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Do you trust treadmill calorie counts?

zaza54
zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I log about 35 miles a week of treadmill walking. Bad knees and back prevent running. I usually have the treadmill at the highest incline - #15 and walk about 5 mph. The calorie count is usually about 1450 when I enter my current age and weight. Does this sound right or should I be discounting this count?

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  • zaza54
    zaza54 Posts: 1,475 Member
    I log about 35 miles a week of treadmill walking. Bad knees and back prevent running. I usually have the treadmill at the highest incline - #15 and walk about 5 mph. The calorie count is usually about 1450 when I enter my current age and weight. Does this sound right or should I be discounting this count?
  • carak2000
    carak2000 Posts: 72
    Honestly, I always trusted the treadmill/elliptical/etc. calorie counters. I recently bought a heart rate monitor, which I strongly recommend, and it says that I burn more than the treadmill/elliptical/etc. had been saying. So, I'm not really sure. When it says 1450 calories, that's after how much time?
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I bought an HRM and it reads LESS than the machines. :frown: :sad: :brokenheart:

    A 15% incline and 5mph is booking it though! It's like scaling a house at a running speed! GO YOU!
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