Calorie according to Gym equipment or App

missunderstand01
missunderstand01 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay! So I've been to the gym for the last 5 days straight and I'm busting it trying to keep my heart rate up and trying to burn some serious calories. I biked 8 (almost 9) miles in 30 minutes at 100rpm with the stationary bike set to a lvl 6 resistance and still only burned 238 calories, I was busting tail!! When I typed it into the myfitnesspal app to log it, it was saying I should have burned almost double that! Which am I suppose to be using as accurate!? If I go for a walk, I just log it in the App and it says I've burned a bunch of calories, but now I worry that it's wrong.

Insite?

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  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    I would go with the lower number. The number from MFP is based on some general activity levels without any knowledge of the specific equipment you are using. I think MFP get closer to the right number for exercise you do outside, but it still won't get it exactly right. No estimation tool can.
  • missunderstand01
    missunderstand01 Posts: 7 Member
    Ya I was afraid of using the lower number, but I have been lol. I knew it wouldn't be exact, but I definitely want to go with the closer number. Thanks!!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    neither - 50-75% of MFP
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    neither - 50-75% of MFP

    She said the equipment gave her a number that was about half of MFP. By your math, that would seem to mean the equipment is correct. Personally, I don't think just saying that MFP is reporting twice what it should is the correct answer, because MFP is close to correct sometimes.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    238 in 30 minutes seems reasonable. that is about 8 cals/minute.
  • missunderstand01
    missunderstand01 Posts: 7 Member
    Ya, Reasonable I agree with. But with a heart rate at 165 & biking like you're trying to get away from rabid monkeys, I guess it was just wishful thinking to burn more than that.

    Thanks ya'll for the imput! Loving this site/App!!
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