRM on the Arc at my gym. I find it a lot more accurate.
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