What am I REALLY burning
WildePillar
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Hi everyone,
I purchased a nordictrack elliptical and I'm trying to figure out what I'm burning. I'm not able to program my stats. I'm a 33 yo female, 5'2/3", 102 pounds so I'm quite petite. Here's a pic of the screen when I'm done with the workout.
Any idea what my actual burn is? My HRM says 500 cals.
Thank you!!!
I purchased a nordictrack elliptical and I'm trying to figure out what I'm burning. I'm not able to program my stats. I'm a 33 yo female, 5'2/3", 102 pounds so I'm quite petite. Here's a pic of the screen when I'm done with the workout.
Any idea what my actual burn is? My HRM says 500 cals.
Thank you!!!
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I lean toward the HRM.
Over time you will be able to tell by your calories you eat, what you exercise, and how much you lose
I know lots of machines give high numbers. If they say 300 I call it 200.
But great job on your workout!!
450 or 500... It was a long good cardio burn.
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Those machines usually calculate based on an average of 150lb. You are about 68% of that so you might have burned around 482 calories(68% of 709). It's all an estimate any way you calculate it...0
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I'd feel confident using the HRM + a little bit.0
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To understand the difference between the gross and net calorie burn that the machines give you read
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/articles/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn.aspx
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You could use your heart rate
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx
This will give you your gross for your net there is a link here to do that calculation0 -
I knock off a third of the calories that my treadmill says I burned. That also seems to fit my weight loss pretty closely. I'm also small at 5'2" and 134 (aiming for 120).0
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How far can you run in 50 minutes?0
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Steady state or HIIT ?
If you've set your HRM up properly with your stats then HRM if steady state ..if HIIT than probably 70% of HRM
Or take 50-75% machine read out
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Ps the HIIT percentage is just what works for me based on rolling 8 week analysis0
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barryplumber wrote: »You could use your heart rate
http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/heart-rate-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx
This will give you your gross for your net there is a link here to do that calculation
This was really helpful. Thanks!0 -
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go with the HRM...0
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WildePillar wrote: »
In that case, I would log it as 'walking'. Use the exercise time from the machine, and 3.5mph as the speed (elliptical is half the METS of running so at best it was the equivalent of 5km -> 3 miles, but that's not a running speed, that's a walking speed).
And then cut that number by a third, because MFP over-estimates walking burns by double-counting BMR.
For a 150 pounder (as an example), the number will end up around 150 calories.
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