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MrsBrown104
MrsBrown104 Posts: 88 Member
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So I have an exercise bike that shows me how many carbs I burn. How is that helpful info to me? I tried googling it but didnt find anything on why you should count carbs during a workout.

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  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
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    Ignore it...it's going to be wildly inaccurate at minimum
  • MrsBrown104
    MrsBrown104 Posts: 88 Member
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    Ok thanks
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
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    Do you mean calories?
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    MrsBrown104 wrote: »
    So I have an exercise bike that shows me how many carbs I burn. How is that helpful info to me? I tried googling it but didnt find anything on why you should count carbs during a workout.

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    It does what?

    Are you sure?
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
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    Exercise equipment is pretty inaccurate even at telling you how many calories you're burning during a session. You're better off getting a good heart rate monitor with a chest strap to determine calorie burn. Nothing is going to tell you how many carbs specifically you are burning.
  • MrsBrown104
    MrsBrown104 Posts: 88 Member
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    it shows both carbs and calories.... strange I know!!
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    MrsBrown104 wrote: »
    it shows both carbs and calories.... strange I know!!

    All it's doing is probably dividing calorie burn by 4, but that's not even accurate, because there's a fat burn and a carb burn occurring simultaneously
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
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    I would think that unless your blood is being analyzed as you pedal away, it would be impossible to do anything except make a wild guess as to whether you are burning stored carbohydrates and certainly a wild guess as to how much.
  • SleepyGirl2
    SleepyGirl2 Posts: 13 Member
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    My treadmill gives a carbs burned reading also. I've always ignored it. I'm only interested in how many calories I burn. I use my HRM for that.

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