Calorie Counters on Treadmills

[jg42058p]

Hey

I'm sure some of you have seen those "calorie counters" they have on treadmills/stationary bikes/eliptical riders etc.

Do they actually count the number of calories your body has burner? Is it really accurate?

[FireGuy]

Rough guestimate at best.

[ranging1]

i have to say they dont

just becuase ive been on several and they vary GREATLY, ive been on some that say ive only burnt 200 calories, while others say iver burnt 600 calories

as fireguy said GUESTIMATE is what it exactly is

[FireGuy]

Unless you are inputting your lean body mass and the machine is recording your HR and oxygen consumption it cant tell you how many calories you are burning.

[ironflames]

they just tell you a guestimate of what a person running at your specific weight that you entered would be burning given a set hr max that they have pre progrmmed. if you run is intense, i always add about 40 cals due to increased o2 consumption and ncreased hr. if im half assing the run then i minus 100 depending on what my hr is at the end of the run