Calories burned on machines

patjad
patjad Posts: 55 Member
edited October 3 in Fitness and Exercise
I wish the calories burned on work out machines at the gym (or at home) were trackable.

Or are they and I'm missing it?

Would really help daily tracking!!

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  • Mariannewww
    Mariannewww Posts: 67
    Can't you just create a new exercise and log the caps burnt? I create a new exercise everyday and log cals from my heat rate monitor?
  • aj_rock
    aj_rock Posts: 390 Member
    It's not really enough to be worth logging.

    You might burn 200 over an hour. About the same as free-weight exercises.

    Values would probably be higher if you did them in a circuit fashion too.
  • stephensmith0929
    stephensmith0929 Posts: 160
    if you go into exercise/cardio and put down "weight training" it will ask you how long you worked out for and give you an estimated figure of the calories burned. i dont have one, but it sounds like a heart rate monitor is the way to go, But this way is a start!
  • yeroc39
    yeroc39 Posts: 55
    The other thing to consider is that the calories that you see on a machine are so inaccurate. If you step off the machine, the calories will still be accumulating. So who's buring the calories. Also if your twin sister got on and did the exact same thing, you would be shown the same calories. Its not accurate. You can get a heart rate monitor that will give you accurate calories based on you and your effort level. But it has to be one with a transmitter belt because its continuous, and that's the only way to get accurate calories. The pulse units that you wear on your wrist are useless.
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