Ummm. That isn't right.

KristenAnn711
KristenAnn711 Posts: 783
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
I'm going to the gym later, so I went to track exercise to see what I'd be doing. Now when I'm on the treadmill, it tells me how many calories I've burned and it is between 100-150 for 30 minutes. Then when I just logged it in the exercise section it says 30 minutes on a treadmill is 388 calories. There is NO WAY that is accurate.

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  • Ajontheguitar
    Ajontheguitar Posts: 695
    Never trust the machine. Ever. It also told me one time that my heart rate was 210.
  • amber_hanners
    amber_hanners Posts: 388 Member
    that depends so much on how hard you work what speed and what incline you do. i have been able to burn about 300 in 30 minutes my best advice to you to actually know more accurately what amount of calories you burn in a workout is get an heart rate monitor ( with a chest strap) polar brand is my fav i got my polar FT4 on ebay for $60 best money ive spent in a long time
  • cmduncan
    cmduncan Posts: 69
    A heart rate monitor is the only way to know for sure. But the machine does take incline/speed into account. It doesn't know what you weigh so it isn't completely accurate, but it's likely closer than MPF as it knows more specifics of your work out. I would go with the lower number until you have an hrm to know for sure.
  • Thriceshy
    Thriceshy Posts: 708 Member
    I'm going to the gym later, so I went to track exercise to see what I'd be doing. Now when I'm on the treadmill, it tells me how many calories I've burned and it is between 100-150 for 30 minutes. Then when I just logged it in the exercise section it says 30 minutes on a treadmill is 388 calories. There is NO WAY that is accurate.

    Heart rate monitor. I don't have one yet, but that kind of discrepency is only going to be solved with an HRM. My recumbent bike and MFP have a major disagreement about how many calories I burn, so I go with a middle ground number by underestimating my effort as "light to moderate' instead of the intense I'm actually doing.

    It's guesswork, and I need to get myself a monitor. But not right now--I have more expensive/important thiings to worry about.

    Kris
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