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cardiovascular part of mfp help

sdoherty1000
sdoherty1000 Posts: 146 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hi all and hope your all losing the pounds well. Right, my query is this! On mfp the walking at 3.5mph only returns a calorie consumption of 122 calories for a 21 minute walk i just did. Runkeeper states that we walked at average speed of 3.38mph over 1.3 miles. Runkeeper has quoted me as losing 102 calories but using http://www.walkjogrun.net/ it asks me to put my weight in and returns a calorie loss of 240 for the same journey.

Any one know which is more accurate to go by? I can only assume that http://www.walkjogrun.net/ is better as it knows my weight and also the inclines of the hills etc etc


thanks for your time

steve

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  • polo571
    polo571 Posts: 708 Member
    I really think the only true way to measure anything is with a heart rate monitor. Just my opinion
  • SheehyCFC
    SheehyCFC Posts: 529 Member
    Runkeeper and MFP are pretty close - a "rule of thumb" is 100-120 calories per mile.
    If you walked at 1.3 miles , I would say 122 is pretty close. It may even be a little more, but not 240.

    **EDIT - PS: I agree, that a HRM is the best representation by FAR.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,412 Member
    Add your own equipment/exercise in the add execise tab. Then you can be sure you get what you know is right for you.
  • sdoherty1000
    sdoherty1000 Posts: 146 Member
    Cheers guys for the comments. I need all the help i can get.

    thanks

    steve
  • KAK68
    KAK68 Posts: 51 Member
    this is exactly why I went to a heart monitor- my elliptical was giving me way too many calories burned. I need to check this runkeeper out.
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