Calories burned on the Elliptical Machine?

fitmama282
fitmama282 Posts: 36 Member
edited December 4 in Fitness and Exercise
I weigh 239 lbs. And i worked out on my Elliptical machine for 31 minutes at rpm 52, and pulse of 165. The machine said i burned 278 calories, but myfitnesspal says i burned 504 calories. Which is more accurate? I know the Elliptical machine is not calculating my weight, and myfitnesspal does, so i might be answering my own question.? Could it be that i am burning that many calories (504) on the Elliptical in just 31 minutes?

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  • johnnylakis
    johnnylakis Posts: 812 Member
    Always use the machine readout. In general, Elliptical burns 10 calories per minute. So 31 min = 310 cal
  • michael_hatten
    michael_hatten Posts: 34 Member
    I always trust a measure that knows my weight and the resistance level more than one that doesn't. When I'm using a machine that doesn't know my weight I assume it's using 150 pounds as a reference. I adjust the reading with this formula: Your_Weight/150*Machine_Reading.

    239/150*278=443.
  • crystalmorrison378
    crystalmorrison378 Posts: 180 Member
    I kinda just asked this same exact quesrion... I didn't see urs first lol...
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