Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

Join group

Calorie Burn Counters on Machines

jwagoner
jwagoner
Posts: 54
Joined: 2003/11/07
United States
2003/12/13, 01:23 PM
I was curious as to how accurate treadmills, cross trainers and stationary bikes are on the calorie burn during your workout. I enter my correct weight and age. Most of my cardio workouts(approx 1hr) show I'm burning from 1000-1100 calories is this accurate? Has anyone researched this???????

bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2003/12/13, 01:36 PM
These are a set formula within the computer of the apparatus you are using in response to amount of tension, usually bodyweight, etc. They are not completely accurate of course, use them as a number to improve from each time if you can, a base number so to speak. As far as 1000, I highly doubt this. Your readout may be set on metric or something. Check this out.

--------------
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....
jwagoner
jwagoner
Posts: 54
Joined: 2003/11/07
United States
2003/12/13, 02:05 PM
bb.......is it not possible to burn 1000 in a workout? I do 30 min on the eliptical cross trainer(displays 550 calorie) and hiit on treadmill for approx 45-50 min.(another 500)