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Treadmill calories vs. Nike+

Mustaine4Pres
Mustaine4Pres Posts: 86
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I would assume Nike+ more accurately measures distance and calories, but there is about 100 calorie difference between my treadmill and the app (about .25 mile distance difference). Which should i use? I use the Nike app when outside.

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  • nikki_1123
    nikki_1123 Posts: 33
    Yeah I use Nike + and notice that as well. I use the Nike + stats, apparently machines often over calculate calories burned by quite a bit most of the time anyway.
  • josiereside
    josiereside Posts: 720 Member
    Fitness equipment always give a huge overestimate of calories burned. It really has no way of telling how much you are exerting... My HRM always gives at least 30-40% less calories than my treadmill.
  • Mustaine4Pres
    Mustaine4Pres Posts: 86
    Thanks :)
  • alsaxon
    alsaxon Posts: 124 Member
    I would assume Nike+ more accurately measures distance and calories, but there is about 100 calorie difference between my treadmill and the app (about .25 mile distance difference). Which should i use? I use the Nike app when outside.

    I would use Nike+. Machines are notoriously inaccurate. The treadmill and elliptical always give me very high numbers that I wish were right but I know aren't! Not sure why that is, maybe overtime the computer goes haywire with so much use.
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