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My HRM is showing a higher calorie burn than my treadmill??

KPMP1992
KPMP1992 Posts: 66
edited February 11 in Fitness and Exercise
I always thought exercise machines overestimated calorie burn. My HRM is showing an even higher calorie burn than my treadmill though. ???

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  • wrk2hrd
    wrk2hrd Posts: 28
    Personally,I never trust calorie output from any machine, especially ones found on cruise ships.

    Their numbers simply do not add up.
  • harley_rose
    harley_rose Posts: 236
    Mine did too, I was showed this URL:
    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx

    This will take your avg heat rate from your HRM and you will find what you are actually burning, which will still be higher then the treadmill
  • abwemb
    abwemb Posts: 4 Member
    I decided to leave my polar on for an hour during "sitting" time to see what I burn while not working out. It averaged out to 1.8 calories a minute. So when I exercise, I take away the 1.8 calories per minute from what the hrm says, to calculate how many calories I actually can eat back.

    For example, today I did cardio for an hour. My hrm said that I burned 478 calories. I subtracted 108 calories (60 min x 1.8) from that, and got 370 calories for my actual calories that I can eat back...
  • KPMP1992
    KPMP1992 Posts: 66
    That's great! I will try that next time. Thanks!
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