Gym ?

kieraleigh486
kieraleigh486 Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know the machines at the gym exaggerate calories, roughly how many actual calories are burnt - say if you burnt 100 calories on a treadmill if you are female, 135lbs and 5'6?

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    99!

    That's an impossible question.
    Make and model of treadmill?
    Calorie algorithm used?
    What precisely are you doing on the treadmill? (Walking? Running? Incline? Hanging on the sides?)

  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    For walking I use the formula:

    0.3 x bodyweight (lbs) x miles = Approximate calories burned
  • farrell16
    farrell16 Posts: 49 Member
    Those machines at best are an approximate. Truth be told no real method is fool proof as there is just no way to factor in details about your Basal metabolic rate... genetics play a roll, gender, age, among other things. Nothing will accurately factor in all the details but take what ever figures the machine tells you will a grain of salt, if the results are coming the exact number doesn't matter. If you aren't getting the results you want increase the numbers on the same machine regardless of its accuracy you'll know you're buring more.

    Good Luck
  • red99ryder
    red99ryder Posts: 399 Member
    If your looking for food .. seems like most eat half calories from exercise back .. exercise is not a good way to find food ...

    Good luck

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