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Calorie burn

nevertoooldtodoit
nevertoooldtodoit Posts: 45 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I walked for 95 minutes at an average pace of 14:58. Completed 6.34 miles. Map my walk says I burned 855 calories. How accurate is this burn? Any feedback appreciated.

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  • hill8570
    hill8570 Posts: 1,466 Member
    Seems inflated, but without knowing your resting burn, it's anybody's guess. A reasonable net burn for walking is 0.3 x bodyweight-in-lbs x miles. So, if you weight 450 pounds, 855 calories is reasonable. Otherwise, may want to recalculate...
  • LessthanKris
    LessthanKris Posts: 607 Member
    I know when I run and use my HRM, Map My Run was always slightly less.
  • Karlayito1
    Karlayito1 Posts: 6 Member
    Apps like that make it very difficult. On average when I really run at about 11 or 10 mph I burn about 100 cals per mile when the treadmill says something different I log less calories burned
  • EddieP50
    EddieP50 Posts: 192 Member
    I have Map My Fitness and if I remember correctly it doesn't have any setting to setup your your user profile (Age, Height, Weight, Etc.) It will link to Polar chest strap is what I would recommend. I just got the H7 recently and like it.
  • nevertoooldtodoit
    nevertoooldtodoit Posts: 45 Member
    Thank you for responding.
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