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calorie counter or heart rate?

snowfox1
snowfox1 Posts: 128 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
is the cardio calorie counter more or less accurate than heart rate for determining calories burnt? if going by heart rate its a lot more?

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  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 609 Member
    Which calorie counter are you using, if it's MFP your heart rate would be a better indicator doing steady state cardio.
  • snowfox1
    snowfox1 Posts: 128 Member
    the one on the machine. thanks for your help :)
  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 609 Member
    the ones on the machine are very inflated, even when using your heart rate. from my morning work out the ellipitical gave me over a 700 calorie burn, while my activity monitor gave 496, they both were using the same sensor, and giving me the same heart rate. Some say that HRM aren't accurate, but it's accurate enough for me, nothing will be 100% accurate.
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