Most accurate calories burned counters?

tiffanyfoundit · June 2015

What is everyone using cause between my treadmill, mfp, the internet I am getting like 150 calorie discrepancies.
All of these have my height, weight, age, time, type of exercise and I don't get it?? Anyone have any idea what is the most accurate counter?

mordant57 · June 2015

Heart rate monitor.

ScubaSteve1962 · June 2015

I use a heart rate monitor, and you will get the "they over exaggerate" line, but with all the different sites,(some 10 years old or more) you get different numbers their to, and of coarse everyone thinks theirs is the best. I go by what my HRM says it is. Nothing will be %100 accurate.

tiffanyfoundit · June 2015

Yeah I was hoping for it to be a little accurate or consistent.
Where do you get those?

Cass2025 · June 2015

I have a polar watch I ordered off amazon it monitors cal and HR and it was very accurate.

professionalHobbyist · June 2015

C-Net reviewed some and it was the base reference for this report

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-consumer-heart-rate-monitors-accurate/

ScubaSteve1962 · June 2015

http://www.heartratemonitors.com/shipping.html

http://www.polar.com/us-en

Polar links with most cardio equipment to control level/incline/resistance by your selected heart rate. You can just get the H7 sensor at amazon for about $50 works with most phones with the polar beat app.

http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Sensor-BLE-BLK-M-XXL/dp/B007S088F4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435454026&sr=8-2&keywords=H7

brianpperkins · June 2015

professionalHobbyist wrote: »

C-Net reviewed some and it was the base reference for this report

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-consumer-heart-rate-monitors-accurate/

That study looked at accuracy of HR tracking ... not caloric estimates.

BronxBStanfield · June 2015

Personally I don't even worry about how many calories I've burned during exercise. I simply weigh and log all my food and make a good daily effort to stay within my calories and *try* to meet my macros. I do have a polar I wear occasionally just to see what I burn, but I really have no way of knowing if it's truly accurate or not.

Mr_Knight · June 2015

tiffanyfoundit wrote: »

What is everyone using cause between my treadmill, mfp, the internet I am getting like 150 calorie discrepancies.
All of these have my height, weight, age, time, type of exercise and I don't get it?? Anyone have any idea what is the most accurate counter?

None of them "count" - they all guess.

Pick the smallest number and cut it in half. Track your progress for a few weeks, and adjust accordingly.

Alternately, for the treadmill...assuming you're not holding on to anything, and running the whole time, put your treadmill at a 2% incline, and get the distance when you've finished. Then it'll be roughly:

distance in miles * body weight in pounds * 0.6 = net calories burned

If you're walking, use 0.3 instead of 0.6

Most accurate calories burned counters?

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