Eliptical log in activity

blissfulheartweddings
blissfulheartweddings Posts: 5 Member
edited November 29 in Fitness and Exercise
I just got an eliptical and I am trying to log in my exercise, but when I search exercises eliptical can't be found. Am I doing something wrong or is the eliptical a hard exercise to log as far as guessing calories burned? I'm new at the eliptical.

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  • blissfulheartweddings
    blissfulheartweddings Posts: 5 Member
    I'm able to log in bike, yoga, walking, etc...
  • CaffeinatedConfectionist
    CaffeinatedConfectionist Posts: 1,046 Member
    It's spelled "elliptical," and will show up as "elliptical trainer." But take MFP's calorie estimates with a grain of salt - it's very easy to overestimate calorie burn on something like an elliptical.
  • blissfulheartweddings
    blissfulheartweddings Posts: 5 Member
    Oops! Thank you!
    I actually just got it and it is very discouraging. It is such a hard resistance even on the first level and after working out extremely hard for 15 minutes it says I only burned 7 calories!!! Talk about discouraging! I'm sore and thought I was in decent shape.
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    7cals for 15 mins??? That's got to be wrong???
  • blissfulheartweddings
    blissfulheartweddings Posts: 5 Member
    That's my eliptical saying that and myfitnesspal gives way more calories burned for that so I'm thinking its a flaw of the new eliptical. The resistance on my eliptical feels about the same on many of the levels.
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