calories on a treadmill

ang2323
ang2323 Posts: 20
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
why is it on my treadmill i can burn 352 calories at 4.0 in 30 minutes and on here it says i only burned 171 calories? :huh:

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  • gehlerc
    gehlerc Posts: 651 Member
    I have the same thing going on here. I do set the treadmill at an incline and, of course, the "walking, 4.0 mph" entry in the exercise database here doesn't take incline into account, BUT...there is a BIG difference between my treadmill calorie count and MFP's calorie count, and I can't believe the incline makes that much of a difference.
  • garysgirl719
    garysgirl719 Posts: 235 Member
    Are you sure you are putting the time/speed in correct? When I put in 30 minutes at 3.0 mph, it shows me as burning 240 calories, which is very close to the 242 the actual machine calculated.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Because the trademill 'knows" the intensity of your walk (pace, incline, and HR), and the MFP database does not. Unless you wear a heart rate monitor (HRM), you should take the numbers given by the treadmill, rather that what the MFP database shows in your exercise diary.
  • FAKECED
    FAKECED Posts: 61
    run outside it's better and if you have a heart monitor you should wear that. alot of these calories on here are inflated.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    I have the same thing going on here. I do set the treadmill at an incline and, of course, the "walking, 4.0 mph" entry in the exercise database here doesn't take incline into account, BUT...there is a BIG difference between my treadmill calorie count and MFP's calorie count, and I can't believe the incline makes that much of a difference.

    Yes, the incline does make a difference in the calories burned and in your heart rate. You burn more calories walking uphill(incline), and that on a leveled surface.
  • dungardove
    dungardove Posts: 28
    I'm so glad you said that. I walked for 25 mins last night at 5.5km at various inclines ranging up to 5 and I thought treadmill said I burnt 223 cals but only got 170+ on this. Hopefully we'll lose all the more at the end of the month:huh:
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    Running outside isn't an option in much of the U.S. during the winter. Today in Minnesota the roads and sidewalks are covered with glare ice, not to mention snow is piled up everywhere, and I do mean everywhere! Snowfall during December broke all previous records.
  • kimmyb1213
    kimmyb1213 Posts: 3
    I have noticed this with most of my workouts but I have a heart rate monitor so I go by that. I would suggest using one because they are more accurate.
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